US embassy staffs wear `tip' in solidarity of harassed teacher

The staff members of US Embassy in Dhaka came in support of the female teacher who was harrassed for wearing tip on her way to college. 

The embassy tweeted with a photo saying- "In wearing our own tip, we celebrate Bangladesh's diversity and stand in solidarity with all who have faced harassment”.

Lata Samaddar, a lecturer of theatre and media studies at Dhaka’s Tejgaon College, filed a general diary alleging she was harassed by a man in a police uniform at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Saturday. She also alleged, while she was protesting and raised her voice against him, the policeman threatened her and attempted to run his motorbike over her.