Violence against women
Factory GM held over female worker’s ‘rape’ in Gazipur
Police on Tuesday arrested the General Manager of a shoe factory for allegedly raping a female worker in Kacharipara area of Gazipur.
'Ending child marriage will curb VAW'
Speakers at an advocacy meeting in Bhola’s Charfesson said that awareness of Kazis and Imams can prevent child marriage and ultimately help reduce violence against women.
Trial in MC College gang rape, extortion cases to run simultaneously: HC
The High Court (HC) on Sunday directed the authorities to run the trial simultaneously in two cases over the gang rape of a woman and extortion at MC College in Sylhet.
38-yr-old held for raping former sister-in-law in Chandpur village
A 38-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his former sister-in-law at his home in Ragdoil village of Kachua in Chandpur on the pretext of marriage.
Anushka murder after rape: Court seeks probe report by Feb 11
A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked the investigation team to submit its probe report on the case filed over the rape and murder of an O Level student in Kalabagan area of the city, by February 11.
Teen gang raped in Lalmonirhat; two suspects arrested
Police on Thursday arrested two suspects for the alleged gang rape of a teenager at Teesta Toll plaza in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.
Lighting candles, BNP seeks justice for Anushka
Nari O Shishu Odhikar Forum, a platform of BNP, on Thursday evening demanded justice for Mastermind School student Anushka Nur Amin, who recently died allegedly after rape in the city’s Dhanmondi area, by lighting more than a hundred candles.
Rape attempt on Sunamganj college student: Bus driver held
Police on Saturday arrested the bus driver who tried to “rape” a college student on a moving bus in Sunamganj’s Derai.
Cumilla witnesses alarming number of rapes in 2020
Cumilla saw an alarming number of sexual assaults on women, children to the elderly last year. A total of 367 victims put a strain on the locals of Cumilla.