Lad culture here often intersects with class privilege and institutional power.
Bangladesh law penalises harassment, with jail and fines under key provisions.
Mostafa Asif Arnob, a 25-year-old bookbinder at the DU library, who was arrested for harassing a female student in public, was released on bail yesterday, hours after being taken into custody.
While taking legal action will not undo the harrowing experience, it can help to regain some control of the situation and attain a sense of justice.
It's a lesser known evil that is wreaking havoc among young people.
Trigger Warning: This article mentions sexual and domestic abuse, trauma, and issues of mental health
Flirting is consensual and conscious. Even when it's not too subtle, a flirt won't come across as demanding or like they expect you to respond positively, if at all. Harassment, meanwhile, is obnoxiously persistent.
Mehnaz (not her real name), a student of Chittagong University, was sexually harassed by a group of men on her campus a few months ago.
The US has called on all political parties in Bangladesh to respect the rule of law and refrain from violence, harassment and intimidation.
We are shocked and saddened by the death of an eighth grader in Narsingdi, who died by suicide after her teacher harassed her for wearing trousers with her school uniform.
How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?
The apathy towards ending sexual harassment on campus is a symptom of wider institutional control.
A parliamentary body today asked all authorities concerned not to harass UAE-bound migrant workers having tourist visas at the Dhaka airport.
Service seekers at a mass hearing organised by the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday said they faced nothing short of harassment at sub-registrar offices.
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, expresses deep concern over the law enforcement agencies’ alleged harassment and pressure on Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s family to give statements they had prescribed.
Law Minister Anisul Huq terms the trend of filing false cases to cause harassment as “evil culture”.
The Editor's Council has condemned and protested the filing of cases one after another against The Daily Star editor and the Council's general secretary, Mahfuz Anam.
Nine eminent citizens have expressed grave concern over the filing of more than 50 cases and issuance of summons against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday asked officers not to “unnecessarily harass people on suspicion” or “by showing them arrested in cases”.
