By dhakajagoron@gmail.com The government on Thursday approved amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act to speed up the trial of rape. Council of advisers took the decision today with chief adviser Muhammad Yunus in the chair, said chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam in a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy. According to the approved draft, the maximum punishment for the crime of illicit sexual intercourse with the promise of marriage will be seven years. Council of advisers took the decision today with chief adviser Muhammad Yunus in the chair, said chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam in a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy.
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