A court yesterday framed charges against four individuals in connection with the Magura child rape and murder case.
The interim government has in principle decided to bring necessary changes to the existing Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, including introducing a provision to have a tribunal to deal with child rape cases.
After an agonising six-day struggle for life, the eight-year-old Magura girl succumbed to her injuries yesterday, leaving the nation in mourning.
The child suffered three cardiac arrests this morning
Condition 'very critical' as brain remains unresponsive, says CA press wing
The eight-year-old girl from Magura suffered four cardiac arrests yesterday, Bangladesh Army wrote on Facebook last night.
At least seven people landed in jail yesterday on charges of rape in six districts.
The demonstration, which began after midnight, was particularly focused on seeking the maximum punishment for the rapists of an eight-year-old child in Magura
The eight-year-old girl, who is now battling for her life in the capital’s CMH, was raped by her sister’s father-in-law when she was visiting their home in Magura, police said.
It was not an isolated incident but part of a grim trend of sexual violence that has gripped the country
A four-year-old girl is allegedly raped by her father at Newtown area in Jashore Sadar upazila.
A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Jashore’s Chowgachha upazila yesterday.
A six-year-old girl is raped in Chowgachha upazila of Jashore today allegedly by a youth of the same village, police say.
Family members of the nine-month old baby who was raped in Fatickchhari upazila of Chattogram are being shunned by locals ever since some media houses published the family’s identity. The plaintiff of the case filed over the incident, a maternal uncle
A Pabna court yesterday sent a man to jail on charges of raping a minor girl in the district’s Bhangura upazila.
A fourth-grader madrasa student has been "raped" reportedly by a rural physician in Dakkhin Khan area of Dhaka.
A culture of impunity, moral degradation and culprits’ getting political backing in many cases are the major reasons why incidents of rape and sexual violence continue unabated in the country, according to experts and rights activists.
A six-year-old girl was allegedly violated and a mother of two was allegedly gang-raped in Jashore and Feni on Tuesday night.
Bangladesh needs a law with a provision of maximum punishment for raping an under-16 girl to stop sexual violence against women, say members of a rights platform.
