A 28-year-old woman was raped while her one-and-a-half-year-old son was held at knifepoint in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday night, according to a case filed yesterday.
rape incidents in Bangladesh are episodes of a recurring nightmare that we just can't seem to wake up from.
Other accused remains absconding
Rape culture refers to a societal environment where sexual violence is normalised, excused, or trivialised.
Sexual desire or show of power?
The 18-year-old daughter of a July uprising martyr was found dead at her house in Dhaka’s Adabor last night.
Rape persists in Bangladesh at the scale it does because too many men believe they are superior beings and that women exist to be controlled.
Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0 exposed how society punishes silence, mirroring real-world abuse victims’ struggles. Women endure mistreatment yet face blame for not resisting. Vulnerability isn’t consent. Change starts by holding perpetrators accountable, not victims. Will we finally act?
Dhaka Metropoli-tan Police (DMP) Commissi-oner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali has expressed regret over his recent remarks regarding rape, following widespread criticism.
This week, a report issued by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad outlines the brutal reality: almost 300 women reported different types of abuse just in the last six months.
An international footballer who plays in the Premier League has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of rape.
The Bachao App was created to help prevent rape, a crime that remains to be constantly on the rise. The Bachao app is an excellent initiative to fulfil this purpose. We should all contribute by registering as volunteer so that if the time comes, we can save someone from something horrible.
The autopsy found no sign of rape on the body of Stamford University student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa, a doctor of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital says.
A young woman was allegedly set on fire by her neighbour after she resisted his attempt to rape her in Muzzaffarpur town in Bihar, an Indian police officer says.
An eight-year-old girl has been raped by a local shop employee in Baishari area under Naikhangchhari upazilla of Bandarban, family members claim.
Police claim to have arrested a youth for allegedly raping a female worker and capturing the rape scene through his mobile phone in Araihahazar upazila of Narayanganj.
A minor girl is raped by a man at Ektarpur village in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah, police say.
The officer-in-charge and a sub-inspector of Pabna Sadar Police Station were withdrawn and suspended over allegations of arranging a marriage between a gang-raped woman and one of the rapists.
Three accused in connection with two separate rape cases have been arrested in Barishal, police have said.
