Tag: rape
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Noakhali gang rape verdict: Death sentence to 10, life imprisonment to 6
Ten people have been sentenced to death and six others have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang rape at Subarnachar in Noakhali on the night of the 11th parliamentary elections five years ago. They have been fined Tk 50,000 each and in case of default, they will have to spend two more years…
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Jahangirnagar University rape case: Four including BCL leader on remand. latest updates
A joint team from Savar and Ashulia police stations launched an operation and arrested them early Sunday, said Abdullahil Kafi, Additional Superintendent of Police, Dhaka District. In a press conference at Ashulia police station on Sunday, he said that the victim’s husband has filed a case against six people in the police station under the…
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Jahangirnagar University rape: Students, teachers protest for justice
Jahangirnagar University rape: Students, teachers protest for justice
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BCL leader raped woman in Jahangirnagar University, imprisoned husband in the hall
Despite repeated attempts, Mustafizur could not be contacted over phone. When asked about the issue, hall provost Sabbir Alam said that he has come to know about the incident and will take action after investigation. They were trying to identify the accused by analyzing CCTV footage. BCL president of JU unit Aktaruzzaman Sohail said Mustafizur…
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CU student accuses varsity professor of attempted rape: Demands justice
A student of Chittagong University has accused a university professor of attempted rape. The student lodged a written complaint against the professor of a department of the Faculty of Science to the university’s vice-chancellor Shireen Akhtar on Wednesday afternoon. She alleged that the teacher sexually harassed, molested and attempted to rape her. Meanwhile, a group…
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Rape allegation: The mystery needs to be solved
Rape allegation: The mystery needs to be solved
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Bagerhat BCL leader arrested for raping 2 women: Details of incident and police action
They threatened the victims and beat up two youths who were with them. The accused then raped both the girls, first inside a local tea shop and then at the back side of a shop. After that, BCL leader Shakeel and his friend Mehedi held the victims hostage in a local primary school and raped…
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Singer Paula Abdul sues ‘American Idol’ producer over sexual harassment
It alleged that she was discriminated against in terms of pay and that “she was the target of persistent taunts, threats, insults and harassment from numerous executives, agents, and employees of the show”. The most serious allegations are against 74-year-old Lithgow. The lawsuit says that at the beginning of Idol, Abdul and Lithgow were on…
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Linguistic Liberation: Rape as a Crime Against the Body
If a person is attacked with a knife or injured by a bullet by some goons, that person will feel the same emotions that they felt. But in cases of rape, since they are a different species of human beings, although they were attacked and it was a crime against their body, we associated it…
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British actor accused of rape and sexual harassment
British actor accused of rape and sexual harassment
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Rape, domestic violence dominate violence against women
A woman in Dhaka told this correspondent that the process of selling a piece of land belonging to her father is underway. The woman’s husband asked her to give a major part of the money after selling the land. Due to rift on this issue, the husband beat the woman with a stick in the…
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Chinese national arrested for ‘raping’ college student
Police have arrested a Chinese national and his associate for taking a college girl to China and raping her on the pretext of marriage. Police said they were arrested on Sunday night. Those arrested were identified as Ji Sheng, 58, a Chinese national, and his associate, Hira Chakma, 25. According to the police, the victim…
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BTRC official arrested for raping, harassing woman with secretly recorded video
BTRC Deputy Director Sanjib Kumar Singh has been arrested by Dhanmandi police station on charges of rape, cheating and breach of privacy. The charges pertain to a case where he is accused of having sex with a woman under false pretenses and secretly recording videos to harass her. Authorities have revealed that explicit videos and…
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Former police officer jailed for attempting to rape a student
There Mijanur locked the girl and her friend in separate rooms and tried to rape her forcibly, but the girl tried to commit suicide by breaking the bathroom mirror. The case statement said the girl was later rescued by the hotel staff. Humayun Kabir, the victim’s father, had lodged a case against OC Mijan and…
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Rape case: Supreme Court bans bail for Tangail Al leader Kiberia’s wife
UNB reports that the Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division on Sunday stayed the High Court’s order that granted bail to Awami League Vice President Ghulam Kibria Boro Monir and his wife Nigar Aftab, vice president of Tangail district unit. The order was passed by Justice M Enayatur Rahim, Chamber Judge, Appellate Division. It also…