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Why marital rape is still legal in Bangladesh

The reluctance to criminalise marital rape is reflective of society’s perceptions on the role of the wife within the institution of marriage. 

RAPE is undoubtedly among the most heinous offences against the human body and Bangladeshi law is yet to criminalise the act of marital rape.

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