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Rape at MC College hostel: charges framed against 8 BCL activists

A tribunal in Sylhet today framed charges against all eight accused of a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman at Murari Chand (MC) College hostel in Sylhet on September 25 last year.
3 held for raping 17-year-old in Moulvibazar

A 17-year-old was gang-raped, allegedly by three people, in Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar last night.
Gang-rape of schoolgirl in Cox’s Bazar: Accused gives confessional statement

An accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a schoolgirl in Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali upazila gave a confessional statement before a court today.
3 held for gang-rape of housewife in Jamalpur

Rapid Action Battalion arrested three people in connection with a gang-rape case filed with Madarganj Police Station on Sunday night.
21 eminent citizens demand exemplary punishment for rapists, assaulters

Twenty-one eminent citizens today issued a statement demanding immediate steps to arrest rapists and ensure exemplary punishment for them.
Khagrachhari gang-rape: Rapists are members of a robbery gang, police say

All nine accused in the gang-rape of a Chakma girl in Khagrachhari are members of a robbery gang, police said today.
8 held over Bhola, N’ganj gang-rape incidents

Eight people are arrested in connection with two separate gangrape incidents in Bhola and Narayanganj.
Woman held over gang rape of 8th grader

A woman has been arrested in a case filed over the gang rape of an eighth grader in Gazipur.
Rape victim’s husband attacked

The husband of a gang-rape victim was attacked in Patuakhali on Tuesday night for what he said was refusing to withdraw a case filed over the rape. The 36-year-old man suffered serious injuries to his legs and one hand, and he was being treated at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College
Pabna OC suspended

Officer-in-Charge of Pabna Sadar Police Station Obaidul Huq, who allegedly arranged the marriage between a gang-rape victim and one of the alleged rapists in an attempt to cover up the crime, has been suspended for his controversial role.
OC arranged it ‘to cover up the crime’

A police officer in Pabna allegedly arranged a marriage between a gang-rape victim and one of the alleged rapists in an attempt to cover up the crime, the woman’s family members and rights activists in the district said.
Bhola rape victim’s condition worsens

The condition of the sixth grader, who was gang-raped in Bhola on August 11, deteriorated yesterday.
Condition of Bhola gang rape victim unchanged

The sixth grader gangraped in Bhola on Sunday evening has still been bleeding from wounds.
A woman day labour gang-raped in Savar

A woman, aged around 30, is allegedly gang-raped in Dagarmora area of Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka.
Why shouldn’t rape victims get compensation?

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why a scheme for interim compensation for rape victims should not be made.
2 RMG workers gang-raped in N’ganj, 6 held

Two ready-made garments workers have been gang-raped in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj, police have said. Six youths were arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident, reports our Narayanganj correspondent quoting Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station.
Nurse Tania: Autopsy finds proof of gang rape, murder

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
7 drug addicts kill widow after gang rape

Widow Nazma alias Dhalabanu, 42, of Sakhipur upazila was strangled to death after she was raped by seven drug addicts at her house at Protima Bonki village in the upazila last year.
Impunity, moral decline to blame

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.
Autistic girl, 15, raped in Narayanganj

Two girls, including an autistic teenager, were allegedly raped in Bandarban and Narayanganj on Tuesday and Wednesday.
'47 children raped, abused in 15 days'

A six-year-old girl was allegedly violated and a mother of two was allegedly gang-raped in Jashore and Feni on Tuesday night.
Girl ‘gang-raped’ in Moulvibazar

A girl is allegedly “gang-raped” by a group of miscreants in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar.
Woman 'raped' by eight men in Tangail

A group of eight men on Friday night allegedly gang-raped a ready-made garment worker after physically assaulting her husband.
Garment worker 'gang-raped' in Tangail

Six people have been detained by police for allegedly raping a garment worker after she was abducted with her husband in Tangail.
Subarnachar rape prime accused surrenders

The prime accused of the latest “gang rape” in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila surrenders before a court.
Gang-rape as political vengeance

It is outrageous that yet another woman was gang-raped in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on March 31, by the supporters of an upazila vice-chairman candidate, for campaigning for another vice-chairman candidate.
Subarnochar Rape: Three more accused arrested

Three more accused were arrested yesterday in connection with the latest “gang rape” of a mother of six in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on Sunday.
'Gang rape' again at Subarnachar

A mother of six, aged about 48, was allegedly gang-raped in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on Sunday evening over “campaigning for an upazila vice chairman candidate”.
Gangrape of RMG Worker: Swechchasebak League leader arrested

Police yesterday arrested a leader of the Swechchhasebak League on charges of holding a garment worker captive for four days and raping her along with three of his accomplices in Lalmonirhat.
Subarnachar Rape: The man 'who ordered it' gets 1-yr bail

The High Court has granted a one year bail to former Awami League leader Ruhul Amin who allegedly ordered the rape of a woman in Subarnachar on December 30.