A culture of impunity and degradation of moral and social values are among the main reasons why rape incidents are rising, eminent sociologist Prof Mahbuba Nasreen has said.

Rab yesterday detained a madrasa principal in Fatullah for his alleged involvement in raping around a dozen female students since 2018.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests a madrasa teacher from Fatullah area of Narayanganj in connection with rape of at least 12 of his female students, Rab says.

A female worker of a readymade garment factory is allegedly raped by miscreants in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.

A ninth grader girl was allegedly raped by a 40-year-old man in Jashore’s Keshabpur upazila on Thursday evening.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains a teacher of a privately-run high school in Narayanganj on the allegation of raping more than “20 students” by blackmailing them.

A nine-month-old baby girl has been raped allegedly by her paternal uncle in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram, police say.

Police recovered the body of a woman, suspected to have been raped before being killed, in Rajshahi while arrested four people, including a police constable, on rape charges in three other districts in the last two days.

The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to give Tk 50 lakh each to the families of Shahinur Akhter Tania and Sumaiya Akhter who were raped and died in Kishoreganj and Rajshahi last month.

Two persons including a hearing-impaired woman have been raped in Narayanganj’s Fatullah and in Narsingdi’s Belabo, police said.

A fourth grader is reportedly raped by a young man in Sreebardi upazila of Sherpur on Eid day.

Religious and ethnic minorities suffered 250 incidents of violence including rape and murder in the first four months of 2019, according to minority coalition.

A tenth-grader was allegedly kidnapped and raped by her brother-in-law for seven days at a hotel room in Patuakhali’s Kuakata upazila. The incident surfaced on Wednesday when the victim’s family members filed a case with Kalapara Police Station accusing her brother-in-law and his accomplice Milon

At least 44 children are either raped or subjected to attempted rape in the nine days between May 1 and 9, according to rights body Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

A first grader of a primary school was allegedly raped by a teenaged boy in Dinajpur yesterday, while a teenaged mother was allegedly raped by a young man in Gazipur on Tuesday.

The autopsy of nurse Shahinoor Akter Tania found evidence that she was gang-raped and murdered, Kishoreganj’s civil surgeon said yesterday. On Monday night, Tania, who worked at Ibne Sina Hospital’s Kalyanpur branch in the capital, died in mysterious circumstances in a passenger bus

Three incidents of rape involving two schoolgirls and a mother of two have been reported from Narayanganj and Bandarban.

A mentally challenged teenage girl has reportedly is raped at Singair upazila in Manikganj.

A woman files a case against a local businessman for “raping” her for four years reportedly after silencing her with various threats in Ghior upazila of Manikganj.

Expressing concern at the incidents of rape and repression on women across the country, the High Court observes that moral degradation has reached to such a point that these kinds of incidents are happening repeatedly.