physical abuse

Child sexual abuse: When home is also not a safe place

Sexual abuse can be the most traumatising experience a child has to go through. The memory of how helpless they felt, to be too young to raise their voices haunts them for the rest of their lives;
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Harsh life of house-helps

Around 4 percent of live-in househelps in Bangladesh are abused sexually, while 21 percent suffer from physical violence and 61 percent are subjected to verbal harassment by their employers and family members, found a recent study.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Physical Abuse in Schools: An unending nightmare

"Our class teacher used to grab my hair and shake my head grabbing it."
21 July 2022, 00:00 AM

Revisiting the Narsingdi assault

On 18 May, 2022. A young woman was physically assaulted for her attire at the Narsingdi station while on her way to Dhaka to sit for an exam.
29 May 2022, 08:54 AM

RU students protest harassment of female students on campus

Rajshahi University students form a human chain protesting physical harassment of female students by unknown people on the campus.
22 November 2017, 15:57 PM

Female student harassment: 4 JnU students suspended

Jagannath University authorities suspend four of its students for allegedly harassing a female student on the campus.
8 March 2016, 14:40 PM