Rape victim
Ensure justice in Cox’s Bazar gang rape case
This case is yet another tragic example of how unsafe this country is for women.
A police officer’s bias against a rape victim
On December 2, 2021, 16-year-old Sadia Akhter (not her real name), a domestic worker, stole gold jewellery and cash from the apartment in Wari, where she worked, complying with her boyfriend’s instructions.
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence / How women's secondary status encourages violence
The value of a female is largely determined by what she can offer to her family and society
60-yr-old sent to jail for raping 11-yr-old, making her pregnant
A court in Manikganj today (August 7, 2022) sent a 60-year-old man to jail in a case filed for raping a fifth grader student six months ago at Khaserchar village of Dhalla union under Singair upazila in Manikganj.
Noakhali rape victim’s husband comes under acid attack
The husband of a rape victim comes under acid attack in Noakhali’s Subarnachar hours after he took part in a human chain organised to protest the persecution on his wife, family members claimed.
HC bans 2-finger test
The High Court yesterday banned the controversial two-finger test or 'virginity test' of rape victims, a medical exam victims had to go
HC bans degrading ‘two-finger test’ for rape victims
The High Court prohibits the controversial use of “two-finger test” conducted for the rape victims to prove the rape.
Many rapists escape thru' loopholes
The HC, while delivering the judgment, pointed out a few loopholes in the investigation and the case the prosecution presented. Coupled with the absence of medical evidence, the court decided to acquit the accused.
AL leader assaults 'rape victim'
A local Awami League leader allegedly tortured a woman who was reportedly raped and asked her to leave her village in Nandail.
3 held for ‘raping’ garment worker in Dhaka
Police have arrested three youths in connection with “raping” a garment worker in Mirpur area of Dhaka.
Housewife raped in Nilphamari
A wife of a rickshaw-puller is allegedly raped after she was picked up by a group of miscreants on Saturday night in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari.
'Rape victim' kills herself
A 16-year-old girl committed suicide on Tuesday night after she was reportedly raped in Chandpur village under Jagannathpur upazila
Headmaster suspended over ‘raping’ colleague in Kushtia
A headmaster of a school is suspended for raping a female colleague in Kushtia, according to a case filed last night.
144-year-old law of Bangladesh favours rapists
For a rape victim, justice in the existing legal system in Bangladesh means further humiliation and unending hassles.
Most rape victims are minors
A study by this paper has found that 82 percent of rape victims are under the age of 20, many of them minors. More than half of the victims were schoolgirls who were raped on their way to or from school. About twenty-two percent were sexually abused at home.
82pc rape victims are under 20
A study by The Daily Star has discovered that 82 percent of the rape victims are under the age of 20. Fifty two percent of girls or women are raped by an individual male,37 percent are gang-raped and 11 percent faced rape attempts.
Sexual assault in school
WHAT is as deplorable as the sexual assault and the attempted rape on a minor at a higher secondary school recently is the way the school authorities have handled the matter.