UNB, Khulna :
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) recorded some 14,088 cases of divorce in ten and a half years till July last, showing a sharp rise in marriage termination.
The degradation of family bonds and values, lack of social accountability, high ambition, women empowerment and their independence, polygamy, extramarital affairs, impact of the western culture, and physical and mental torture on women are major reasons behind the increasing divorces, say experts.
Of the total divorces, 1020 were recorded till July in 2019 while 1719 in 2018, 1595 in 2017, 1487 in 2016,
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) recorded some 14,088 cases of divorce in ten and a half years till July last, showing a sharp rise in marriage termination.
The degradation of family bonds and values, lack of social accountability, high ambition, women empowerment and their independence, polygamy, extramarital affairs, impact of the western culture, and physical and mental torture on women are major reasons behind the increasing divorces, say experts.
Of the total divorces, 1020 were recorded till July in 2019 while 1719 in 2018, 1595 in 2017, 1487 in 2016,
1404 in 2015, 1489 in 2014, 1254 in 2013, 1181 in 2012, 1074 in 2011, 933 in 2010 and 932 divorces took place in 2009, said KCC Secretary Azmul Haque.
Seven out of 10 divorce notices came from women, he said. Asia Begum, who divorced her husband seven years ago, said her family married her off to a college teacher. But she had to choose the path of separation after having failed to cope with husband’s ‘abnormal’ behaviour.
Although seven years have elapsed since the divorce, she did not go for the second marriage and is now working at a private organisation in Dhaka.
