Dhaka South Corporation last week issued an order creating a tax on marriages. The first wife, 90 cents, the second, 45 dollars, and so on up to the 453 dollars that a man must pay in a tax to marry and live in polygamy in Dhaka.
The measure is intended to discourage polygamy in the south of Dhaka, a city of 10 million inhabitants where this practice is legal among Muslims and Hindus. But its position contrasts with that of other cities in the Asian country, which are considering similar measures.