, Nov. 12 -- Women activists under the banner of Kushtia Sachetan Nagarik Samaj staged a protest rally on Thursday, demanding the resignation of Kushtia-3 (Sadar) MP Mufti Amir Hamza and his trial over "derogatory remarks" about women.

The protest procession began at Kushtia's Panch Rastar Mor around 11am, marched through different streets of the town and ended at the municipal premises where the protesters held a rally.

More than a hundred women took part in the programme and chanted various slogans.

Addressing the rally, the speakers said they expected a public representative like Mufti Amir Hamza to show respect towards women.

They alleged that his remarks about women at different religious gatherings and other events had been disr...