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Shamima Begum, a British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away in 2015 to become an ISIS bride, has been moved from a Syrian refugee camp she received threats, her family's lawyer has said ...
A bride in Bangladesh turned a centuries-old custom on its head as a way to stand up for women's rights. Khadiza Akter Khushi, 19, was photographed leading a procession of wedding guests to her ...
In Bangladesh, child brides face a grim reality Legal system and parents both failing to protect girls from an underage marriage epidemic The driving factors behind child marriages in Bangladesh ...
A new Bangladeshi law that lets under-age girls marry their rapists for "the greater good of the adolescent" may put more children at risk of sexual abuse, child rights groups said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh bride stirs social media stormDhaka (AFP) – Issued on: 11/08/2017 - 15:40 Read more ...
Sanjida Islam went into bat for a special cricket match in Bangladesh. The 24-year-old international cricketer wore her colorful wedding attire as she played a few shots and posted the images on ...
But in Meherpur, a district in western Bangladesh, something unique has taken place: here, the bride came with her family to the groom's house to marry, and afterwards the groom moved to the wife ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Sanjida Islam went into bat for a special cricket match in Bangladesh. The 24-year-old international cricketer wore her colorful wedding attire as she played a few shots and ...
When 19-year-old Khadiza Akter Khushi led hundreds of people to the home of her soon-to-be husband, she didn't do it for her guests. She did it for all the Bangladeshi women she hoped would follow ...