Bangladesh closes breast milk bank after Islamist protests

A woman carrying her child, whose shelter has been burned after a fire broke out in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Bangladesh hospital on Monday (Dec 30) has suspended plans to give donated breast milk to babies after a backlash by Muslim clerics who said the scheme violated Islamic law. - Reuters

DHAKA: A Bangladesh hospital on Monday (Dec 30) has suspended plans to give donated breast milk to babies after a backlash by Muslim clerics who said the scheme violated Islamic law.

The programme aimed to feed up to 500 orphans and infants of working mothers in the Muslim-majority country, which has high rates of child malnutrition and stunted growth.