A new report highlights the legal inequality faced by Hindu women in Bangladesh, who unlike Muslim or Christian women, have no legal right to divorce and in most cases cannot equally inherit their father's property. Despite five decades since independence, Hindu personal law in Bangladesh remains largely governed by unreformed, uncodified religious scripture, with most changes dating back to the British colonial era. Experts, including Banashree Mitra Neogi of Manusher Jonno Foundation and Dr. Shahnaz Huda of Dhaka University's Law Department, point out a contradiction between the constitutional guarantee of equal rights for men and women and the continued application of separate religious family laws. The Hindu Marriage Registration Act passed in 2012 addressed only marriage registration, leaving out crucial provisions on divorce and property rights, and registration remains optional, meaning marriages remain valid even without it. Advocate Masuda Rehana Begum, Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, called the law fundamentally incomplete, noting that even required marriage registrars have not been appointed in many districts and upazilas as mandated. A survivor, speaking anonymously due to social stigma, shared her experience of being trapped in an abusive marriage with no legal recourse to divorce. With Bangladesh's Hindu population numbering around 13.1 million, there is no official data on how many marriages have been registered under the 2012 law, underscoring the scale of the unresolved legal gap affecting Hindu women's rights.