Bangladeshi women show their palms painted with henna at a beauty parlour in Dhaka. Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh top court drops ‘virgin’ status from marriage certificates
- Marriage laws in the Muslim-majority country had required a bride to state if she was a kumari – meaning virgin – a widow, or divorced
- The ruling states that kumari will be replaced with ‘unmarried’, and grooms must now disclose their relationship status as well
Bangladeshi women show their palms painted with henna at a beauty parlour in Dhaka. Photo: Reuters