A The Bangla Patrika report found that an unintended consequence of the Bangladeshi community’s progress is the presence of addiction among number of Bangladeshi wives and young women. As a result, many families have been torn apart due to turmoil brought on by this problem.

Speaking with Bangla Patrika, one Bangladeshi man described his experience saying: “In the end I was compelled to divorce my wife. I could not give enough time to my wife due to my busy schedule, as a result she gave time to others. By the time I noticed it was too late. Despite my many efforts, no positive results came of it and I could not change her. Having failed, I was compelled to divorce my wife, ending our nine-year-long conjugal life together.”

The man alleged that his wife would attend various night clubs without his knowing. Initially, he says, she went to the clubs to fill the vacuum of his absence. Later, it became her most important activity. One night she didn’t return home. “I searched for her in all the homes of my friends and relatives. The next morning, she returned home in a drugged state. I tried with my heart and soul to help her, but I failed,” the man said.

A housewife who spoke with Bangla Patrika explained that it was her husband’s fault she became addicted to drugs. After countless times of him going out drinking and not returning before dawn, she finally proposed to him he stay home and drink rather than going to a club. When he refused, she started clubbing with him. “As a result, I ended up getting addicted to drugs. Many undesirable things happened, leading to both of us going our separate ways,” said the woman.

A Bangladeshi young woman, who regularly visits clubs, said she became addicted to alcohol. “I cannot leave it in any way. Last week I drank too much and spent a night with a person in his house. In the morning, I came to my senses and remembered that I had lost my chastity and money,” she said.