The National University authorities have suspended the studentship of four over the gang-rape incident at MC College in Sylhet.

Protest against the recent rapes and violence against women rolled into the eighth day in Dhaka.

Nari O Shishu Odhikar Forum, a platform of BNP, on Tuesday announced a three-day programme in protest against violence against women and children, including inhuman repression of a woman in Noakhali’s Begumganj and a gang-rape of a woman at MC College in Sylhet. 

As the recent spate of rape and sexual harassment of women rocked the country, experts called for ensuring exemplary punishment of the culprits and their abettors through prompt trials since 97 percent perpetrators now get off the hook in many ways.

Alongside protests on the streets, netizens, especially women, have resorted to digital protests to raise their voices against sexual assault, harassment and torture of women.

Protests against the growing incidents of rape, sexual harassment and violence against women continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.

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.

A Sylhet court on Tuesday placed three other accused on a 5-day remand each in a case filed in connection with Friday’s gang-rape in MC College.