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Rape suspect killed in 'gunfight'

An alleged rapist has been killed in a “gunfight” with police at Kolaroa upazila in Satkhira early yesterday.
5yr old girl ‘raped’ in Faridpur

A five-year-old girl is allegedly raped by a man in Faridpur Medical College Hospital of Faridpur Sadar.
2 to die for killing girl after rape in Natore

A Natore court sentences two people to death for killing an eleven-year-old schoolgirl after rape in Naldanga upazila in the district in 2015.
UP chairman held for ‘rape’ in Feni

Police arrest a union parishad (UP) chairman for allegedly raping a housewife in Phulgazi upazila of Feni.
Fifth-grader 'raped' by headmaster

The headmaster of a school in Manirampur upazila of Jessore allegedly raped a student of class-V on Monday night.
RMG worker gang-raped in moving bus

A 24-year-old woman was gang raped in a moving bus on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Dhamrai Sunday night, police said.
Schoolgirl 'gang-raped' in Dinajpur

A schoolgirl was allegedly gang-raped at a Sal forest in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur on Saturday evening. Police arrested five people yesterday in this connection.
An untold rape, life thereafter

At the tender age of 13, when she should be out playing with friends or studying, her life now revolves around tending to a son born out of rape.
5-year-old girl ‘raped’

A youth allegedly raped the five-year-old daughter of an expatriate Bangladeshi at Dulahazara in Chakaria upazila in Cox's Bazar district on Monday.
5yr-old girl raped in Cox’s Bazar

A five-year-old child is ‘raped’ at Dulahazara union of Chakoria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
AL leader assaults 'rape victim'

A local Awami League leader allegedly tortured a woman who was reportedly raped and asked her to leave her village in Nandail.
Tk 50,000 and 10 squats for ‘raping’ widow!

Police arrested two alleged rapists and an arbitrator after news of a village arbitration led to an outcry on social media.
Teacher held for 'raping' student

A teacher at a private nursing school was arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a student in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila yesterday.
Rape accused killed in 'gunfight'

A man accused of rape was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab at Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar early yesterday.
6-year-old girl allegedly raped in Narayanganj

A six year-old girl was allegedly raped in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj yesterday.
Rape in Savar: Cops arrest 2 based on key accused's statement

Police arrested two youths yesterday over the allegation of raping a teenage girl in Savar though the victim claims the accused were not the culprits.
'Why police so ruthless to us?'

The investigation officer of a rape case claimed to have found the involvement of the victim's brother more than a year and a half after the incident and the court based on that sent him to jail on January 29.
3-year-old 'raped' in Jessore

A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped at a village in Jhikargacha upazila of Jessore yesterday morning.
'Rape' of Marma Girl: Questions aplenty

The two Marma sisters, one of whom was allegedly raped and the other sexually assaulted by members of security forces last week, are undergoing treatment at Rangamati Sadar Hospital under tight security.
Minor girl 'strangled after rape'

A nine-year-old girl was found dead in Chittagong city's Akbar Shah area on Sunday night, nearly four hours after she had gone missing from in front of her home.
Student held at Shahjalal university for ‘rape’

A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) has been arrested over allegations of raping a fellow student.
2 girls ‘raped’ in Joypurhat, Savar

A madrasa student is reportedly gang-raped in Joypurhat and a garment worker is “raped” in Savar last night.
How much more evidence is needed?

The horrific use of rape by Myanmar's armed forces, both sweeping and methodical, as found out by The Associated Press (AP) while interviewing Rohingya women, is appalling.
Death for rapists of girls under 12 and below

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously passes a bill awarding death to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 and below.
Three B'Baria cops sued on rape charges

Three police officials were sued on Wednesday on charge of raping a housewife in Brahmanbaria.
Myanmar Exodus: Rape being used as a weapon of war

Rape is being used as a weapon of war in the Rohingya crisis, with no woman safe from the risk of sexual attack as the Myanmarese nationals are driven out of its homeland, according to experts in the field and those caught up in the crisis.
Raped then beaten up for protesting

An alleged rape victim was beaten up and had her hair cut off when she and her husband went to the perpetrator's house in Rangpur
Rape accused killed in 'gunfight'

An alleged rapist was killed in a “shootout” with Rapid Action Battalion in Kurushkul village in the early hours yesterday.
Suicide of Raped Girl: Frustration as case not recorded

Parents and relatives of a school student, who died by suicide on Tuesday in Panchagarh, are frustrated as police have not yet recorded any case against the two youths, who allegedly provoked the 14-year-old girl to do that.
Rape in Noakhali: Accused UP chairman still at large

A union parishad chairman, who was sued for raping and torturing a woman at his office in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on