sexual harassment

Good men should not be quiet spectators

As the crowd builds of those telling their story, we see a picture of real life begin to emerge. A critical mass is growing that proves how much goes wrong when people can act with impunity in a culture of silence.
20 October 2017, 18:00 PM

The burden of guilt

So much has been said and written about sexual harassment of late. Much of it attributed to sexual harassment on campuses of colleges and universities, particularly in North America, and left the voice of the abused in silence. In all these writings, less has been said about the hyper-sexualised society where we often overlook the importance of consent when it comes to sexual behaviour. Thoughts get tangled in trying to analyse on whom does the blame of such abuses lie.
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Sexual harassment: SC orders AUST teacher to surrender

Supreme Court orders Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, a teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Dhaka, to surrender before a lower court in a case filed over sexual harassment.
22 May 2017, 15:32 PM

Can public interest litigation change culture?

In order to minimise occurrences, the court directives urged all employers and educational institutions to prohibit sexual harassment, ensure that their environments are not hostile toward women and girls, and establish complaint committees through which instances of sexual harassment can be handled and reported to the government of Bangladesh in the form of annual reports.
31 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Pabna trader attacked for protest

A fertiliser trader was brutally attacked with sharp weapons and critically injured in Failzana village of Pabna's Chatmohar upazila on Sunday night after he protested the illicit relationship of a man with a woman from his own community.
30 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Sexual harassment: JU lifts expulsion order on 5 BCL men

Jahangirnagar University withdraws the expulsion order on the five Chhatra League activists of the university unit, who were expelled last year on charge of sexually assaulting a female indigenous student.
16 May 2016, 14:09 PM

Sexual harassment: Ahsanullah teacher sent to jail

A Dhaka court today sends Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, the sacked teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed over sexual harassment.
16 May 2016, 06:47 AM

French female ministers decry harassment

Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer be silent about sexual harassment in politics.
15 May 2016, 14:47 PM

Sexual harassment: AUST terminates suspended teacher

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) terminates its Associate Professor Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous just after two days of his confession that he sexually harassed his female students.
9 May 2016, 15:37 PM

AUST teacher admits harassing students

Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, a teacher of the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), confesses before a Dhaka court that he sexually harassed his female students.
7 May 2016, 16:04 PM

5 victims testify against AUST teacher over 'sexual harassment'

Five female students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) who fell victim to sexual harassment by their teacher testify before separate courts in a case filed in this connection.
5 May 2016, 15:28 PM

Sexual harassment: Ahsanullah teacher on 2-day remand

Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, a teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka, has been placed on a two-day remand in a case filed over sexual harassment.
4 May 2016, 04:23 AM

JUST closed after students’ demo

Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) is closed for 15 days following demonstrations of students over the suspension of four of their fellows on sexual harassment charge.
26 April 2016, 14:16 PM

11-yr-old raped in Khilgaon, ‘culprit’ arrested

An 11-year-old girl has been allegedly raped in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area. A case has been filed in this regard and the accused cuprit arrested.
18 April 2016, 04:43 AM

She is mine

She could have been ours. She could have been our daughter. She could have been returning home after a dinner, stopped at a traffic signal...
29 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The Indian actress who hit back after being Photoshopped into porn

Jyothi Krishna is one of the most famous names to emerge from the film industry centred in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It's a smaller and more conservative filmmaking hub than the much more famous Bollywood, and mostly makes films in the Malayalam language, but it does produce about 200 films a year.
21 March 2016, 12:22 PM

Adabor SI sent to jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Ratan Kumar, a sub-inspector of Adabor Police Station, to jail in a case filed for alleged sexual harassment of a private university student.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

One-third of Japanese working women sexually harassed: survey

One-third of Japanese working women experience sexual harassment at their place of employment, though nearly two-thirds of these women suffer in silence, a survey shows.
4 March 2016, 04:45 AM

Investigate again

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to further investigate the case filed in connection with sexual harassment of some women during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the Dhaka University campus last year.
23 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Female student assault: Arrest warrant issued against SI Ratan

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrant against Ratan Kumar, a sub-inspector of Adabor Police Station, for allegedly harassing a private university student sexually in the city's Mohammadpur area on January 31.
16 February 2016, 06:14 AM