United News of Bangladesh

The streets of Shahbagh reverberated with slogans on Tuesday as students from 20 different colleges in Dhaka staged a dawn-to-dusk blockade, demanding justice for rape victims and stringent punishment for perpetrators. Under the slogan "Raise Your Voice Again, Dig the Rapists’ Graves," the protest took place in front of the National Museum, denouncing the recent rape of an eight-year-old girl in Magura and the continuing violence against women across the country. Students from institutions like Notre Dame College, Dhaka College, Government Science College, Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, Bir Shreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Public College, Bir Shreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College, Dhaka City College, Holy Cross College, Wills Little Flower School and College, Dhaka Residential Model College, and Adamjee Cantonment College actively participated in the demonstration. The protesters presented a six-point demand, the key focus being the introduction of capital punishment for rapists and public execution to set a strong precedent. Crime surges in Bagerhat; 23 killed, 21 raped in seven months They also urged the government to establish dedicated tribunals to expedite rape cases. While the existing law allows 90 days for a verdict, the students demanded the trial process be completed within 30 days through a special tribunal. Further, the demonstrators called for immediate action within 24 hours of a reported rape incident.

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

A female student of Dhaka University who started fast-unto-death on Thursday demanding the arrest of former Ducsu (Dhaka University Central Students Union) vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five others in a rape case fell sick on Saturday.

A case has been filed against two men at Kashimpur Police Station in Gazipur for allegedly raping a madrasa student inside a school.