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- Limo from Putin's fleet explodes on Moscow street: Report
- Coast Guard rescues 300 passengers from stuck bulkhead
- Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 1700
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Three sentenced to death for gang-rape, murder in Keraniganj
A Dhaka court has sentenced three people to death for the gang-rape and murder of a teenage girl in Dhakas Keraniganj three years ago. Dhaka Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman delivered the verdict in the case on Tuesday. The convicts are 25-year-old...
House tutor sentenced to death for raping child
A Dhaka court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced one Jahidul Islam, 30, to death for raping his seven-year-old student in the citys Banashree area in 2021, reports BSS. Judge Mst Roksana Begum Happy of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 pronounced the judgment in...
Ensure security for families of Barguna, Magura child rape victims: HC
The High Court has directed the deputy commissioner (DC) and superintendent of police (SP) of Barguna to provide protection to the child rape victim and her family. The court also ordered the authorities concerned in Magura to take measures to protect the elder sister and family of the child...
8-year-old Magura rape victim passes away
The eight-year-old child, who was a victim of torture in Magura, died while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Thursday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) disclosed the information in a press release on Thursday afternoon. The child passed away...
Magura rape victim child in critical condition, nation urged to pray
Bangladesh Army sought prayers for the eight-year-old Magura rape victim as her condition remained critical after suffering four cardiac arrests on Wednesday, reports UNB. The child is undergoing treatment at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Paediatric Department at the Combined...
Take firm action against rape within seven days: Morshed Hasan Khan
Professor Dr. Morshed Hasan Khan, convener of the White Panel, a teachers organization with a nationalist ideology at Dhaka University, has called on the Home Advisor and the IGP to take firm action within seven days in response to the ongoing incidents of rape and violence against women. He...
Magura rape victim shifted to paediatric ICU at CMH
The eight-year-old rape victim from Magura, who was on life support at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, has been shifted to the paediatric intensive care unit. Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) disclosed the information in a notification recently. The victim was visiting...
Magura rape case: Main accused Hitu Sheikh on seven-day remand
In the child rape case in Magura, the main accused, Hitu Sheikh, has been placed on a seven-day remand, and the remaining three accused have been granted five days remand each. The court approved the remand after a hearing late Sunday. Maguras Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdul Matin issued the...
HC orders completion of Magura child rape trial within six months
The High Court on Sunday ordered a special tribunal to complete the trial process of the Magura child rape case within the next 180 days. The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal has been instructed to implement the order. The bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish...
HC orders to remove online images of Magura’s raped child
The High Court (HC) on Sunday instructed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to urgently remove all the social media images of Maguras raped child. The bench of Farah Mahbub and Debashish Rai Chowdhury issued the suo moto order. On Sunday, the High Court is also...
Home adviser visits Magura rape victim at CMH
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka Cantonment on Sunday morning to see the child who was a victim of rape in Magura. The adviser inquired about the childs treatment and instructed the hospital...
DU Rokeya Hall students bring out torch march demanding death penalty for rape
Female students of Dhaka Universitys Begum Rokeya Hall brought out a torch march demanding death penalty for rape of women and children in Bangladesh. The students took out a procession from Rokeya Hall around 7 pm on Saturday. Later, the procession passed through the VC premises and ended in...
Tarique Rahman talks to Magura rape victim’s mother, assures justice
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday spoke with the mother of the minor girl who was raped in Magura. He assured the victims family that the BNP would stand by them in their pursuit of justice for the crime committed against the eight-year-old girl. The BNP leader spoke over the...
Magura’s rape victim shifted to CMH
The eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped in Magura last Wednesday, was shifted to Dhakas Combined Military Hospital (CMH) from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for advanced treatment as her condition deteriorated on Saturday. Social Welfare Adviser Sharmeen Soneya Murshid visited...
Case filed against four in Magura child rape case
A case has been filed at the police station in Magura over the rape incident of an eight-year-old child. The victims mother filed the case at the Magura police station on Saturday afternoon. Victims sisters father-in-law Hitu Sheikh, brother-in-laws Sajib Sheikh, and Rasul Sheikh and...
Child rape accused won’t be spared: Social Welfare Advisor
Social Welfare Advisor Sharmin S Murshid said that maximum action has been taken in the rape of an eight-year-old child in Magura. She told this to the reporters after seeing the abused child at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday afternoon. The Social Welfare Advisor said the...
Israeli tourist, homestay owner gang-raped while stargazing in India
A 27-year-old Israeli tourist and a 29-year-old homestay owner were allegedly gang-raped by three men while stargazing near a canal in Karnataka on Thursday night. The incident took place around 11:30 pm in Koppal, approximately 350 km from Bengaluru, when the two women and their four companions...
NBR announces VAT exemptions for several essential goods
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has introduced VAT exemptions on several essential products, including biscuits, salt, mustard oil, flour, LP gas, and more. These exemptions apply at different levels of the supply chainsome at the manufacturing stage and others at the merchant level. In a...
Oldest Test cricketer dies in South Africa aged 98
Ron Draper, who was the oldest living Testcricketer, has died in Gqeberha at the age of 98 years and 63 days, his family said Friday. Draper, a top-order batsman and occasional wicketkeeper, played in two Test matches for South Africa against Australia in 1950. One of his opponents, Neil...