Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali on Monday expressed his regret about his Saturday鈥檚 remarks in which he urged media not to use the word 鈥榬ape鈥� and use 鈥榲iolence against women鈥� or 鈥榬epression of women鈥� instead...
Rights organisations on Sunday slammed Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali for his suggestion that the media should use the phrase 鈥榬epression of women鈥� instead of the word 鈥榬ape鈥� while reporting rape incidents.
The family of Sujon Howlader, who was accused of making an attempt to rape in Barishal city and was later lynched, alleged that Sujon was killed as they failed to pay the money demanded by some locals to ensure his safety.
A Magura court on Saturday recorded the confessional statement of the prime accused, Hitu Sheikh, over raping an eight-year-old girl on March 6 in the district...
At least six new incidents of rape and attempt to rape had come to light since Friday following filing of police cases in Bogura, Nilphamari, Natore, Munshiganj, Sylhet and Rajshahi with the victims aged as young as six...
Several left-leaning organisations of students and cultural and labour rights activists on Saturday suspended their scheduled mass procession in the face of obstructions and instead held a brief rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in the morning.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner on Saturday urged the journalists to use 鈥榳omen repression鈥� instead of rape in media reports...
RAPE and other forms of sexual violence are weapons of domination and they increase in frequency when perpetrators and potential perpetrators realise that they would not be prosecuted. Who gives them this confidence? A dysfunctional criminal justice system, poor investigation, the inability of survivors to seek justice and social and political structures that...
THE government鈥檚 high-handedness in dealing with the outrage manifest in protests sparked off the recent bout of rape incidents is not what the government should show. It should, rather, get down to work, rooting out the causes that create the space for such crimes and amend the laws to deterrently stop the recurrence of such incidents. Protests, which have continued for...
Teachers, students and staff of Pirojpur Science and Technology University formed a human chain, demanding exemplary punishment for rape and violence against women, in front of the administrative building of university in Pirojpur on Thursday.
Four new incidents of rape came to light since Thursday as new cases were filed in four districts stating that the victims were aged between seven and 18, two of them physically challenged.
Countrywide protests against rape and all other forms of violence against women and children continued for the eighth day running on Friday demanding that capital punishment must be made sure for rapists and safety must be ensured for women and children.
Protests against rape sparked again in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country as the eight-year-old rape victim died at Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Thursday.
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...
Magura鈥檚 eight-year-old rape victim died of cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka...
The Bangladesh Army said that Magura鈥檚 eight-year-old rape victim鈥檚 life was at stake and urged countrymen to pray for her...
Police said on Wednesday that the suspended vice-principal of Habibullah Bahar College, Mohammad Syfur Rahman Bhuiyan, was killed in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttarkhan after allegedly attempting to rape a young woman at his rented house...
A case was filed against anti-rape protesters on Tuesday night as protests against rape and other forms of violence against women continued for the fifth day in a row on Wednesday in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country, demanding capital punishment for rapists...
The police recovered the body of the father of a rape victim from a bush near his house at Barguna Sadar early Wednesday allegedly after receiving threats over filing a rape case.
DNA samples from three accused in the case over rape of an eight-year-old girl in Magura were collected on Tuesday night for testing...
A woman was raped in a rubber plantation hill in Sylhet, and the police have arrested two people in connection with the incident...
A Bengali settler was detained on Tuesday on the allegation of raping a 17-year-old mentally challenged Khaiyang community girl at Khamtang Para under Rawangchari upazila in Bandarban.
An anti-rape march in Dhaka was attacked by the police as countrywide protests against violence against women continued for the fourth day in a row on Tuesday to press for speedy trial and capital punishment for the perpetrators.
At least three rape incidents were reported in Dhaka, Sunamganj and Chattogram on Sunday as anti-rape protests have flared up across the country.
Countrywide protests against rape continued for the third day in a row on Monday with more people joining the demonstrations with roads being blocked, human chains formed and rallies held, demanding capital punishment for...
A Magura court on Monday midnight placed the main accused in a case over the rape of an eight-year-old child on a 7-day remand and three others on a 5-day remand each...
Protests against rape spread across the country on Sunday demanding capital punishment for perpetrators and safety for women.
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of two women including an Israeli tourist and the death of a man near a UNESCO World Heritage site in India, police said Sunday.
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the government took decision to amend concerned law to ensure quick trial in rape case...
A four-and-a-half-month-pregnant woman was reportedly raped by three auto-rickshaw drivers between Saturday night and early Sunday at South Keraniganj in Dhaka.