Meanwhile, a legal notice has been sent to the government seeking amendment of its various laws and inclusion of provisions with a view to stopping marital rape. They are Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (Blast), Brac, Naripokkho, and Manusher Jonno Foundation. But in reality, every now and then, news regarding the brutality of marital rape are published in the daily newspapers and broadcast in television channels. Marital rape has increasingly been recognized by about 150 countries as of 2019, it said. It said the present situation is very dangerous, because nowadays many married women are not even conscious of the fact that they are being raped.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 01, 2020 10:18 UTC