Category: BDFA News
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Jaamat Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Says Women Wil Work Five Hours and Be paid for Eight if His Party Forms Government
At a gathering in Mirpur, Dhaka, on November 10, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said that if elected to form the government, women would be allowed to work five hours while receiving pay for eight hours. The remarks were made at an event organized by the Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Supporters Mirpur-Kafrul Zone in the Dhaka-15…
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Eleven Years on: Hijra Pride Rally, Dhaka (2014)
On 10 November 2014, members of the Hijra community marched in Dhaka in an event publicly referred to as Hijra Pride. The procession moved from the National Press Club area through parts of the city, with participants carrying banners identifying themselves as “Hijra”, a term officially recognized as a third gender by the Government of…
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Women Leaders Call for 50 Percent Representation in Upcoming Election
Women leaders have called for 150 of the 300 parliamentary seats to be allocated to women in the upcoming 13th National Parliament election. The demand was raised in a meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin at the Election Building in Agargaon on Wednesday. Following the meeting, Nasrin Fatema Awal, President of…
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