Woman ‘raped after abduction’ in M’singh
A group of seven to eight people allegedly gang-raped a woman after abducting her at village Kurchai of Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh district on early Wednesday...
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Man jailed for life in Ctg child rape case
The Chattogram Metropolitan Violence against Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape of a four-year-old girl in the Chairman Ghata area of Bakalia.
HC appoints state lawyers for Pallabi child rape-murder convicts
The High Court on Tuesday ordered the appointment of state defence lawyers for condemned couple Sohel Rana and Shopna Akter in their appeals against the death sentences for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Pallabi in Dhaka.
Juba Dal leader arrested for attempted rape, expelled from party
The police have arrested union-level Juba Dal leader Abul Kashem, alias Kashem Sheikh, for allegedly attempting to rape a seventh-grade schoolgirl at Ataikula in Pabna.
Testimony ends in Ctg child rape case
The Chattogram Metropolitan Violence against Children Repression Tribunal on Sunday completed recording testimonies in the case over the rape of a four-and-a-half-year-old girl.
Police officer withdrawn over rape allegation
A police inspector has been withdrawn over the allegation of raping a 13-year-old girl in Noakhali’s Hatia upazila.
PALLABI CHILD RAPE, MURDER: HC admits death-row couple’s appeals
The High Court on Sunday admitted for hearing the jail appeals filed by death-row convicts Sohel Rana and his wife Shopna Khatun in the case of killing a girl child after rape in the capital’s Pallabi area on May 19.
Teenage girl ‘raped’ in B’baria
A teenage girl has allegedly been gang-raped at Kalabagan in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district...
Juba Dal leader among 2 arrested over Sonargaon woman ‘rape’ case
The police on Friday night arrested two men, including a local Juba Dal leader, on charges of allegedly raping a woman in the Sirab area of Jampur union under Sonargaon in Narayanganj.
Rickshaw puller held in Jhenaidah over rape attempt
A rickshaw puller was detained by the police for his alleged attempt to rape an 11-year-old girl at Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah on Saturday morning....
Man arrested for attempted rape, child abduction in Bandarban
Police arrested a man in a case filed on charges of attempting to rape a widow and later abduct her two-year-old child in Lama upazila of Bandarban early Friday.
6 more testify in Ctg child rape case
The Chattogram Metropolitan Children Violence Prevention Tribunal on Thursday recorded the testimonies of six more prosecution witnesses in the case over the rape of a four-year-old girl in the port city’s Bakalia area.
HC bench to hear 20 death references from Sunday
A dedicated High Court bench formed to expedite the disposal of cases under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act has initially listed 20 death reference cases for hearing from Sunday, including the widely discussed rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Magura and the 2019 killing of Feni madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
Couple appeal against death sentences for Pallabi girl’s rape, murder
Condemned convicts Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Khatun on Thursday filed jail appeals against their death sentences in the Pallabi child rape and murder case...
Police arrest one over abduction, rape of Gaibandha schoolgirl
A Class-X girl has allegedly been raped in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur after being abducted from Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha.
Rights groups alarmed by rise in rape cases
Rights organisations, including the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Ain o Salish Kendra, on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the recent rise in rape incidents across the country and called for urgent legal and social measures to curb violence against women and children...
Trial begins in Ctg child rape case
The Chattogram Metropolitan Violence against Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Wednesday began the trial in the case over the rape of a four-year-old girl in the Bakalia area of the port city three weeks ago by recording the testimonies of prosecution witnesses...
2 confess to rape of Cox’s Bazar woman, daughter
A Cox’s Bazar court on Wednesday sent five suspects to jail after recording ‘confessions’ of two of them in a case filed for the rape of a 40-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter by armed robbers...
State, society must move to end sexual violence
THE alleged rape of a young mother inside Natore General Hospital on June 8 and the reported gang rape of a woman and her school-going daughter during a robbery in Cox’s Bazar on June 9 once again expose the alarming prevalence of sexual violence against women and children. The Natore incident is shocking. The woman, who was attending to her two-year-old...
Woman, daughter raped in Cox’s Bazar, 6 held
A 35-year-old woman and her school-going daughter were allegedly gang-raped by a group of robbers while committing robbery at their house in newly formed Matamuhuri upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Tuesday...
Tribunal charges lone accused
The Chattogram Metropolitan Violence against Children Prevention Tribunal on Tuesday framed charges against the lone accused Monir Hossain in the case of raping a four-year-old girl in the Bakalia area of the port city on May 21...
Three neighbours succumb to burn injuries
Three people succumbed to burn injuries at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on Monday and Tuesday, days after they were injured when angry locals set fire to the house of the prime suspect of raping and murdering a teenage girl in a village under Pabna Sadar Upazila on June 4...
HC gets death reference in Pallabi child rape, murder case
The High Court on Tuesday received the death reference in the case filed for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Pallabi in the capital...
Mother of ailing child raped at Natore hospital
A woman attending her hospitalised two-year-old daughter at Natore 250-bed General Hospital was allegedly raped inside the hospital by a sweeper on early Monday...
CTG CHILD RAPE: Charge hearing today
The Chattogram Metropolitan Violence against Children Prevention Tribunal on Monday accepted the charge sheet in the case of raping a four-year-old girl in the Bakalia area of the port city on May 21.
Village doctor held in Jhenaidah over child rape attempt
THE police on Saturday night detained a village doctor on charges of attempting to rape a third-grade schoolgirl at Monoharpur village of Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah.
PALLABI CHILD RAPE, MURDER: Sohel, wife sentenced to death
The Dhaka Metropolitan Violence against Children Prevention Tribunal on Sunday sentenced Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Khatun to death on charges of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in the capital’s Pallabi area on May 19.
Five BNP men sued over alleged rape, looting in Rajshahi
A case was filed against five leaders and activists of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate organisations on charges of rape and looting of a woman at Puthia upazila in Rajshahi.
Pallabi child rape, murder verdict today
The Dhaka Metropolitan Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal is set to deliver its verdict today in the case over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in the capital’s Pallabi area on May 19.
Three youths arrested over raping girl in Gaibandha
A young girl has allegedly been raped by four people at Gachabari Madhyapara in Shaghata upazila of Gaibandha district on early Saturday...