Violence against women
Govt pledge-bound to build safer society for women, girls: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the government of Bangladesh, with visionary woman leader Sheikh Hasina at the helm, is pledge-bound to build a safer society for women and girls.
Women in Life: Commonwealth begins 16 days of actions Wednesday
The Commonwealth and the NO MORE Foundation are launching a ‘16 Days of Actions’ blog series on Wednesday to help end violence against women and girls.
Rapists on the prowl: Magura woman raped by five
Although the government has toughened the punishment for rape, the incidents of rape, gang rape and molestation are going on across the country. And the latest victim is a woman of Jhenidah district.
Tenth-grader raped in Lalmonirhat
A schoolgirl was allegedly raped by a young man of the neighborhood at Chandrapur village in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Wednesday.
‘Sexual abuse of boys too often invisible’
Sexual violence against women and girls is quite visible. However, boys are also victims of pedophilia.
Bill seeking death sentence for rape lands in Parliament
The much-talked-about 'Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020' was introduced in Parliament on Sunday, stipulating the death penalty as the maximum punishment in rape cases.
Female hawker ‘raped’ on moving bus in Gazipur, driver held
A female hawker has allegedly been raped by a bus driver and his assistant on a moving bus in Gazipur early Sunday.
3 held for raping mentally challenged woman in Bogura
The accused, identified as Rabiul Islam (19), Abdul Jalil (32) and local arbitration leader Saiful Islam (55), were arrested on Tuesday night, a day after the crime.
Inspector SM Abul Kalam Azad of Sherpur Police Station said that Rabiul and Jalil had forcibly taken the woman to Rabiul’s house on Mon
Man gets life term for raping domestic help in Rangpur
A Rangpur court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison for raping a domestic help in 2007.
Youth held for ‘raping’ girl in Jashore
Police on Tuesday arrested a young man for allegedly raping a girl in Barandipara area of Jashore town.