Bangladeshi cricketer Sanjida Islam poses as a bride with a cricket bat, a day before her wedding day in Rangpur, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 16. (Sobhana Mostary via AP) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Sanjida ...

The biggest sartorial shift in the wedding arena is the emergence of the shirt blouses, pants as petticoats, and roomy capes over saris. Even to the most open minded, these styles maybe ‘a bit too ...

DHAKA/NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - 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 ...

Three years ago, when the Jamuna River wiped away their home for the fifth time, Momin Ullah and Rahima Begum could see only one option to reduce the family’s burden of poverty and to secure the ...

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. The ...

On 25 August 2019, a High Court in Bangladesh ordered the country's government to replace the word kumari’(virgin) with obibahito (unmarried) on marriage certificates. The verdict came after a ...

"I did it so that other women can follow me." 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 ...

Local NGOs speak out against this terrible practice. Growing poverty is behind the rise in child marriages. A victim, who can no longer go to school, tells her story. Bangladesh is one of the top 10 ...

Acclaimed Bangladeshi director Rubaiyat Hossain, known for her powerful women-centric films, has a new project participating in the Berlinale Co-Production Market and is launching a female filmmaker ...

Embrace South Asian bridal tradition by selecting the perfect red Benarasi katan or lehenga. This auspicious hue symbolizes fertility and prosperity, ensuring every radiant bride finds her ideal ...

A homeless child sleeps on a footpath on a foggy winter day in Dhaka in this 2011 archive photo. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj DHAKA/NEW DELHI, March 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new Bangladeshi law that ...