News Desk A man has been jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj for marrying off his underage daughter. Nachol Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Upazila Executive Magistrate Sabiha Sultana-led mobile court handed down the punishment for child marriage. Police took Mohbul…
Selibabi, Mauritania, Jan 2 2020 (IPS) – “I refused to marry off my daughter for a simple, good reason: I want my daughter to be empowered,” said Lemeima mint El Hadrami, 49. “I don’t want her to go through the…
Benapole (Jessore), Dec 20 – A Jessore college student has been allegedly raped at Bagachra of Sharsha Upazila of Jessore after being led on with the lure of marriage.
Gultekin Khan, ex-wife of popular late writer Humayun Ahmed, has tied the knot at 56 for the second time with Aftab Ahmad, an additional secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
By Umar Manzoor Shah Srinagar, Oct 11 2019 (IPS) – Haseena Akhtar was only 13 when an agent told her parents that they could earn a good amount of money by letting her marry a Kashmiri man. The man was,…
The officer-in-charge of Pabna Sadar Police Station was withdrawn and a sub-inspector was suspended for allegedly forcing a gang-rape victim to marry one of her rapists at the police station. Sheikh Rafiqul Islam, superintendent of Pabna police, said the punitive…
Culture Desk Popular singer Dilshad Nahar Kona revealed yesterday that she had tied the knot with the person she loved, on April 21 of this year. Her husband, Golam Md Iftekhar, is a businessman, and has been in a relationship…
State House of Representatives and Governor Baker Should Act Next Nesha Abiraj, Schuette Fellow, Global Health and Human Rights abirajnesha Yesterday, the Massachusetts State Senate unanimously voted in favor of Senate Bill S.2294 to ban child marriage in the state.…
Pooja Batra has finally revealed that she secretly got married to beau Nawab Shah. In an interview with Bombay Times, the ‘Viraasat’ actor confirmed that today the duo indeed tied the knot on July 4 in Delhi. In an interview…
Lawmakers comfortably pass law allowing same-sex couples to form ‘exclusive permanent unions’ – first for Asia. Taiwan’s parliament has legalised same-sex marriage in a landmark vote that made the self-ruled island the first in Asia to adopt such legislation. The…
King Mswati III of Swaziland is Africa’s last absolute monarch. The 49-year old king who calls himself ngweyama, “the lion,” owns most of the country’s land and rules by decree, appointing all of the government’s top positions. Now he may…