Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad claims that Awami Olama League is trying to destroy communal harmony in the country by delivering distasteful and baseless speeches.

It is shocking that eight months into the incident of sexual assault on women during this year's Pahela Baishakh celebrations...

Police failure to bring the sex offenders of the Pahela Baishakh incident to book gives a worrying message about law

Detectives submit the final report in Pahela Baishakh sexual harassment case saying the incident took place but none of the offenders could be identified or arrested.

State minister for home claims some of the women assaulters on Dhaka University campus have been caught, but neither police or Rab agree to the claim.

A friend testifies that Bakhtiar Alam Rony fired gunshots in a drunken state on April 14, killing two people in Dhaka.

Why did it take so many days for the police to scan the CCTV footage to finally come up with these obscure photos which, eye witnesses, consider do not include many of the other culprits.

Eight people are identified from the close circuit camera footage of the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University, and Tk 1 lakh has been announced as reward for capture of each assaulter.

In a one-to-one conversation with The Daily Star, Bangladesh Chhatra Union activist Ismat Jahan Joe tells of her account of the day when students were thrashed away by cops while trying to lay a siege to Dhaka police headquarters protesting the April 14 sexual assault on women.

High Court asks government to explain why it should not direct to form a permanent task force to address the incident of violation of human rights by law enforcers.

When cops swooped on the protesters, it only reflected the government’s and the administration’s indifferent attitude towards the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault. We were shocked because we as civilized human beings expected rational reaction from the authorities. We should not have.

Leaders and activists of different socio-political organisations besiege the office of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor protesting the authorities’ dillydallying role to punish the culprits involved in sexual assault against women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says the pro-government people raised several attacks to kill her during city corporation electioneering, but she was “saved by the grace of Allah”.

THERE is understandable outrage at the alleged sexual assault of at least 20 women by a large group of men during the Bengali New Year celebrations at the Dhaka University.

Social networking platforms Facebook, Twitter witness users exchange ideas of resisting harassment to women as protests against the Pahela Baishakh assault continue.

UNPRECEDENTED levels of outrage and activism surround the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault; we have finally reached critical mass:

Chief of National Human Rights Commission blames the sexual assault at Dhaka University during Pahela Baishakh celebration on religious fanaticism and patriarchal system.

Teachers and students form a human chain on Dhaka University campus demanding immediate punishment to the perpetrators responsible for the sexual assault on women during the Pahela Baishakh.

“Rupban”, one of the most famous jatra pala of the area, was staged at a five-day celebration marking Pahela Baishakh.

If police response during the attack was abhorrent, how they reacted to it subsequently was even more disgraceful.