Daulatdia

[2][3] It is one of 20 officially sanctioned brothels in the country opening around 1988, although it was unofficially in existence for decades prior.

[1] It is located less than 40 km from two official Indian border crossings at Darshana/Gede (south) as well as Kutubpur/Teinpur (north).

[1] Many of them are sold into sex work for the equivalent of about $250 (in 2014), which they are then obligated to pay to pimps who are mostly older women, known as "madams".

[1] The sex workers are often tricked by their madams into taking drugs such as Ventolin or Oradexon, which are designed to fatten cattle.

On March 23, 2020, sex workers from Daulatdia appealed to the Bangladesh government for emergency funding.