THE rape of a woman allegedly by a temporary railway employee on board the Rangpur Express on June 25 is yet another disturbing reminder of the unsafe condition that women face in public transports. The incident took place in the train鈥檚 toilet as it left Kamalapur station in Dhaka. The accused, an outsourced employee, was detained shortly afterwards. The woman...
A woman was allegedly raped by a temporary railway employee on a moving train in Dhaka Wednesday morning...
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology administration on Tuesday expelled the university鈥檚 two students for life on charge of raping a female classmate.
The US government has issued a level-2 travel advisory for India and warned US citizens, especially women, not to travel alone in the country.
The police arrested a security guard of an ATM booth on Monday night on charge of raping a 14-year-old girl inside the booth at Sripur in Gazipur on the same day.
FIVE incidents rape that took place in four days since June 13 in Rajbari, Habiganj, Gazipur and Munshiganj lay bare the pervasive threat that girls and young women face. Two schoolgirls were abducted and raped at Pangsha in Rajpari in the morning on June 15. One of the accused was arrested. Two cases were filed. The driver of a bus and his assistant raped a young...
What began as a quiet afternoon journey home turned into a horrific ordeal for a young college student travelling to Baniachong upazila of Habiganj from Dhaka...
Five incidents of rape came to light on Monday with cases filed in three more districts stating that the victims were aged between 11 and 21.
Two people, including a hotel manager and its security guard, were arrested for allegedly raping a female ready-made garment factory worker at the hotel in Sylhet early Sunday...
A case was filed on Saturday against three individuals for allegedly raping a 35-year-old garment worker while she was returning home from her workplace at Sripur upazila in Gazipur on May 20.
The police arrested singer Mainul Hasan Noble at a house in the Demra Staff Quarter area of the capital early Tuesday allegedly for raping and torturing a woman keeping her confined at a house in Dhaka for seven months...
The Magura Women and Children Repression (Prevention) Tribunal on Saturday sentenced prime accused Hitu Sheikh, 50, to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in the district in March this year.
BANGLADESH has once again found itself in the global spotlight following the shocking cases of child rape in Magura and Munshiganj in March. The horrific abuse and subsequent death of an 8-year-old child have sparked nationwide outrage...
The trial in two cases for raping a newly-wed woman after abduction and keeping her husband confined by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League in the MC College dormitory in Sylhet began in the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet on Tuesday.
The Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Tuesday set May 17 for delivering the verdict in the case of rape and murder of a 8-year-old girl in the district in March this year.
A 12-year-old domestic help allegedly raped by the house owner in the capital鈥檚 South Banasree area was admitted to the One Stop Crisis Centre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday...
Protests demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the perpetrators in the alleged rape and murder of a woman from the Kheyang community in Bandarban continued on Wednesday...
Several organisations, including regional political parties representing national minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, on Tuesday protested at the alleged rape and murder of a woman from the Kheyang community in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban...
At least 332 girls and women across the country faced various forms of violence in April, among whom 111 were raped, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Sunday...
RAPE is one of the most devastating crimes, not only because of its immediate physical and emotional impact on the victim but also due to its profound societal implications. It is a heinous crime that leaves deep scars on the victims and casts a long shadow over society. It is a violence rooted in power, control and dominance and not just about physical assault. The...
An elderly man was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old boy at Baghmara upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday evening.
An imam of a mosque in Gazipur鈥檚 Pubail area died in jail custody early Monday, hours after he was beaten by an angry mob on Sunday allegedly for raping several boys...
A five-year old baby girl was raped sometime on Saturday allegedly by a 65-year old man in Dhaka city鈥檚 Kadamtali area.
A Magura court on Sunday started hearing testimonies of witnesses in a case over the rape and murder of an eight-year old girl.
A teenage daughter of a deceased during the July-August mass uprising reportedly killed herself in the capital鈥檚 Adabor area Saturday night, 39 days after she was raped in Patuakhali district on March 18.
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested the accused on charges of forcibly raping a girl at Pirganj in Rangpur from Azimpur area in Dhaka on Friday...
The police arrested a youth allegedly for attempting to rape a madrassah student at Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj on Saturday...
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested the accused on charges of forcibly raping a girl of Lalmonirhat by threatening to upload her obscene pictures on the internet at Ashulia in Dhaka on Thursday.
The police arrested a man at Satkania upazila in Chattogram on charges of raping his 13-year-old daughter on Thursday.
The Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against four individuals accused of the death of an 8-year-old girl after rape in the district in early March this year...