• What Do Jeff Bezos, Shakespeare and Genghis Khan Have in Common?

  What does it take to become great? Being in the right place at the right time? Possessing extraordinary genius? Or does true greatness require something more? Daily Mail explores the question...

• ‘Chinese Nostradamus’ Makes Grim Predictions for 2027: Ground Invasion of Iran and Civil War in the US

  A professor dubbed the “Chinese Nostradamus” has issued a series of grim predictions for 2027, culminating in widespread unrest in the United States that could spiral into a second civil war...

• A Waist-Deep Wedding: Bride Walks Down the Aisle in Flooded Church

  A bride had a truly “soaking wet” wedding on Tuesday when she walked down the aisle through a flooded church in the Philippines, with the water rising almost to her waist — before she and her groom finally exchanged their vows...

• The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes: How to Blow Your Nose, Why Teenagers Smell and the Mystery of Buried Underwear

  The annual Ig Nobel Prizes have once again been awarded, honoring scientific discoveries that “first make people laugh, and then make them think.”..

• The Billionaires’ Bunker Has Rules: How the World’s Richest People Live in Florida’s Most Exclusive Enclave

  Buying a $100 million mansion in the ultra-exclusive community of Indian Creek in South Florida is certainly possible. But even Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg cannot simply ignore the local rules...

• $6.6 Trillion Is Headed to Women: Billionaires’ Wives Poised to Claim the Biggest Wealth Transfer in History

  The world’s billionaires have amassed an astonishing $15.1 trillion, and over the next decade, a significant portion of that wealth is expected to begin passing to their heirs. Women and members of Generation X could emerge as the biggest beneficiaries of the largest wealth transfer in history, according to Fortune...

• Scandal Surrounding Former U.S. Labor Secretary: Strip Club, “Inappropriately Close” Relationship With Bodyguard and Nights in Adjacent Hotel Rooms

  Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer maintained an inappropriately close relationship with her bodyguard and, during a trip to a strip club in Oregon, instructed a security officer to throw money at a “partially nude dancer.” The details are contained in a report by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General, according to the New York Post...

• The Mysterious Billionaire and Cuban Cigars: How a Criminal Empire Nearly Destroyed the Legendary Cohiba Brand

  For decades, the global market for Cuban cigars remained a closed, archaic yet extraordinarily profitable ecosystem. In recent years, however, the fate of one of Cuba’s most iconic national treasures became closely intertwined with the name of a mysterious Cambodian tycoon of Chinese descent, Chen Zhi, according to the Financial Times...

Imagine a situation: two consenting adults engage in intimacy while discussing a future wedding. But if the relationship falls apart, the law finds only one person at fault... the man. In Bangladesh, he can face up to seven years in prison for a "false promise of marriage."

The High Court of Bangladesh has deemed this rule strange and unfair. The judicial panel has demanded that the country's authorities explain why this law still exists and whether it violates basic human rights.

What are the main complaints against the law?

The lawsuit was filed by Supreme Court advocate Ishrat Hasan, who pointed out several absurd aspects at once:

• Double standards and discrimination. The law provides for punishment exclusively for men. It turns out that a woman in such a relationship bears no responsibility for her decisions, even though the intimacy was voluntary on both sides.

• Degradation of women. In essence, the law in its current form portrays adult women as infantile individuals who can supposedly be easily deceived by sweet words about a wedding.

• Complete confusion. The text of the law does not clearly define the boundary: is the crime the very fact of intimacy after talking about marriage, or only the subsequent refusal to marry? Because of this vagueness, any failed relationship can potentially be turned into a criminal case.

This controversial rule was adopted in Bangladesh as part of amendments to the Prevention of Repression against Women and Children Act. Now, the country's government will have to answer to the judges and prove the constitutionality of such a harsh measure.

Follow NEWS.am STYLE on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram