Category: BDFA News
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Women’s Rights Group Protest Jamaat Ameer’s Remarks on Limiting Women’s Work Hours
Women leaders, activists, and professionals gathered in front of the National Museum in Shahbagh on Friday, stating that efforts to reduce women’s working hours are an attempt to push women “back into darkness” and restrict their independence. Participants emphasized that whether women work outside the home or stay at home is a woman’s personal choice.…
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Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Female Doctor at Panthapath Residential Hotel
A Dhaka court has sentenced Md. Rezaul Karim Reza to death and fined him Tk 20,000 for killing Dr. Jannatul Naeem Siddique, an MBBS doctor, at a residential hotel in Panthapath in 2022. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday by Judge Md. Sabbir Fayez of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court. As the accused was…
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Woman Jatrashilpi Assaulted and Publicly Humiliated in Mymensingh; One Arrested
A woman jatrashilpi named Rupa, living in Mymensingh Nagar, was assaulted, tied up, her hair cut, and her face smeared with ink on Wednesday. She later filed a case at the Women Police Station, and police arrested one accused, Shah Alam (40), on Thursday night from the Jubilee Ghat area. According to the investigation officer,…
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