Police search for feminist

Dhaka - Bangladeshi police and press photographers yesterday hunted for Ms Taslima Nasreen, a controversial feminist writer who…

Dhaka - Bangladeshi police and press photographers yesterday hunted for Ms Taslima Nasreen, a controversial feminist writer who reportedly returned to Dhaka two days ago after four years of self-exile abroad.

She caused the wrath of devout Muslims for her outspoken remarks against Islamic laws governing women and for suggesting free sex in her book Lajja (Shame), which has been banned in Bangladesh.

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