torture
Ragging is nothing but abuse
UGC must hurry up with an anti-ragging policy
Torture of Phulpori: HC orders IU to suspend 5 students
The High Court yesterday ordered the Islamic University to suspend the five students who tortured a female student at a dorm in mid-February.
‘Don’t you dare name any names’
A mere “questioning” sent two of those students to the ICU. The ordeal didn’t end there. BCL leaders and activists forcibly entered the ICU and threatened the two ailing students. They said, “You are comfortable here [in the ICU]. We didn’t beat you much, and yet you are creating drama out of it. Don’t you dare name any names”
Minor house help falls off building while trying to escape torture
A minor house help gets hurt falling from the sixth floor of a 13-storey building while trying to escape torture reportedly by the house owner in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka.
Editorial / Implementation of the HC ban long overdue
The brutal torture of Omar Faruq, a 12-year-old madrasa student, by his teacher in Mymensingh has again proved the ineffectiveness of the laws to protect our children from various forms of violence that they are subject to. In this particular case, the child was not only beaten up but confined inside the madrasa for three days. He is still in an unstable condition and undergoing treatment in MMCH.
Dream shattered in Saudi Arabia
With the dream of a better life, Fatema left for Saudi Arabia without telling anyone in her family.
Torture poisons societies from within
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” These were the words of Mahatma Gandhi who was jailed 13 times for his non-violent and peaceful resistance against British colonial rule in India. Torture was also a common practice at the Robben Island prison camp where the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his life. One would assume that this shameful practice would belong to the past.
Shahadat and wife acquitted
Former national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmine Jahan Nrittya were acquitted yesterday in a case filed over torturing their 11-year-old domestic help in September last year.
Shahadat, wife plead not guilty
Former national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife yesterday pleaded not guilty and demanded justice in a case filed over the torture of the couple's 11-year-old domestic help.
South Sudan conflict: Army 'raped and torched girls'
South Sudan's army and allied militias "abducted, torched and gang-raped girls" during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says.
Journo remanded for ‘torturing’ wife
Police arrest the news editor of a private television channel in Dhaka on charges of torturing his journalist wife and demanding dowry, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports.
3 madrasa teachers detained for torturing student in Dinajpur
Police picks up three madrasa teachers in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila for their alleged involvement in torturing a student accused of stealing.
A forceful message
IT is indeed heartening to see justice finally meted out to Md Helal Uddin, who as the OC of Khilgaon Police station picked up Abdul Kadar, a meritorious Dhaka University student, tortured him in custody and later tried to arrest him on trumped-up charges.
A forceful message
IT is indeed heartening to see justice finally meted out to Md Helal Uddin, who as the OC of Khilgaon Police station picked up Abdul Kadar, a meritorious Dhaka University student, tortured him in custody and later tried to arrest him on trumped-up charges.
Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student
A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.
They starved us and threw the dead overboard, says victim
Death, hunger and torture were all part of Bangladeshi national Mohammad Rashid’s arduous sea journey from Teknaf to Malaysia.
School principal in Uttar Pradesh beats student to death over stolen pencil
10-year-old Shiva Rawat died after being allegedly beaten up by his principal Lalit Kumar Verma on suspicion of stealing pencils.
Uproar in Lok Sabha over Bengal nun gang-rape case
Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between members who expressed anger at the gang-rape of a 71-year-old nun in West Bengal.