Sexual assault
Sexual assault‘84pc women face sexual harassment’
Some 1,182 incidents of sexual harassments were recorded in the country in the first 10 months of the year from January to October
US, UN demand proof of Chinese tennis star's well-being
The United States and UN on Friday demanded proof of Peng Shuai's whereabouts as concern rises for the tennis star, who has not been seen in public since alleging she was sexually exploited by a ...
Mother, daughter gang raped, 2 arrested
Police on Sunday arrested two people in connection with the gang rape of a mother and daughter in Polashikura village of Sherpur’s Nalitabari upazila
Madrasah teacher held for molesting student in Sylhet
Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Wednesday detained a madrasah teacher for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old student in Sylhet
Taliban 'set woman on fire for bad cooking'
Afghan women are being shipped into neighbouring countries in coffins and used as sex slaves, according to a former judge.
New York governor resigns over harassment claims
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, facing possible impeachment over sexual harassment claims from 11 women and mounting pressure from fellow Democrats, announced his resignation on Tuesday
Prince Andrew sued in NY court for alleged sex abuse
Britain’s Prince Andrew was sued in a New York court on Monday for alleged sexual abuse of a woman who says she was “lent out” for underage sex by late US financier Jeffrey Epstein
Woman gang-raped in Sylhet tea estate, 4 arrested
Additional deputy commissioner (Media and Community Services) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police BM Ashraf Ullah Taher said the woman was from Kishorganj’s Bhoirab. Jamed asked her to come to Sylhet for ...
Law to be reformed to protect dignity of rape victims: Minister
The government is working to amend the existing Evidence Act, seeking to remove the provision to make ‘negative’ remarks on the character of any rape victim in a rape case
Another sexually abused woman returns to Bangladesh from Saudi Arabia with baby boy
Her employer terminated her contract, she was sexually abused, sent to jail and finally forced to leave
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