Dhaka, August 24: A court in Bangladesh, an Islamic republic, has directed the government to ensure no woman is forced to wear burqa or religious attires in the educational institutions and offices across the country.
A bench of the Dhaka high court also ordered the government to ensure that the cultural activities and sports in the educational institutions were not restricted in any manner. Judges took notice of a news report that the students of Rani Bhabani Women’s College who don’t wear burqa were barred from entering the college by principal Mozammel Haque. He had also stopped any cultural activities and sports at the college.
The court directed the government to take action against the principal for imposing restrictions on the students about wearing the burqa.
–IANS–