235 women, girls face violence in July
A report on Thursday revealed that 235 women and girls faced violence in July.
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Emotional violence, legal silence
EVERY morning, she tied her hair into a perfect bun, pinned on a brooch and stepped out with a smile. In schools and courtrooms, she spoke for the voiceless 鈥� teaching rights, opposing injustice and encouraging young women. But at home, her voice remained quieter. She is just one among countless women silently enduring life in patriarchal households...
Nonviolent protests more effective than violence: discussion
Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka on Wednesday said that nonviolence was more effective than violence, citing the moral high ground gained when protesters absorb state aggression without retaliation.聽..
South Syria violence deepens fears among minorities
A surge of violence in southern Syria has exacerbated fears among minority communities and exposed what analysts say is the Damascus authorities鈥� intent to rein in the Druze population...
鈥楤angabandhu Guerrilla Bahini鈥� chief threatens Kotalipara OC
An individual, claiming himself to be the chief of 鈥楤angabandhu Guerrilla Bahini鈥�, has recently threatened the Kotalipara police station officer-in-charge, warning him of dire consequences regarding law enforcers鈥� action in Gopalganj following the July 16 violence over the National Citizen Party rally there...
What Gopalganj violence teaches us?
THE Police Reform Commission once proposed a five-tier model for the use of force in crowd control. The first two stages emphasised non-contact measures 鈥� verbal communication, negotiation, and the use of barricades to maintain distance and prevent escalation. The third stage cautiously introduced physical force through non-lethal means: batons, gas sprays...
Sectarian violence in South Syria kills 1,000 in a week
Calm returned to southern Syria鈥檚 Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,000 people...
27 deaths not connected to communal violence: govt
The interim government on Tuesday dismissed the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and Minority Unity Alliance鈥檚 July 10 claim of 27 deaths in sectarian violence between January and June this year...
Stop mob violence, ensure people鈥檚 safety: LDA聽
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance at a protest rally in Dhaka on Sunday called on the interim government to take immediate steps to stop mob violence and ensure safety of the people in the country...
Combing operation begins as crimes surge
The interim government on Sunday launched a nationwide combing operation amid a surge in criminal acts, including murder, extortions, and mob violence, in the country, sparking public outrage and anxiety...
Mob violence won鈥檛 be tolerated: RAB DG
Director general of the Rapid Action Battalion AKM Shahidur Rahman on Friday said that no one would be allowed to take the law into their own hands and disrupt public life through mob violence...
New Caledonia leaders back statehood
France on Saturday announced a 鈥榟istoric鈥� accord with New Caledonia in which the overseas territory, rocked by deadly separatist violence last year, would remain French but be declared a new state...
ASEAN meeting to condemn Myanmar violence: draft
A meeting involving top diplomats from Southeast Asia, China, Russia and the United States will condemn violence against civilians in war-torn Myanmar, according to a draft statement seen Thursday by AFP...
Epistemic violence against Palestinians
PALESTINIANS are victims of most gruesome physical violence and are first-hand witnesses of death and destruction. Israel has illegally occupied their land and聽claimed it as its own. The Zionist state has been forcibly expelling indigenous Palestinians and threatening those who stay put with brutality and mass expulsion...
Violence against protesters state-sponsored: discussion
Speakers, including researchers and academics, on Wednesday said that violence against July uprising protesters was state-sponsored as the violence was perpetrated by the personnel of multiple branches of law enforcement and security agencies and leaders and activists of the then Awami League regime...
Insensitive sexual harassment reporting adds to victim trauma
INSENSITIVE and irresponsible reporting on sexual harassment and rape increasingly puts survivor鈥檚 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...
Violence against women rises: PCJSS report
The number of incidents of human rights violation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts鈥攃overing Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban districts鈥攕lightly decreased in the first half of 2025, with 103 incidents reported, compared with 107 incidents during the same period last year, according to a half-yearly report by Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti...
Gov鈥檚 failure to control mob violence unacceptable: Ganosamhati
The chief coordinator of the Ganosamhati Andolan, Zonayed Saki, at a press conference in the capital on Tuesday said that the government鈥檚 failure to control mob violence was not acceptable...
121 killed in political violence across Bangladesh since Aug `24
Crimes, including murder, robbery, smuggling, drug dealing, and theft, are on the rise as the interim government has failed to restore the country鈥檚 law and order in the past 10 months since the political changeover on August 5, 2024.
BNP reiterates stance against mob violence
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, reaffirming their party鈥檚 stance against the culture of mob violence, on Tuesday said that no one had the right to take the law into their own hands...
Violence against children hit 鈥榰nprecedented levels鈥� in 2024: UN
From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached 鈥榰nprecedented levels鈥� in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday.
Army warns stern actions against mob violence, public suffering
The Bangladesh Army on Thursday said that it would take stern actions against mob violence, loss of people鈥檚 lives and properties, and activities that would create public suffering in the future...
Govt inertia fuels crisis of gendered violence
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...
Psychology of white-collar crime
IN TODAY鈥橲 hyper-competitive and hyper-connected world, crime is no longer the business of back alleys and dimly lit street corners. It is carried out in conference rooms, corner offices and digital spaces by those dressed in crisp suits and operating from positions of power. These are not criminals with a record of violence or histories of petty theft. Rather, they are...
N Ireland police slam 鈥榟ate-fuelled mob rule鈥� after more unrest
Police in Northern Ireland on Wednesday condemned 鈥榙isgraceful鈥� scenes of violence on a town鈥檚 streets after a second night of rioting targeting foreigners in which 17 officers were injured...
184 girls, women face violence in May
At least 109 women and 75 girls were victims of violence across the country in May, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Monday.
Deplorable govt failure to protect women, ensure safety
THE recent surge in violence against women perpetrated by Islamist groups or mobs acting as 鈥榯awhidi janata鈥� alongside the government鈥檚 failure to adequately respond is gravely concerning. After the July uprising, in which women and girls from diverse backgrounds actively participated and which they often led, it was hoped that women鈥檚 democratic aspirations...
Students chant 鈥楩ree Mahmoud鈥�
Columbia has been the site of demonstrations calling for an end to violence in Gaza for the past 18 months, and more recently, has seen student protesters arrested by the Trump administration....
Dhaka Metropolitan Police adopts zero tolerance against mob violence
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has adopted a 鈥榸ero-tolerance鈥� policy against mob violence in the capital, said deputy commissioner of Ramna Division Masud Alam on Wednesday...
NCP to launch youth wing 鈥楯atiya Juba Shakti鈥� on May 16
National Citizen Party is all set to launch its youth wing 鈥楯atiya Juba Shakti鈥� on May 16, with an aim to bring an alternative to traditional youth wings of political parties that are often associated with violence, extortion and factional control...