rape and murder

Murder, rapes rising for lack of law and order: GM Quader

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said injustice and the number of murders and rapes have gone up in the country due to a lack of rule of law and good governance.

‘Murdered’ girl found alive: Accused Khalilur Rahman gets bail

A court in Narayanganj today granted bail to Khalilur Rahman -- one of three accused -- who confessed to raping and killing a class-V female student later found alive.

‘Murdered’ girl found alive: Narayanganj Sadar OC, SI submit written statement

The officer-in-charge of Narayanganj Sadar Police Station Asaduzzaman and closed sub-inspector Shamim Ala Mamun today explained to a Narayanganj court on the incident of a girl found alive after three accused gave confessional statements on the rape and killing of the girl.

'Murdered' girl found alive: HC asks for case records, summons IOs

The High Court today asked for the case records and summoned two investigation officers in order to examine how three accused gave confessional statements on the rape and killing of a girl even though she was found alive in Narayanganj.

‘Girl found at Kamalapur station was raped before murder’

The 18-year-old girl, who was found dead at a toilet of an abandoned carriage at Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday morning, was raped before murder, doctor says.

5 to die for rape, double murder in Khulna

A Khulna court sentences five people to death for killing a female bank official after gang-rape and murdering her father in Khulna city in 2015.

Prime suspect held over Wari girl's murder

Detectives claimed to have arrested the prime suspect in a case filed over the rape and murder of seven-year-old Samia Afrin Saima in Wari of Dhaka on Friday.

Wari girl raped before murder

A culture of impunity and degradation of moral and social values are among the main reasons why rape incidents are rising, eminent sociologist Prof Mahbuba Nasreen has said.

Wari child raped before murder

A seven-year-old child, whose body has been found in an under-construction building at Dhaka’s Wari, was raped before murder, doctor says after autopsy.

May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018

Youth gets death for killing child after rape in Kishoreganj

A youth has been awarded death penalty by Kishoreganj Women and Children Repression Prevention court today for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl.

July 20, 2017
July 20, 2017

5 held for killing 2 girls after rape in Kadamtali

Five people are arrested in two separate cases filed for killing two girls after rape in Kadamtali area of Dhaka.

May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016

Parents of slain Bangladeshi student now see hope

The parents of Sohagi Jahan Tonu called for the immediate arrest of her rapists and killers yesterday, a day after the CID

March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016

Crime scene cleaning may mislead trial process: NHRC chief

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman says the cleaning of the crime scene in the Sohagi Jahan Tonu murder case may mislead the trial process.

December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015

India passes tough new law for serious juvenile crimes

Indian parliament has passed a bill which allows juveniles between 16 and 18 years of age to be tried as adults for serious crimes like rape or murder.

October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015

Indian hanged girls: Court rejects probe ruling out rape

An Indian court has rejected a federal police report which had ruled that two teenage girls found hanging from a tree in India last year took their own lives and were not gang-raped and murdered.

August 14, 2015
August 14, 2015

14 sued for murder of 2 Madaripur girls

Fourteen people- seven named and as many unnamed are sued for the murder of two school girls in Madaripur.

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