JU teacher suspended over sexually harassing female student
Jahangirnagar University authorities have suspended Saju Shaha, an assistant professor at the marketing department at the university, on allegation of sexual harassment...
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Training drivers to prevent harassment in public transport
A five-day training workshop for bus drivers and helpers has begun in Dhaka to prevent sexual harassment in public transport...
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 鈥榬epression on women鈥� instead of the word 鈥榬ape鈥� in reports. The city police chief, who has attended as chief guest the inauguration...
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...
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鈥檚 failure to protect women from escalating violence. The demonstrators, predominantly woman activists and concerned citizens, burnt an effigy of the home affairs adviser...
Firm govt action needed against attacks on women
A SERIES of attacks on and harassment of women and the government鈥檚 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...
Auto-rickshaw drivers protest at police harassment
Auto-rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked the road in front of Kotwali police station in Chattogram protesting at police harassment, including arbitrary fines and extortion...
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: Rights activists stress law, changing mindset
Rights activists and other speakers at a meeting on Thursday called for enactment of a law to prevent sexual harassment and gender-based violence...
Labour Reform Commission Meeting: Women workers' rights stressed
Rights campaigners at a meeting with the labour reform commission on Tuesday highlighted the importance of maternity leave for women workers, sufficient day-care facilities for working women and strict measures against sexual harassment...
A city still asleep on women鈥檚 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鈥檚 safety on the road and in public spaces. Everyone wants change. Women want to walk without the fear of being harassed or attacked...
Journalists asked to report harassment cases filed since July 1
The government on Sunday called upon the journalists to send information with proof about harassment cases filed against them since July 1...
Sexual harassment at work
SEXUAL harassment, widespread in both formal and informal sectors, has significantly hindered women鈥檚 participation in the workforce. This form of abuse extends beyond the...
BAU suspends professor over sexually harassing Malaysian student
Bangladesh Agricultural University has suspended Md Harun-or-Rashid, a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, allegedly for sexually harassing a Malaysian female student.
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...
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...
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鈥� welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday...
DU sexual harassment cell reform demanded
A group of female students of Dhaka University on Monday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor of the university Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, demanding the reformation of the...
Students and suicide
THE escalating suicide rates among students in Bangladesh present a grave and complex issue, influenced by a host of socio-economic and psychological factors. Media reported that 513 students took their own lives in 2023, of which 227 are school students.聽Contributing factors include family discord, mental health struggles, academic stress, high expectations from parents and educators, sexual harassment, substance abuse, romantic disappointments, hormonal imbalances in teenagers, and internet addiction...
JU students demand safe campus for women
The students of Jahangirnagar University on Wednesday staged a demonstration protesting against the sexual harassment of women students on the campus.
Protests erupt at banks amid political change
Protests erupted at several banks on Thursday with officials alleging that those who were not aligned with the government or bank owners and those who refused to engage in illegal activities had faced harassment and termination...
JU authorities urge all 鈥榥ot to harass鈥� innocent students
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University urged all concerned, including law enforcement agencies, to make sure that innocent students were not harassed under any circumstances.
Doctor, clinic owner sent to jail for sexual harassment in Pabna
A Pabna court on Sunday sent a doctor and the owner of a medical diagnostic centre to jail allegedly for sexually harassing a female patient during a checkup....
RU decides to sack physician for sexual harassment
The authorities of Rajshahi University have decided to terminate its medical centre鈥檚 deputy chief medical officer Razu Ahmmed for harassing a schoolgirl sexually....
Rupali Bank DGM accused of sexual harassment
A female officer of Rupali Bank has accused its deputy general manager of the bank's headquarters' IT systems department in Dhaka, Md Kawser Mustafiz, of sexual harassment....
Blanket arrest, harassment of Bawm people must stop
THE blanket arrest of Bawm people and their harassment in Bandarban as part of a joint security operation for their suspected involvement in the Kuki-Chin National Front, said to be responsible for attacks on banks and security facilities...
Madrassah super arrested for sexual harassment
Police arrested the superintendent of Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Dakhil Madrassah from Sonadanga in Khulna on Friday afternoon on the allegation of...
US bank regulator grilled over 鈥榯oxic culture鈥� at agency
US lawmakers attacked the head of a top financial regulator for a second consecutive day on Thursday over accusations his agency failed to deal with workplace misconduct, including reports of discrimination and sexual harassment.聽..
JU student fined Tk 10,000 over 鈥榝alse鈥� sexual harassment complaint
The Jahangirnagar University authorities on Wednesday fined a female student Tk 10,000 over lodging an allegedly false sexual harassment complaint with the university administration...
Sexual harassment cases must be resolved early
SURVIVORS of sexual harassment on the University of Dhaka campus during Pahela Boishakh celebrations in 2016 still await justice as the case remains stuck in legal bureaucracy. On January 31, a Women and Children Repression (Prevention) Tribunal had to...