rape in bangladesh

Case filed over rape of 7-year-old

A case has been filed over rape of a seven-year-old girl at Dhaka’s Sabujbagh.
23 January 2020, 09:16 AM

In debt father abets rape of daughter

Failing to pay off a debt of Tk 6,000, a man let the lender rape his 13-year-old daughter multiple times throughout a year in the capital’s Kamrangirchar.
15 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Savar RMG worker gang-raped for failing to pay house rent

A garment worker has been reportedly gang-raped by her house owner and three others in Ashulia area after the victim and her husband failed to pay house rent for a month.
15 January 2020, 14:58 PM

MPs of treasury, opposition demand ‘crossfire’ for rapists

Senior lawmakers of both treasury and opposition bench in parliament unequivocally urge the law enforcement agencies to kill rapists in “crossfire” in a bid to end the social crime that has increased alarmingly in recent times across the country.
14 January 2020, 15:02 PM

3 schoolboys held for raping classmate

Police yesterday detained three boys including son of a municipal ward councillor for allegedly raping a girl in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila on Monday.
7 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Evidence of rape found in forensic test

Doctors find the evidence of rape after a forensic test of a student of Dhaka University.
6 January 2020, 10:37 AM

Rape of DU student: Pants, inhaler strewn Kurmitola crime scene

The crime scene of the alleged rape of a Dhaka University student in Dhaka’s Kurmitola area is strewn with evidence ranging from undergarments to respiratory inhalers.
6 January 2020, 10:17 AM

DU students give 48hr ultimatum to arrest ‘rapist’

Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya, a new alliance of 12 student organisations of Dhaka University, blocks Shahbagh intersection for an hour protesting alleged rape of a university student in the capital’s Kurmitola area last night.
6 January 2020, 06:03 AM

Two sisters gang-raped in Tongi

Two sisters were allegedly gang-raped in Tongi on Tuesday night, while a man was arrested on charges of raping a minor girl in Narayanganj.
11 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Four held for rape attempt in Patuakhali

Four people are arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a madrasa girl in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali today.
2 December 2019, 17:02 PM

Minor girl raped in St Martin; rapist held

A 11-year-old girl is raped by a hotel staff in St Martin's Island of Cox’s Bazar, police said.
5 October 2019, 09:28 AM

7 raped every day last month

More than seven women were raped every day on an average last month, says a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. The number of rapes reported last month is the highest to have happened in a single month since 2010, according to data collected
2 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Rape incidents in September highest ever in 9yrs

The number of rape incidents increases significantly in September compared to the previous month, a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad says.
2 October 2019, 09:28 AM

2 real estate businessmen sent to jail in rape case

Two real estate businessmen are sent to jail on charge of raping a woman in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area.
30 September 2019, 14:54 PM

4 to die for rape, murder of Manikganj schoolgirl

A Manikganj court sentences four people to death for killing a fourth-grader after raping her in Singair upazila of Manikganj in 2008.
24 September 2019, 13:13 PM

Sixth grader raped in Jashore

A sixth grader is raped at Modhupur village in Monirampur upazila of Jashore this morning, police has said.
19 September 2019, 11:51 AM

Minor girl raped in Jhenidah

A minor girl is raped by a man at Ektarpur village in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah, police say.
17 September 2019, 11:23 AM

13-year-old girl killed after ‘rape’

A sixth-grader was killed allegedly after rape in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila yesterday. Suravi Akter, 13, was the daughter of Hiru Mia from Chandipur village and was a student of Chandipur High School.
14 September 2019, 18:00 PM

13-year-old girl killed after ‘rape’

A sixth-grader was killed allegedly after rape in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila yesterday. Suravi Akter, 13, was the daughter of Hiru Mia from Chandipur village and was a student of Chandipur High School.
14 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Madrasa office assistant held for raping third-grader

A class-III madrasa girl is raped allegedly by an office assistant of her madrasa in Nandigram upazila of Bogura.
14 September 2019, 14:20 PM