A survey has found that the divorce rate in Bangladesh has doubled in the space of a year. The gross rate of divorce rose to 1.4 per thousand people in 2022, compared to 0.7 per thousand the year before, reports bdnews24.com citing the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. In its report on the Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2022 published on Tuesday, the national statistics agency found a growing trend of divorces in rural areas, where the rate was 1.5 per thousand. It outstripped separations in urban areas last year, where the rate stood at 1 per thousand residents. In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage is 18 for women and 21 for men.

Source: bd News24 June 13, 2023 11:03 UTC