Child rape cases surged 75% in 7 months, exposing Bangladesh’s failure to protect its children

Child rape cases in Bangladesh have surged by nearly 75 percent in the first seven months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to data from Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK).

How many broken bodies, how many babies torn apart, how many headlines soaked in blood will it take before this nation wakes up?

The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.

The child went to visit her sister's house where she was raped on March 6

A court yesterday framed charges against four individuals in connection with the Magura child rape and murder case.

The interim government has in principle decided to bring necessary changes to the existing Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, including introducing a provision to have a tribunal to deal with child rape cases.

After an agonising six-day struggle for life, the eight-year-old Magura girl succumbed to her injuries yesterday, leaving the nation in mourning.

The child suffered three cardiac arrests this morning

Condition 'very critical' as brain remains unresponsive, says CA press wing

The eight-year-old girl from Magura suffered four cardiac arrests yesterday, Bangladesh Army wrote on Facebook last night.

At least seven people landed in jail yesterday on charges of rape in six districts.

The demonstration, which began after midnight, was particularly focused on seeking the maximum punishment for the rapists of an eight-year-old child in Magura

The eight-year-old girl, who is now battling for her life in the capital’s CMH, was raped by her sister’s father-in-law when she was visiting their home in Magura, police said.

The injury to her neck is severe, and there are also injuries on her genitals, says DMCH director

It was not an isolated incident but part of a grim trend of sexual violence that has gripped the country

A four-year-old girl is allegedly raped by her father at Newtown area in Jashore Sadar upazila.

A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Jashore’s Chowgachha upazila yesterday.

A six-year-old girl is raped in Chowgachha upazila of Jashore today allegedly by a youth of the same village, police say.

Family members of the nine-month old baby who was raped in Fatickchhari upazila of Chattogram are being shunned by locals ever since some media houses published the family’s identity. The plaintiff of the case filed over the incident, a maternal uncle