Schoolgirl strangled, limbs broken
A 12-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly strangled to death after breaking her hands and legs, and stuffing sand into her mouth in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Wednesday...
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Seven-year girl raped, murdered
The police recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered with her face burned in a Natore village on Tuesday morning.聽聽
Two schoolgirls raped in Narsingdi
Two schoolgirls were raped allegedly by eight youths in Baghaikandi village under Raipura upazila in Narsingdi district Monday night...
Teenage girl found dead in Sylhet
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide after being resisted from using mobile phone by her mother in Sylhet on Sunday...
Two men held for attempted rape of girl child, rape of woman
A man was arrested in Chuadanga on charges of attempting rape on his adolescent daughter and another man was held in Kurigram on charges of raping his sister-in-law on Monday...
Three get life in prison for raping teenage girl
A Dhaka court on Wednesday convicted three men and sentenced them to life term in jail in a case filed over the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka...
Bangladesh U-16 girl鈥檚 tennis team returns home
The Bangladesh girl鈥檚 Under-16 tennis team returned home on Thursday, after competing in the Junior Billie Jean King Cup 2025 tournament in Kuching, Malaysia.
Another girls鈥� football match halted amid Islamists鈥� protests
Another inter-district girls鈥� football match was halted amid protests by leaders and activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh at Taraganj in Rangpur Thursday afternoon...
13-year-old girl raped, murdered in Dhaka
A 13-year-old girl, abducted from Dhaka鈥檚 Dakshinkhan, was raped and murdered by five attackers who dumped her body in Hatirjheel, the police revealed on Monday after recovering her decomposed body...
Fellowship launched for high school dropout girls
The Kaiser and Wendy Zaman Fellowship, aimed at empowering adolescent girls who dropped out of secondary school, was launched on Tuesday under Brac鈥檚 Medhabikash programme, according to a press release on Tuesday...
Minor girl raped in city, one arrested
A case was filed on Thursday over raping an 11-year-old girl, who lived in the streets near Shahbag Metro Rail Station in Dhaka...
811 women, girls tortured in Rajshahi in 2024: ASK
At least 811 women and girls were tortured in Rajshahi district in 2024, according to a report of rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra.
Girl raped in city, man held
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped after being lured into a job in the capital鈥檚 Pallabi area on Sunday morning...
A life with lost meaning
Anwar Hossain, 55, has had an unbearable life since 2020, when he lost his 18-year-old daughter to Covid 19...
City traffic collapses as students block roads for separate univ
Daylong traffic congestions crippled the commuters鈥� movement across the capital as the students of Dhaka University-affiliated seven colleges blocked roads for over six hours for the second day running on Wednesday, demanding a separate university...
Plan International holds 鈥楿ntil You Hear Me鈥�
Plan International Bangladesh on Thursday in Dhaka hosted a dialogue titled Until You Hear Me, as part of the International Day of the Girl 2024 celebrations...
224 girls raped, 81 killed, 133 suicides in 2024: NGCAF
In the first eight months of this year, 224 girls were raped, 81 were killed and 133 committed suicide, disclosed the National Girl Child Advocacy Forum at a press conference at...
Abducted girl rescued from Gazipur
A teenage girl who was abducted from Srimangal was rescued in the Chattar Gate area under Kaliakair upazila in Gazipur on Wednesday afternoon...
Girl hammered to death for playing loud music
A mentally challenged girl was killed after being struck with a hammer allegedly for playing loud music in front of a house at Thanaghata village in Satkhira Sadar upazila on Saturday...
鈥�1.4m girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return鈥�
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now...
Minor girl dies 5 days after being shot on rooftop
A six-year-old girl, who sustained bullet injury to her head on the rooftop of their house in Narayanganj on Friday amid the violence during the students鈥� protests for quota reform in the government job, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday...
Badrunnesa student鈥檚 hanging body found 聽
The body of a student of Begum Badrunnesa Govt Girls鈥� College was found hanging from the ceiling fan on the third floor of a house at Golapbagh Police...
Partnership, innovation stressed to address menstrual hygiene needs
Development workers on Tuesday emphasised the importance of continued partnership and innovation to address the menstrual hygiene needs of women and girls across...
UK girl鈥檚 hearing restored after groundbreaking gene therapy
An 18-month old British girl who was born completely deaf is believed to be the youngest person to have their hearing restored after undergoing groundbreaking new gene therapy...
Concern expressed over girls harassment by youth gang, relatives
The Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Wednesday expressed concerns over as incidents of violence against girls and women were rising in the streets, indoors and outdoors by the youth gang members and relatives as well...
193 women, girls face violence in April: report
At least 105 women and 88 girls were victims of violence across the country in April, according to a report, released by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on...