Harassment

Harassment
Editorial

Take steps to assuage sufferings and harassment of migrant women workers

The grim picture of the plight of female migrant workers revealed by the organisation consisting 22 NGOs is inexplicably painful

CU student harassed on shuttle train

CU student harassed on shuttle train

A student of Chittagong University (CU) has allegedly been sexually harassed on a moving shuttle train

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Harassing female lecturer for wearing bindi Police constable Nazmul Tareq suspended

Police constable Nazmul Tareq was suspended on Monday over harassing a female lecturer of Tejgaon College in Dhaka for wearing bindi

Subarna Mustafa

What law prohibits wearing bindi, Suborna asks in parliament

Ruling Awami League (AL) parliamentarian Suborna Mustafa expressed her wrath in the parliament on Sunday over a female teacher being harassed for wearing a 'bindi' on her forehead

Women fall prey to cyber bullying more

Women fall prey to cyber bullying more

Obscene pictures, video clips, indecent messages are sent to their inbox

Prothom Alo's special correspondent Rozina Islam speaks at the inaugural event of the exhibition titled 'Women Journalism in Bangladesh: History and Experience' at Drik Gallery at Panthapath in the capital

'Journalism isn't considered a woman's job'

Despite women’s glorious history in our country, journalism still is not considered a profession for women, said a number of women journalists in an event on Saturday evening

Violence against woman

Survey 70pc girls face body shaming and other harassment

Girls are teased and taunted on the basis of their weight, colour and figure. They face sexual harassment in public transport

Rape

Newspaper reports in 2021 Child rape increases by 31pc, 45,480 children face repression

A total of 818 incidents of child rape were reported in the national dailies between January and December in 2021, which were 31 per cent higher than that of 2020

Editorial

Harassment of students in university halls should end

The administration of Dhaka University has expelled three BCL activists from the Bijoy Ekattar residential students hall for six months for mentally and physically abusing a first year student in the ...

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Female student complains of harassment at DU dorm

A female student of Ruqayyah Hall of Dhaka University has complained of being harassed by some of her immediate seniors

Rozina Islam

Coalition for Women in Journalism 61 women journalists, including Rozina Islam, subject to harassment

All over the world in September this year, 61 women journalists, including Bangladesh's Rozina Islam, were subject to various forms of harassment including detention, physical and mental abuse and ...

One among 14 students attempts to commit suicide as teacher cuts hair

Rabindra University One among 14 students attempts to commit suicide as teacher cuts hair

When the agitating students were demonstrating in front of the campus gate, Farhana Yeasmin appeared there and verbally abused the protesters and forced them to sit for the test, saying they would ...

Accused Mezbaul Islam (From left),

School teacher among 3 held for harassing minor folk singer

The accused also had also threatened to banish him from the village if he didn't quit singing, police said

increases use of social media has also led to increase abuse of social media

Social media can turn into a nightmare

Social awareness is the most important thing to address offences related to social media harassment.

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OC, inspector withdrawn for 'harassing woman in police custody'

Two police personnel have been withdrawn from the Wazirpur police station in Barishal on Monday morning for ‘sexually harassing’ a woman, 30, during interrogation on remand

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