Seven-year girl raped, murdered
The police recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered with her face burned in a Natore village on Tuesday morning.聽聽
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MAGURA 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL RAPE: Police submit charge sheet
The police on Sunday pressed a charge sheet in the case of the death of an eight-year-old Magura girl after rape to the Magura Chief Judicial Magistrate Court against the husband of the victim鈥檚 sister and the sister鈥檚 three in-laws.
Thousands of children raped in DRC in 2 months: UN
The UN condemned on Friday the widespread rape of children in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where thousands were reportedly subjected to sexual violence in the first two months of 2025.
Man stabs woman in Natore after failed rape attempt
A 28-year-old woman was stabbed allegedly by a man after his failed attempt to rape her in Natore鈥檚 Gurudaspur upazila on Thursday.
Two arrested over rape, video recording in Bagerhat
Police have arrested two men in connection with the gang rape and videotaping of a woman in Bagerhat...
Three rape cases filed in three dists
At least three incidents of rape had come to light since Wednesday following filing of police cases in Kushtia, Gazipur and Noakhali with victims aged six, eight and 12.
UP chair accused of setting fire to attempted rape victim鈥檚 house
The acting chairman of Badarpur union in Patuakhali Sadar upazila, Babul Howlader, has been accused of orchestrating an arson attack on the house of a woman who had filed an attempted rape case against him....
Gazaria police arrest one for trying to rape child
Police on Tuesday night detained one grocery shop owner allegedly for attempting to rape a five-year-old child at Gazaria in Munshiganj district...
Trial for rape, withdrawal of case against students sought
Speakers, including academics, rights activists, labour leaders and cultural activists on Saturday demanded the government take effective steps to ensure security of women and children, trial for rape and withdrawal of a case filed against left student leaders...
Four-year-old girl among three raped
At least three incidents of rape came to light since Friday in Dhaka and Cumilla with one of the victims aged as young as four.
CHILD RAPED, FAMILY MURDERED: They walked free because she was Iraqi
ON MARCH 12, 2006, five United States soldiers from the 101st airborne division drank whiskey, plotted a massacre and descended on the home of聽Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl. They shot her father, mother and聽6-year-old sister聽execution-style. Then, as her baby sister鈥檚 body cooled on the floor, they took turns raping Abeer. When they were done...
SSC candidate 鈥榬aped鈥� in Cumilla; two arrested
Police arrested two people in connection with their suspected involvement in the gang-rape of an SSC examinee in Chandina upazila of Cumilla district on Friday...
Seven-year jail for rape on marriage promise
The interim government鈥檚 advisory council on Thursday approved amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000, introducing key changes, including the establishment of tribunal to speed up judicial and...
Six rape victims admitted to DMCH
At least six more rape incidents came to light on Thursday, as three adolescent girls at Mugda and two children at Khilgaon in the capital Dhaka were allegedly raped amid a rise in violence against women and children in the country in recent weeks.
Rights bodies for widening rape definition
The Rape Law Reform Coalition, a combine of 17 legal and rights organisations, on Wednesday suggested that amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 should introduce a broader legal definition of rape to include all individuals to curb incidents of rape and violence against women...
One 鈥榗onfesses鈥� to journalist rape
One of the accused in a case over rape of a female journalist at a construction site at Barontek 鈥楪reen City鈥� area in the capital鈥檚 Pallabi, made a confessional statement regarding the rape incident before a Dhaka court on Wednesday...
House tutor sentenced to death for raping child
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday convicted and sentenced one Jahidul Islam, 30, to death for raping his seven-year-old student in the city鈥檚 Banashree area in 2021.
Rape accused snatched from police beaten up
An angry mob severely beat a teenager following an allegation of rape in the capital鈥檚 Khilkhet area while police were taking him into their custody Tuesday night...
Two men held for attempted rape of girl child, rape of woman
A man was arrested in Chuadanga on charges of attempting rape on his adolescent daughter and another man was held in Kurigram on charges of raping his sister-in-law on Monday...
Female journalist, girl raped
A female journalist and a girl were allegedly raped in Dhaka and Rajshahi between Monday and Tuesday.
JCD protests at police attack on anti-rape protesters
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Monday night strongly condemned and protested at police attack on anti-rape protesters and case against them...
Man arrested for attempted rape of teenaged daughter in Chuadanga
A 40-year-old man has been arrested in a Chuadanga village following allegation of attempting to rape his 14-year-old daughter...
Protests against rape continue
Protests against rape and violence against women and children continued for the 11th consecutive day on Monday, calling for swift trial and people鈥檚 unity to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
Spl tribunals to聽deal with child rape cases聽
The interim government on Monday approved in principle a draft bill to amend the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000, incorporating necessary changes, including the introduction of a tribunal to deal with child rape cases.
2 children among 5 raped in 5 dists
At least five new incidents of rape came to light since Sunday following the filing of police cases in Jashore, Lalmonirhat, Sirajganj, Cumilla and Narsingdi with the victims aged as young as five...
Legal reform to recognise male rape needed
THE recent event in Narayanganj, in which a 20-year-old man was allegedly raped and a sodomy charge was filed instead, demonstrates a fundamental weakness in Bangladesh鈥檚 legal structure. The country鈥檚 rape laws, as specified in Section 375 of the Penal Code of 1860, only recognise rape as an act committed by a man against a woman, effectively removing male...
Woman 鈥榬aped, filmed鈥� in Narsingdi
A woman, also the mother of three children, was allegedly raped by a youth and the incident was reportedly filmed in Narsingdi鈥檚 Raipura upazila on Sunday night...
DMP chief apologises for his comment over the term 鈥榬ape鈥�
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali on Monday expressed his regret about his Saturday鈥檚 remarks in which he urged media not to use the word 鈥榬ape鈥� and use 鈥榲iolence against women鈥� or 鈥榬epression of women鈥� instead...
DMP chief鈥檚 statement for not using word 鈥榬ape鈥� decried
Rights organisations on Sunday slammed Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali for his suggestion that the media should use the phrase 鈥榬epression of women鈥� instead of the word 鈥榬ape鈥� while reporting rape incidents.
Rape attempt suspect beaten to death in Barishal
The family of Sujon Howlader, who was accused of making an attempt to rape in Barishal city and was later lynched, alleged that Sujon was killed as they failed to pay the money demanded by some locals to ensure his safety.