gang rape

Six transport leaders sued for cover-up bid

Nine transport workers and leaders have been sued over the “gang-rape” of a female garment worker in a moving bus in Tangail on Friday.
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Tangail rape: 2 key accused remanded

A Tangail court grants three-day remand against two of the three prime accused in connection with the rape of a female garment worker in a running bus in Madhupur upazila of the district.
2 April 2016, 08:07 AM

Delhi juvenile gang rapist freed amid protests

The youngest convict in the notorious 2012 Delhi gang rape case has been released from a correctional centre.
20 December 2015, 11:51 AM

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.
29 October 2015, 08:54 AM

Indian girls aged two and five 'gang-raped' in New Delhi: Police

Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight.
17 October 2015, 08:02 AM

Can a piece of jewellery make you safe?

Paras Batra, the sales head at Leaf, creates a pendant having a small triangular chip embedded in the back which, if pressed twice, connects to an app that then sends out an alert to designated mobile phones of "guardians" who can then track the wearer's location and movement on Google Maps.
11 September 2015, 07:25 AM

Varsity admission seeker ‘raped’ in Dhaka

Two youths allegedly rape a university admission seeker at a Moghbazar residential hotel in Dhaka.
15 August 2015, 15:18 PM

Girl gang-raped in Dhaka

A female worker is gang-raped allegedly by one of her colleagues and his two cohorts in Uttara area of Dhaka.
31 July 2015, 13:54 PM

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.
30 June 2015, 14:00 PM

College student 'raped' in Dhaka

A college student was allegedly raped in the city and police have arrested two men in this connection.
20 June 2015, 14:53 PM

ASI arrested for gang-rape on policewoman

The policeman who allegedly accompanied his cohorts and gang-raped his divorced cop wife has been arrested from Cox’s Bazar’s this morning, law enforcers says.
17 June 2015, 10:40 AM

A “rape shield” law for Bangladesh

While rape is a commonly reported form of violence against women in Bangladesh, only over one half of women who experience rape actually seek any kind of remedy from the police.
15 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Female cop ‘gang-raped’ in Dhaka

A policewoman is allegedly gang-raped by her former police husband and his cohorts in Khilgaon area of capital Dhaka.
13 June 2015, 13:59 PM

Garo woman gang-rape: Cops foil Secretariat besiege move

Police bar a procession when it was going to besiege home ministry at Bangladesh Secretariat demanding maximum punishment for those who gang-raped a Garo woman on May 21.
8 June 2015, 07:17 AM

Tearing up our soul

In the present scenario, the law puts the burden of proving the guilt on the prosecution. Unfortunately, this well recognised principle of preventing the misuse of power leads to investigators being bribed, witnesses suborned and material facts altered.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

‘Rapists’ of Garo woman on 10-day remand

A Dhaka court places on 10-day remand two people arrested on charge of gang-raping a 21-year-old indigenous woman on May 21.
28 May 2015, 07:14 AM

Analysis: Catching sex offenders, good job Rab

It is a rare sense of relief to note that the Rab has been able to arrest two men in connection with the gang-rape of a young Garo woman a few days ago.
27 May 2015, 11:46 AM

Gang-rape victim lured with better job: Rab

The 21-year-old Garo woman, who was gang-raped on running microbus in Dhaka, was lured by the promise of a better job.
27 May 2015, 03:33 AM

Prompt and sensitive handling of rape cases

Rights organisations have been protesting the insensitivity and sometimes discrimination shown by law enforcers when dealing with cases of sexual assault and rape.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Gang-rape of Garo woman pre-planned: Police

Law enforcers are suspecting that the recent gang-rape of a Garo woman in the capital was pre-planned.
25 May 2015, 09:51 AM