gang-rape

Teenager gang-raped in Feni: 2 accused confess their involvement

Two people who were arrested in connection with their involvement in the gang-rape of a teenage girl in Feni’s Dewanganj upazila have confessed to their crimes.

5 to die for rape, double murder in Khulna

A Khulna court sentences five people to death for killing a female bank official after gang-rape and murdering her father in Khulna city in 2015.

UP member among 3 held over gang-rape in Chandpur

Police have arrested three persons, including a union parishad member, in a case filed over gang-rape of a girl in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur.

6 men caught for gang-rape

Six men were caught in the act of gang-raping two teenage girls at Benapole in Jashore yesterday, said locals.

Tripura girl 'gang-raped' in Bandarban

Police arrest two people for allegedly raping a teenage indigenous girl in Bandarban.

Making CCTV cameras mandatory in local buses

The 2012 Nirbhaya incident in Delhi shook the world. The aftermath of this harrowing incident not only raised concerns for female commuters but gave rise to a whole lot of similar incidents.

Youth held for 'gang-raping' Bagerhat schoolgirl

A youth is detained in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat for allegedly gang-raping a schoolgirl and uploading a video footage of the crime on the internet.

Woman killed after 'gang-rape' on bus

Madhupur police arrested five staffers of an inter-district bus on charges of killing and gang-raping a law student on a moving bus Friday night.

RMG worker ‘gang-raped’ in Savar

A garment worker is reportedly gang-raped by four men including her boy friend in Hemayetpur area of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

April 6, 2016

Bus driver confesses involvement

Main accused of Tangail bus gang-rape Habibur Rahman Nayan, who was the driver of the vehicle, confessed to the crime in a court here yesterday.

August 23, 2015

2 charged with Garo woman’s gang-rape

Rapid Action Battalion presses charges against two persons for gang-raping a 21-year-old indigenous woman in Dhaka on May 21.

July 22, 2015

Girl gang-raped in Lalbagh, 1 held

A teenage girl was gang raped by a group of youths at Lalbagh in Dhaka early today.

June 17, 2015

A study by this paper has found that 82 percent of rape victims are under the age of 20, many of them minors. More than half of the victims were schoolgirls who were raped on their way to or from school. About twenty-two percent were sexually abused at home.

June 16, 2015

Forensic report confirms rape of female cop

Forensic report of the policewoman allegedly gang-raped by her estranged husband and his cohorts on June 14 at Khilgaon finds evidence of sexual intercourse with the victim.

June 5, 2015

Gang-rape, again

A woman was gang-raped by armed assailants in Jagannathpur of Sunamganj.

May 30, 2015

Tearing up our soul

In the present scenario, the law puts the burden of proving the guilt on the prosecution. Unfortunately, this well recognised principle of preventing the misuse of power leads to investigators being bribed, witnesses suborned and material facts altered.

May 29, 2015