Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the party’s door has forever been shut for rapists and abusers of women.

Demonstrators blocked the key Shahbagh intersection protesting against the attack on anti-rape long march in Feni in which 20 people were injured.

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

A man, who has allegedly raped his own daughter, was arrested from Harintana in Khulna city around Tuesday midnight.   The arrestee was identified as Shahidul Islam, 36, son of Jahangir Alam of the area.   Quoting locals, police said the victim used to live with her mother and three brothers in Harintana after Shahidul left them two years ago.   He returned recently and has been living with them.   He allegedly raped his 14-year-old daughter when her mother and brothers had gone out for work.   The victim informed her grandmother about her ordeal on Tuesday.   Police arrested Shahidul around midnight from the area with the help of locals, said Kanailal Sarkar, deputy commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police.   The victim was sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital for medical test. A spurt in rapes and violence against women has triggered countrywide protests, prompting the government to revise the highest punishment for rape to death penalty.   Read Also: Anti-rape protest: Women in Dhaka march to break the shackles

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