Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the administration to take extensive measures against rape and raise public awareness against such incidents in society.

Hundreds of protesters, mainly women, participated in a march on Tuesday midnight at Shahbagh protesting against rape and violence against women.

Protesting against rape and violence against women, hundreds of women brought out a procession in Dhaka around midnight on Tuesday.

Amid widespread protests against the growing incidents of rape in the country, the government has planned to enact a law with a provision of death penalty as the highest punishment for the heinous crime.

Despite widespread protests against rape and the government’s plan to toughen the law in this regard, the incidents of rape, gang rape and molestation never seem to decline across the country.

Protests against the growing incidents of rape, sexual harassment and violence against women are continuing in different parts of the city for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday.

A 15-year-old girl was gang raped in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday night amid a countrywide outrage against rape and violence against women.

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.

Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) on Thursday morning formed a human chain to protest against the recent incidents of violence against women, rape and torture.

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.