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Govt moves for online case recording

The government has initiated a move to introduce online case filing, aiming at modernising policing and reducing public harassment in filing cases with police stations...

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NUS holds workshop on gender policy in Nachol

A workshop titled ‘Gender policy and prevention of sexual harassment, abuse, and violence’ was organised by Nari Unnayan Shakti, a women-led NGO, in Nachol upazila of Chapainawabganj on Monday...

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Ordinary citizens must not face any harassment

THE attacks on the National Citizen Party’s rally in Gopalganj by alleged Awami League activists are condemnable; equally troubling is the harassment of ordinary citizens. Since the attack on July 16, the government has imposed a curfew in the district, filed eight cases accusing about 8,400 unnamed individuals, and arrested at least 321 people. Among the arrested are...

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Allegation of passenger harassment by Emirates sparks concerns

Allegations of passenger harassment by Emirates Airlines have come under scrutiny after a 71-year-old Bangladeshi-origin US citizen was reportedly denied wheelchair assistance and left standing for hours during her journey to New York, raising concerns over the airline’s passenger service standards despite its significant operations in Bangladesh...

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Insensitive sexual harassment reporting adds to victim trauma

INSENSITIVE and irresponsible reporting on sexual harassment and rape increasingly puts survivor’s privacy, safety and mental well-being at serious risk. While established media outlets generally try to follow basic ethical standards in reporting sexual violence such as respecting victims and safeguarding the identity, online platforms, social media-based pages and informal...

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IU expels teacher over misconduct

The authorities of Islamic University have permanently expelled a teacher, Hafizul Islam, for misconduct after several allegations, including sexual harassment, homosexual misconduct, and abuse of students, were found to be true...

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Crisis of false and frivolous cases

OVER the past year, an unsettling pattern has emerged in the landscape of justice. Serious criminal charges, particularly murder, assault, extortion and sedition, are filed not solely in pursuit of justice but, increasingly, as instruments of coercion, retaliation and harassment. The right to legal recourse, a fundamental pillar of any democratic society, is now at the risk of...

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Time for govt to decisively deal with harassment of women

A CLASH that resulted from an incident of the harassment of a group of women at Kendua in Netrakona on June 10 has left a man, in his early forties, dead and five others wounded. Reports have it that a group of women of a family were on their way back home after bathing in a pond beside their house in the afternoon when a group of five young men approached...

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Man killed, 5 hurt in clash over harassment of women

A pall of gloom and grief hangs over Dhanachapur village in Netrakona’s Kendua, where a dispute over harassment of women spiralled into deadly violence on Tuesday that killed a man and five others injured...

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8,294 cases recommended for withdrawal

The central committee, formed by the home ministry to withdraw political harassment cases, has recommended the withdrawal of 724 more cases, bringing the total number to 8,294...

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What is unpleasant in deeds is, too, unpleasant in words

SOMETHING that is unpleasant to hear is also unpleasant to happen. This is what the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner appears to have missed out on when on March 15 he requested journalists to use the phrase ‘repression on women’ instead of the word ‘rape’ in reports. The city police chief, who has attended as chief guest the inauguration...

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Police must abandon violence, harassment for crowd control

DESPITE support and care from authorities, particularly the healthcare providers, the eight-year-old rape victim from Magura lost the battle for life in Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on March 13 while anti-rape protests raged. Four accused in this case are arrested and the law minister assured a speedy trial of the case but the movement against rape continued as the...

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Blaming victims, shielding mob

THE March 3 protest at Lalmatia that Bangladesh Against Rape and Harassment held was not just a response to a single event but the culmination of growing disappointment with the government’s failure to protect women from escalating violence. The demonstrators, predominantly woman activists and concerned citizens, burnt an effigy of the home affairs adviser...

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Firm govt action needed against attacks on women

A SERIES of attacks on and harassment of women and the government’s failure to attend to the issues are a worrying sign. A significant number of women, especially players, athletes, celebrities and sex workers, have been attacked by people and groups with Islamist bent, weaving a pattern of the right wing rearing its head in the absence of deterrent government action...

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A city still asleep on women’s safety

FOR most women, going out of the house requires a lot of planning. From crowded streets and public transport to workplaces, the challenges that women face in staying safe are constant and exhausting. Citizens now call for women’s safety on the road and in public spaces. Everyone wants change. Women want to walk without the fear of being harassed or attacked...

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Sexual harassment at work

SEXUAL harassment, widespread in both formal and informal sectors, has significantly hindered women’s participation in the workforce. This form of abuse extends beyond the...

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JU students demand punishment of teacher

Jahangirnagar University environmental sciences department students on Sunday staged a sit-in in front of the department, demanding punishment for a teacher of the department, Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, who is alleged to have sexually harassed several female students of the department...

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CSA should be repealed to stop abuse, harassment

THIS is alarming that the tendency to muzzle any voice critical of the government is repeated by the political groups that have been vocal against legal harassment of dissenting voice and political opposition during the tenure of the toppled Awami League regime. A case was filed on September 24 under repressive clauses of the Cyber Security Act against a man...

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VIP services for returnee migrants at airports: Asif Nazrul

To stop harassment of migrant workers at the airports on their return the government would ensure VIP services for them within a time period between two weeks and one month, said expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday...