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Stamp out sexual harassment in the media
Thanks to the rise of the #MeToo movement, issues related to sexual harassment and sexual assault, especially at the workplace, have received much-needed attention in recent times.
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Rape, Sexual Assault: Chemical or DNA tests mandatory
Chemical or DNA tests must be conducted in all rape or sexual assault cases, and the DNA and other samples should be sent to lab within 48 hours of the occurrence.
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What is the antidote to toxic masculinity?
If the patriarchy is a river—and a polluted one at that—toxic masculinity and rape culture are its tributaries. They go hand in hand and feed off each other.
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New Zealand 'unsafe for black cricketers'
Franklyn Rose, former West Indies fast bowler claims that New Zealand is not safe for international cricketers "especially if they are black".
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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.
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Bill Cosby ordered to stand trial in sex assault case
A US judge has ordered actor and comedian Bill Cosby to stand trial on charges of sexual assault.
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'Sex assault': JUST students stage demo in Dhaka
The students of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) staged a demonstration in Dhaka protesting the expulsion of five fellow students of the university.
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Further probe in Pahela Baishakh sex assault: Court
A Dhaka court orders further investigation in a case filed over sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration near TSC of Dhaka University last year.
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12 men jailed for sexually exploiting girl in UK
Twelve men who sexually exploited a vulnerable teenage girl in West Yorkshire have received jail sentences of up to 20 years.
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Arrestee sent to jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent Kamal Hossain, the lone arrestee in connection with the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault case, to jail after he refused to give confessional statement before a magistrate.
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Refugees say it with flowers
Refugees have been handing out flowers to try to challenge negative perceptions that have arisen following wave of sexual assaults on women in some German cities on New Year's Eve.
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Bill Cosby charged with indecent assault
Prosecutors in the US have charged comedian Bill Cosby with aggravated indecent assault over an alleged incident in 2004.
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Are police willing to arrest culprits?
Police failure to bring the sex offenders of the Pahela Baishakh incident to book gives a worrying message about law
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United Hospital’s ‘sex offender’ nurse arrested
Rapid Action Battalion members arrest a staff nurse of United Hospital in Dhaka, suspected of sexually harassing a female patient, from the capital's airport area.
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Sexual abuse: DU woman student lodges case against bus helper
A Dhaka University student lodges a case against a bus helper for allegedly verbally abusing her in a local bus on her way to Gabtoli from Manikganj.
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Habiganj schoolgirl assaulter sent to Tongi juvenile centre
A Habiganj court sends a teenage boy arrested on charge of sexually harassing a schoolgirl to Tongi Juvenile Correction Centre.
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35 women, who say Bill Cosby raped them, sit together on NY Mag cover
The New York Magazine photographed 35 women who say they have been raped or assaulted by Bill Cosby and placed them on its front cover, reports Mashable.
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13yr Mumbai schoolgirl's letter to teacher exposes rapist dad
In a discreet letter slipped to a teacher last week, a young schoolgirl in Mumbai writes that her father has been raping her and her mother, who was witness to these sexual assaults, did nothing to help, reports NDTV.
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Still no arrests of sexual predators
The contradictory remarks of the state minister for home and officials of Rab and police, regarding the arrest of sexual assaulters during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, are both perplexing and disappointing.
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Minister says Baishakh sexual offenders held, cops deny
State minister for home claims some of the women assaulters on Dhaka University campus have been caught, but neither police or Rab agree to the claim.
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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.
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Women are sexually abused all the way
Afia (not her real name) was not accompanied by any of her family members, but she showed no signs of jitters. While many in the vessel turned pale in panic due to want of food and water in the perilous sea, the beautiful young girl held her nerves.
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A Recipe for Disaster
A few days ago, a Garo woman was abducted from a busy street in Kuril in the capital while she was waiting for transport and was gang raped in a moving microbus.
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Prompt and sensitive handling of rape cases
Rights organisations have been protesting the insensitivity and sometimes discrimination shown by law enforcers when dealing with cases of sexual assault and rape.
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City of dreams turns nightmare
Condemning the gang-rape of the Garo woman on the night of April 21, eminent citizens of the country say the culture of lack of justice is what drives these incidents.
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JU expels 5 BCL men over sexual assault
Jahangirnagar University expels five Chhatra League men of the university unit on charge of sexually assaulting a female student during Pahela Baishakh celebration.
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Pakistan's Punjab okays bill to protect women
Punjab cabinet gave its nod to bill for protecting female victims of violence and setting up vigilance committees to monitor implementation of steps proposed under National Action Plan.
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Mohammadpur school cleaner to be sacked
Mohammadpur Preparatory Higher Secondary School decides to sack cleaner Gopal for trying to sexually harass a Class-1 student and to remove school rector Zeenatun Nesa for her indecent behaviour with guardians over the issue.
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Blurry pictures and bounty promises
Why did it take so many days for the police to scan the CCTV footage to finally come up with these obscure photos which, eye witnesses, consider do not include many of the other culprits.
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Sexual assault in school
WHAT is as deplorable as the sexual assault and the attempted rape on a minor at a higher secondary school recently is the way the school authorities have handled the matter.
