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  Procedural loopholes result in lower conviction rates

  | Updated at 12:00am on December 10, 2018

  The rape law in Bangladesh provision for harsher punishment for perpetrators. However, the legal definition of rape and the procedure that will ensure justice for...

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  864 women raped in last 10 months: report

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:15am on November 26, 2018

  A total of 864 women were raped throughout the country in the last 10 months from January to October, revealed a report on Sunday....

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  864 women raped in 10 months

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:38pm on November 25, 2018

  A total of 864 women were raped throughout the country between January and October this year, revealed a report on Sunday. Bangladesh Mahila Parishad presented...

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  Minority community woman gang raped in Sherpur, 1 held

  United News of Bangladesh . Sherpur | Updated at 12:11am on November 11, 2018

  A woman of the Garo minority community was reportedly gang raped by two young men at village Kharamora in Sribardi upazila of Sherpur.Police arrested one...

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  Ronaldo ready to play despite rape claims

  Agence France-Presse . Milan | Updated at 12:05am on October 06, 2018

  Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to play for Juventus against Udinese this weekend despite the rape claims made against him, coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Friday...

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  RMG worker raped in Dhaka

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:22am on October 01, 2018

  A 14-year-old female readymade garment worker has allegedly gang-raped at Mohammadpur in Dhaka....

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  Rape accused dies in Rupnagar police custody

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:03am on September 29, 2018

  The body of a youth, arrested on charge of rape of an apparel worker, was found hanging in lock-up at Rupnagar police station in Dhaka...

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  Indian police arrest bishop accused of raping nun in Kerala

  Reuters . Kochi, India | Updated at 11:19pm on September 21, 2018

  Police in the south Indian state of Kerala on Friday arrested a Roman Catholic bishop accused of raping a nun, a day after the Vatican...

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  Indian police arrest bishop accused of raping nun in Kerala

  Reuters . Kochi, India | Updated at 11:17pm on September 21, 2018

  Police in the south Indian state of Kerala on Friday arrested a Roman Catholic bishop accused of raping a nun, a day after the Vatican...

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  Rights groups fail to visit spot for ‘insecurity’

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:38pm on September 11, 2018

  A team of eight rights organisations had to return to Dhaka from Lama in Bandarban on September 5 without visiting a village where two Tripura...