In 2000, the Bangladeshi High Court ruled that the detention of over 100 prostitutes arrested in brothel raids was unlawful, and that prostitution is a legal occupation.
2000年，孟加拉國高等法院裁定，拘留在妓院襲擊中被捕的100多名妓女是非法的，因賣淫是一種合法職業。