Sexual assault

Sexual assault
Female UP member ‘raped’ in Rajshahi, 5 held

Female UP member ‘raped’ in Rajshahi, 5 held

A 47-year-old female UP member (reserved seat) has reportedly been raped by another UP member for two days in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi district

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Minor girl raped by 5-6 youths in Rajshahi

A Class-X student returning home from a relative’s place was allegedly abducted and raped by five to six youths in Rajshahi on Wednesday night

An office-going woman runs to board a running bus at the zero point of Dhaka's Gulistan area

Gender divide in mobility: Working, walking and worrying in Dhaka city

A city is experienced quite differently by men and women of different ages, professions and social class. Equipped with all sorts of modern amenities, it would be expected that a city could offer ...

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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

In this file photo taken on 12 January 2022 (COMBO) This combination of pictures shows Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, on 11 April 2021 in Windsor, England and Virginia Giuffre on 22 October 2019 in New York City.

Prince Andrew's settlement 'worth $16m' as anger mounts in UK

Disgraced British royal Prince Andrew faced a call Wednesday to "live out his retirement in ignominy" after reportedly settling a sexual assault lawsuit for a whopping £12 million ($16.3 million, ...

In this file photo taken on 7 September, 2019 Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bruges in Bruges

Prince Andrew settles with sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre

Britain's Prince Andrew has settled a lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager and also being abused by the late financier Jeffrey ...

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai repeats sexual assault denial

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai repeats sexual assault denial

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she never accused anyone of sexual assault, in an interview published Monday, again walking back an allegation that sparked what she described as a "huge ...

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Rape in moving bus Bring the transport owners to book

Another incident of rape took place in a bus in Narayanganj. According to a report of Prothom Alo, a housewife got on a Muktijoddha Paribahan bus from Jatrabari to go to Gausia around 10:00pm on ...

This file photo taken on June 9, 2021 shows defrocked US priest Richard Daschbach preparing to attend his trial via videolink in Dili, facing charges of sexual abuse, child pornography and domestic violence

American ex-priest jailed for 12 years for child sex abuse in East Timor

A defrocked American priest was jailed for 12 years on Tuesday for sexually abusing children at an East Timor shelter, in a case that caused sharp divisions in the deeply Catholic nation

‘84pc women face sexual harassment’

‘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

In this file photo taken on 3 November, 2017, Peng Shuai of China looks on during her women's singles match against Elena Vesnina of Russia at the Zhuhai Elite Trophy tennis tournament in Zhuhai

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 ...

Housewife gang-raped in Jashore

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

Prothom Alo illustration

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

Women with their children try to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on 16 August 2021.

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.

In this file photo taken on 7 September, 2019 Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bruges in Bruges

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

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