Violence against women
Protests continue as fury spreads over rape incidents
Protests against the growing incidents of rape, sexual harassment and violence against women continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.
Build a social resistance against rape: Quader
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday called upon all to forge a united resistance against the incidents of rape and violence against women.
MC College gang-rape: Three more confess before courts
Three more Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders who were accused in the MC College gang-rape case, delivered confession statements under section 164 of the CrPC on Saturday.
Rape allegations false, in Sri Lanka then: Bollywood filmmaker
Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Friday claimed that the rape allegations against him were "outright lie" as he was in Sri Lanka at the time, a day after he was grilled by police in Mumbai for a good eight hours in connection with the seven-year-old case.
MC College gang-rape: Three accused plead guilty
Three Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders who were accused in the MC gang-rape case, delivered confession statements under section 164 before a Sylhet court on Friday.
Child among three raped in Savar: 4 arrested
Police arrested four people in connection with the rape of three young girls, including a five-year-old, from Savar on the outskirts of the capital on Thursday.
Chattogram Jubo League leader held for abusing women
Police have arrested a Jubo League leader from Chawkbazar area of Chattogram city in a case filed over violence against women.
Priest arrested for rape at church
A priest, accused of raping a minor indigenous girl, was arrested from Bishop House at Amchattar in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday night.
MC College gang rape: All accused now in police custody
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday arrested another accused in a case filed in connection with Friday’s gang-rape in Sylhet MC College.
Minor indigenous girl raped in church
A Rajshahi priest has been accused of keeping an underage indigenous girl confined at a church in Tanore upazila for three days and raping her.