Bangladesh army to probe allegations of abuse against dismissed officer
The Bangladesh Army has formed a high-level investigation board to probe an allegation of abuse of a woman by a senior army officer, which recently surfaced on social media.
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Navy arrests child abuser, seizes illegal nets at Manpura
As part of ensuring law and order and curbing crimes, Bangladesh Navy arrested a man over abusing a male child and seized illegal nets from a warehouse at Manpura in Bhola on Friday night...
South Korea ex-president indicted
Disgraced South Korean ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for abuse of power Saturday over his declaration of martial law last year, as investigators widened an insurrection probe...
Sex-abuse priest鈥檚 promotion draws attacks on Catholic Church
A French archbishop鈥檚 decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenaged boy has drawn new condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church for its record on sex abuse...
Popular Life wins prize for drug abuse prevention initiatives
Popular Life Insurance Company Limited on Thursday won the first prize for its initiatives against drug abuse, said a press release...
Industrial failures rooted in past misrule: Sakhawat
Labour and employment adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain on Saturday blamed past misgovernance and political abuse for the failure of the country鈥檚 industrial sector, stating that factory owners used to hold political power and parliamentary positions, leading to exploitation rather than fair governance...
LA county agrees $4bn sex abuse payout
Los Angeles county has agreed to pay $4 billion to settle thousands of sex abuse claims dating back decades, it said Friday, in what looks set to be the largest-ever such settlement.
鈥業gnition of Metaphor鈥� depict stories of abused women, children
Young artist Md Zahurul Islam has portrayed the stories of abused women and children in his first solo exhibition titled Ignition of Metaphor under way at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka...
Men鈥檚 role in fight against gender violence
HOW many women in your life are affected by gender-based violence 鈥� your mother, sister, partner, or friend? What if we all took responsibility to protect them? Every day, millions of women live in fear 鈥� fear of physical abuse, emotional manipulation, and harassment. Gender-based violence is a silent epidemic, often hidden behind closed doors or disguised as cultural norms. What鈥檚 often ignored...
None will be able to abuse power in future: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said that no one, even the prime minister, will not be able to abuse power arbitrarily in future Bangladesh...
400 people come forward over Al-Fayed sexual abuse claims
More than 400 women and witnesses have come forward in the past six weeks alleging sexual misconduct by late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, UK lawyers announced on Thursday.
UN rights chief for strengthening presence
The United Nations fact-finding mission investigating rights abuses and atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising is likely to finalise its report by the first week of December...
Malaysia police rescue 400 children from care home abuse
Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of children from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused and have arrested scores of people in large scale raids, police said on Wednesday...
Canada church to pay $104m for sexual abuse
The Catholic Church is to pay 104 million Canadian dollars ($76 million) to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse from eastern Canada, according to a...
Nepal jails 鈥楤uddha boy鈥� for 10 years over child sex abuse
A Nepali court on Monday sentenced a man whose followers believe him to be a reincarnation of Buddha to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse...
MIU holds seminar on child rights, prevention of sexual abuse
A seminar on child rights, sexual abuse, trafficking and protection was held at the conference room of the Manarat International University in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan on Sunday...
Silence over high-level power abuse deplorable
THIS is heartening that the Anti-Corruption Commission, following wide criticism, eventually has taken the initiative to investigate the alleged illegal amassing of huge wealth by former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family...