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Advice on law reform not implemented
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 11:44pm on April 09, 2021
The government is yet to respond to the Law Commission’s proposal to modernise the Women and Children Repression (Prevention) Tribunal Act 2000 increasing punishments for...
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23pc of wives face sexual violence in 2020
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:22pm on February 23, 2021
Some 22.99 per cent of women faced sexual violence by husband in 2020 and 27.74 per cent have faced such violence throughout their married life,...
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Anti-rape protesters demand home minister’s resignation
DU Correspondent | Updated at 09:25pm on February 12, 2021
Different leftist organisations, students and teachers held a rally at the Shahbagh crossing in the capital to press home their nine-point demand, including an exemplary...
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Legal system still inaccessible to rape survivors
| Updated at 12:00am on December 27, 2020
DESPITE a High Court order that trial proceedings of any rape case should be completed in 180 days, cases continue to face legal bureaucracy. More...
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Education on gender equality must to end rape culture
| Updated at 12:00am on November 10, 2020
DESPITE countrywide protest against rape, it appears that the incidence of sexual violence is alarmingly on the rise. On an average, according to a report...
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Dhaka-Noakhali long-march against rape, impunity underway
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:36pm on October 16, 2020
Students and different sociocultural organisations that began Dhaka-Noakhali long-march against rape and impunity Friday morning under the banner of ‘Bangladesh against rape and impunity’ to...
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Consent is good, but sexual agency is better
Nasrin Khandoker | Updated at 12:00am on October 15, 2020
SEXUAL violence has nothing to do with sex. Violence means to harm, to violate, to harass, to humiliate other people. Sexual violence is a matter...
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Impunity, political backing blamed
Tapos Kanti Das | Updated at 12:02am on October 08, 2020
Educationalists, rights activists and jurists on Tuesday said that the incident of rape and violence against women were continuing unabated across the country due to...
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Protests against rape, sexual harassment on
Tapos Kanti Das | Updated at 05:16pm on October 07, 2020
Different political and student organisations, socio-cultural, rights groups and students of different educational institutions across the country on Wednesday continued their protests against rape and...
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Fresh rape case filed, 2 more held for torture on Noakhali woman
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:19pm on October 07, 2020
The sexual assault victim in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila filed a fresh case Tuesday night accusing Delwar-gang chief Delwar Hossain and his associate. Superintendent of Noakhali...