West Bengal passes law seeking death penalty for rape
An Indian state, shaken by weeks of protests demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, passed a law on Tuesday that could lead to the execution of rapists...
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Woman raped while seeking relief in Cumilla, 6 arrested
A 38-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped while seeking relief in Titas Upazila of Cumilla. Local residents detained six accused from Daskandi Bazar in the Vitikandi Union in connection with the incident...
Indian rape protests spiral into political street clashes
Thousands of protesters clashed in India鈥檚 eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals...
India police fire tear gas, water cannon at protesters
Police in India fired tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday as they clashed with thousands of protesters seeking justice for a doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata this month...
Three rape, rape attempt cases filed in hill dists聽
At least three cases related to rape and rape attempts have been filed with the local police in the hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban in the past two days.聽
Chakma woman raped in Ramgarh
National minority women on Friday protested at an incident of rape of a woman from the Chakma community in Khagrachari鈥檚 Ramgarh upazila.
Uproar in Ethiopia over rape, murder of girl, 7
The savage rape and murder of a seven-year-old Ethiopian girl has sparked outrage in the country, with many branding her assailant鈥檚 punishment as too lenient...
Protests widen over Indian doctor鈥檚 rape, murder
Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans and lawyers, called for justice on Monday after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers entered a second week...
Women students in Bangladesh protest at doctor鈥檚 rape, murder in India
Women students of different universities in Bangladesh formed a human chain on the Dhaka University campus protesting against the rape and killing of a woman trainee doctor at Kolkata鈥檚 RG Kar Hospital.
Indian doctors mourn rape and murder聽of colleague
Crowds of Indian doctors dressed in white coats came as if ready for work on Saturday but instead stood outside hospitals demanding justice after the rape and murder of...
Thousands march in India鈥檚 Kolkata protesting at doctor鈥檚 rape, murder
Thousands of Indians marched through the streets of Kolkata on Friday demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, channelling nationwide outrage at the chronic issue of...
Argentine woman raped by French players
An Argentine woman accusing two French international rugby players of rape was savagely beaten by her assailants, her lawyer said Wednesday, during an...
The Indian women campaigning to criminalise marital rape
Raped by her husband on her wedding night aged 17, Divya described her repeated suffering -- an all-too-common account in India, permitted by a terrifying colonial-era legal loophole....
Seven arrested over rape of newly married woman
The police on Saturday arrested seven people from different areas of Dhaka in connection with the gang rape of a newly married woman in the city鈥檚 Khilkhet area on Friday night....
4 arrested over rape of woman in running train
Four employees of a catering service were arrested after a female passenger was allegedly raped by them in a moving train on the Sylhet-Chattogram route in the...
Female passenger raped in running train, 3 catering service staff arrested
The Railway Police on Wednesday arrested three staff of Bangladesh Railway's catering service allegedly for raping a female passenger in a moving train, Udayan Express, on the Sylhet-Chattogram route in the early hours of the day....
Rape victim demands immediate arrest of rapists, justice
A housewife, who was allegedly raped by a gang in the past month, demanded the immediate arrest of the rapists and proper justice.
Police officer jailed for life for raping woman during investigation
A Sunamganj tribunal on Thursday sentenced a sub-inspector of police to life imprisonment for raping a woman after intimidating her during...
RAB arrests rape suspect Ju-Jitsu Association GS
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested Bangladesh Ju-Jitsu Association general secretary Rafiqul Islam on charges of repeatedly raping a...
Nepal鈥檚 ex-cricket captain acquitted of rape on appeal
Nepali cricket star Sandeep Lamichhane had his eight-year jail sentence for rape quashed on appeal on Wednesday after the former national captain challenged his conviction...
Man gets life term for raping schoolgirl
A Natore Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal on Monday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a case over the rape of an eighth grader at Lalpur upazila in Natore around four years back.....
Fugitive death-row convict in rape case arrested at Dhaka airport
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in a drive arrested a fugitive convict who was sentenced to death in a case filed over gang-raped of a college student in 2012....
9-year-old killed after rape on way back from school
A nine-year-old child was allegedly killed after being raped on her way home from school in Cumilla Sadar South upazila on Monday...