Violence against women
Another housewife ‘gang raped’ in Chattogram, 8 held
Eight people have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a housewife after kidnapping her from Moulvipukurpar area of Chandgaon in Chattogram city.
Violence against women: Cricketers raise voice for justice
In the backdrop of rising concern over violence against women, top Bangladeshi cricketers urged the authorities concerned to ensure justice and take effective steps to stop violence against women.
Transport worker arrested for ‘raping’ girl in Magura
Police arrested a bus conductor on Friday morning for allegedly raping a female passenger in Bakchar area of Shalikha upazila in Magura.
Protests against rape continue
Protests against the growing incidents of rape, sexual harassment and violence against women continued for the fifth consecutive day on Friday at Shahbagh in the capital.
Appalling spate of rape continues: Now uncle ‘rapes’ 10th grader in Chandpur
It is almost beyond belief in Bangladesh society that someone can rape his niece. But the residents of Chandpur woke up to hear such horrific news on Thursday.
Spate of rape ‘levelled nation’s dignity with mud’: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that ruling ‘party men’ are badly tarnishing the country’s image in the international arena by indulging in rape and violence against women.
Noakhali woman molestation: Another accused held
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested another accused from Daudkandi in Cumilla early Wednesday in a case filed over molestation of a housewife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali.
Noakhali woman molestation: 3 more accused remanded
A Noakhali court put three more accused on different terms of remand in a case filed over the torture of a housewife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday.
UN voices "serious concerns" over increasing violence against women
The United Nations (UN) has strongly recommended an urgent reform of the criminal justice system to support and protect victims and witnesses, and to speed up the slow trial process expressing "serious concerns" over the increasing violence against women in Bangladesh.
"United Nations (UN) expresses serious concerns over the increasing violence against women in Bangladesh. These are heinous crimes and grave violations of human rights. One rape is one too many," said the UN in a statement on Wednesday in the wake of recent rape cases.
The case of the woman from Noakhali that was circulated through social media has yet again underlined the state of social, behavioral and structural misogyny that exist, said the U
Women now upset, worried: BNP
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the womenfolk in Bangladesh has become very helpless and deeply worried over their security due to the recent spate of rape and sexual harassment “by ruling party men”.