DHAKA- Several women’s rights activists, academics, artists, and civil society members in Bangladesh have expressed concern over a dress code directive issued by state-owned broadcaster Bangladesh Betar for female news presenters. The directive instructed female presenters to wear sarees or salwar-kameez with dupattas, discouraged the use of “large bindis,” and advised against draping the dupatta on one side, according to local media reports. In…
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