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Woman gang-raped for 25 days in Mohammadpur
A 23-year-old woman had been shackled and gang-raped for 25 days in Mohammadpur.
Why Bilkis Bano’s rapists should be behind bars
Men who raped Bilkis Bano during 2002 Gujarat riots allowed to walk free on the same day that PM Modi promised to make the nation a better place for women.
Rape in bus: 5 suspects land in Gazipur jail
All five men, accused of gang-raping a woman in a moving bus in Gazipur on Friday night, were sent to jail by a court yesterday.
Robbery, rape on bus in Tangail: Mastermind among 10 arrested
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested 10 persons including the mastermind in the cases filed over the gang-rape of a woman and looting of valuables of passengers after hijacking a bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on August 3, 2022.
Robbery, rape on bus in Tangail: One arrested
Police arrested an alleged member of a robbery gang which raped a woman and took away passengers’ valuables after taking control of a bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on Wednesday.
Robbers gang-rape passenger after taking control of bus in Tangail
Robbers gang-raped a female passenger after taking control of a bus in Tangail early today (August 3, 2022).
9 Bangladeshis jailed for gang rape in India
A special court in India’s Bengaluru city has convicted nine Bangladeshis and punished them with sentences ranging from five years to life imprisonment in connection with the gang-rape of a Bangladeshi woman in May last year.
Bengaluru gang rape: India hands over Bangladeshi victim
India today (May 21, 2022) handed over the victim, who was gang-raped in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru in May last year, to Bangladesh.
OC arranged it ‘to cover up the crime’
A police officer in Pabna allegedly arranged a marriage between a gang-rape victim and one of the alleged rapists in an attempt to cover up the crime, the woman’s family members and rights activists in the district said.
Bhola rape victim’s condition worsens
The condition of the sixth grader, who was gang-raped in Bhola on August 11, deteriorated yesterday.
Condition of Bhola gang rape victim unchanged
The sixth grader gangraped in Bhola on Sunday evening has still been bleeding from wounds.
A woman day labour gang-raped in Savar
A woman, aged around 30, is allegedly gang-raped in Dagarmora area of Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka.
Why shouldn’t rape victims get compensation?
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why a scheme for interim compensation for rape victims should not be made.
2 RMG workers gang-raped in N’ganj, 6 held
Two ready-made garments workers have been gang-raped in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj, police have said. Six youths were arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident, reports our Narayanganj correspondent quoting Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station.
Nurse Tania: Autopsy finds proof of gang rape, murder
The autopsy of nurse Shahinoor Akter Tania found evidence that she was gang-raped and murdered, Kishoreganj’s civil surgeon said yesterday. On Monday night, Tania, who worked at Ibne Sina Hospital’s Kalyanpur branch in the capital, died in mysterious circumstances in a passenger bus
7 drug addicts kill widow after gang rape
Widow Nazma alias Dhalabanu, 42, of Sakhipur upazila was strangled to death after she was raped by seven drug addicts at her house at Protima Bonki village in the upazila last year.
Impunity, moral decline to blame
A culture of impunity, moral degradation and culprits’ getting political backing in many cases are the major reasons why incidents of rape and sexual violence continue unabated in the country, according to experts and rights activists.
Autistic girl, 15, raped in Narayanganj
Two girls, including an autistic teenager, were allegedly raped in Bandarban and Narayanganj on Tuesday and Wednesday.