rape in bangladesh

Four held for rape attempt in Patuakhali

Four people are arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a madrasa girl in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali today.
Minor girl raped in St Martin; rapist held

A 11-year-old girl is raped by a hotel staff in St Martin's Island of Cox’s Bazar, police said.
7 raped every day last month

More than seven women were raped every day on an average last month, says a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. The number of rapes reported last month is the highest to have happened in a single month since 2010, according to data collected
Rape incidents in September highest ever in 9yrs

The number of rape incidents increases significantly in September compared to the previous month, a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad says.
2 real estate businessmen sent to jail in rape case

Two real estate businessmen are sent to jail on charge of raping a woman in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area.
4 to die for rape, murder of Manikganj schoolgirl

A Manikganj court sentences four people to death for killing a fourth-grader after raping her in Singair upazila of Manikganj in 2008.
Sixth grader raped in Jashore

A sixth grader is raped at Modhupur village in Monirampur upazila of Jashore this morning, police has said.
Minor girl raped in Jhenidah

A minor girl is raped by a man at Ektarpur village in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah, police say.
13-year-old girl killed after ‘rape’

A sixth-grader was killed allegedly after rape in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila yesterday. Suravi Akter, 13, was the daughter of Hiru Mia from Chandipur village and was a student of Chandipur High School.
13-year-old girl killed after ‘rape’

A sixth-grader was killed allegedly after rape in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila yesterday. Suravi Akter, 13, was the daughter of Hiru Mia from Chandipur village and was a student of Chandipur High School.
Madrasa office assistant held for raping third-grader

A class-III madrasa girl is raped allegedly by an office assistant of her madrasa in Nandigram upazila of Bogura.
Woman raped in Dhamrai

A mother-of-one has allegedly been gang-raped by several men in Balitha area of Dhamrai.
Pabna OC closed, SI suspended

The officer-in-charge of Pabna Sadar Police Station, who allegedly arranged a marriage between a gang-rape victim and one of the alleged rapists in a bid to cover up the crime, has been closed.
Rickshaw-van puller held for raping 4 kids in Bogura: Cops

A rickshaw-puller was held in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila on charge of raping four kids – two first graders and two third graders.
Tangled up in trauma

Tumpa (not her real name) grew up in her maternal grandfather’s house in a small village of Bogura’s Dhunat upazila and was a seventh-grade student at a nearby high school.
Jashore Rape: Fear of backlash held me back

The Jashore woman who was allegedly raped by a police officer and his “source” in the early hours of Tuesday has said she did not name the cop for fear of repercussions.
‘SI, informant raped me’

A mother of two in Jashore alleged that a police sub-inspector and his informant raped her on Tuesday night, but police yesterday claimed that she registered a case against four persons, excluding the SI.
Four sued over rape of 4 girls

Four men were sued yesterday for allegedly raping four girls in Jashore, Nilphamari, and Cox’s Bazar.
Noakhali schoolboy gang-raped before murder

Eight-year-old Imran, whose body was recovered in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on August 25, was gang-raped by four youths before the murder, police say.
2 girls raped in Cox’s Bazar, 2 held

Cox’s Bazar police detain two persons in connection with the rape of two adolescent girls in the district.
Man to die for killing minor girl after rape

A Sirajganj court yesterday sentenced a man to death in connection with a case for killing a minor girl after rape in Sadar upazila in 2014.
4 N’ganj men jailed in rape case

A tribunal in Narayanganj sentences life term imprisonment to four persons for raping a teenage girl in 2010.
Noakhali rape victim’s husband comes under acid attack

The husband of a rape victim comes under acid attack in Noakhali’s Subarnachar hours after he took part in a human chain organised to protest the persecution on his wife, family members claimed.
17 teenage gang members jailed

A mobile court has sentenced 17 members of a teenage gang to one-year imprisonment for consuming drugs, mugging and clash.
6-yr-old raped in Jashore

A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Jashore’s Chowgachha upazila yesterday.
3 rape accused held in Barishal

Three accused in connection with two separate rape cases have been arrested in Barishal, police have said.
‘Girl found at Kamalapur station was raped before murder’

The 18-year-old girl, who was found dead at a toilet of an abandoned carriage at Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday morning, was raped before murder, doctor says.
Bhola rape victim’s condition worsens

The condition of the sixth grader, who was gang-raped in Bhola on August 11, deteriorated yesterday.
Bhola gangrape victim a little better

Condition of the sixth grader gangraped in Bhola on August 11 has slightly improved as the bleeding stopped yesterday. But she is still in pain and is given pain killers, said Bilkis Begum, coordina-tor of One Stop Crisis Centre at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Condition of Bhola gang rape victim unchanged

The sixth grader gangraped in Bhola on Sunday evening has still been bleeding from wounds.