Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
In the report submitted to the Home Ministry, it has been said that students from the same educational institution, same area and other misguided youth together form these gangs with attractive names. They often open accounts with these names on social media like Facebook. For example, some of the criminal youth gangs in Mohammadpur have […]
These appear in police records only when cases are registered regarding incidents of oppression against women. Police headquarters records say a total of 16,000 to 22,000 cases were registered from 2018 to 2023. That means an average of 20,000 cases are registered every year. Only when incidents of atrocities are at their peak do they […]
JU Cell documents revealed that victims filed 14 complaints between January, 2022 and March, 2024. Of them, 12 have been disposed of while two are under investigation. In the resolved incidents, various types of punishments were given to the accused. A JU student was expelled for six months and fined Tk 50,000 for harassing a […]
University authorities were forced to fire the assistant proctor and suspend the student to quell the agitation. Also, the university administration has formed a four-member committee to investigate the incident. A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the teacher and the student from Dhaka on Saturday night.
Following the screening, a photo exhibition titled “Investing in Women: Accelerating Progress” paid tribute to the resilience, survival and strength of Bangladeshi women. Curated by artist and feminist activist Monan Muntka, the exhibition will be open for public viewing till March 23, 2024. “The film shows the situation that women and girls are living in […]
Christine Blokhus looked forward to a long-term partnership with Prothom Alo in the fight to prevent violence against women. He said that in this case, the combination of Prothom Alo’s high credibility and readership and UNFPA’s working capacity could play a big role in determining future programs. Responding to a question, Christine Blokhus said UNFPA […]
Nearly 31 percent of women in climate-sensitive areas have been victims of physical, mental, financial and sexual exploitation in the last year. However, due to lack of awareness about the different types of abuse they often fail to realize that they have been victims. As a result, despite many incidents of abuse, only 16 percent […]
According to records, 17.1 percent of female domestic servants leave their jobs due to sexual harassment. And more than 37 percent of women workers who return home do not bring back their fair wages. Whereas 47 percent have no plans for the future. Of the female migrant workers, 44 percent went to Saudi Arabia, where […]
Like Mukta, many are taken advantage of and abused, causing them to abandon their schooling and lead uninteresting, unfulfilling lives as adults. An abused youth will continue to be abused even into adulthood. Who knows whether she will be able to escape her violent, exploitative, abusive and discriminatory environments if she lacks the skills, mobility, […]
Participants in the open discussion discussed the need to invest in research to address family-level interventions, assess the costs of gender-based violence (GBV) and its impact on national budgets, address patriarchy, and reduce violence against women and girls. Emphasized on. Gitanjali Singh, Country Representative of UN Women, highlighted, “Annual monitoring and timely amendments of laws […]
