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Youth held in Patuakhali over rape under marriage pretense

Mujahid Prince/Shakib Ahmed

Police have arrested a young man from Mahipur area near Kuakata in Patuakhali, on charges of raping his lover under ...

Two sentenced to death in Barishal rape case

Observer Correspondent

A court in Barishal sentenced two people to death in a rape and murder case on Monday. The court also fined ...

Woman ‘gang-raped’ at MahamayaLake in Ctg

Accused arrested

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 8: A woman has been 'gang-raped' while visiting Mahamaya Lake in Chattogram's Mirsarai.Police have arrested one person over ...

Teen gang-raped in Ctg, prime accused arrested

Shakib Ahmed

Police on Friday arrested the prime accused in a rape case relating to gang-raping of teen girl at Mahamaya Ecopark ...

Woman ‘gang-raped’ at Mahamaya Lake in Ctg

Observer Online Report

A woman was ‘gang-raped’ while visiting Mahamaya Lake in Mirsarai of Chattogram on Thursday. Police have already arrested a person ...

Chandpur woman 'raped and murdered': Protests demand justice

Iqbal Hossain/Shakib Ahmed

Students and community members of Chandpur's Faridganj upazila have protested and demanded justice following the alleged rape and murder of ...

2 held over rape under pretense of marriage in Moulvibazar

Shakil Rashid Chowdhury/Shakib Ahmed

Two individuals were arrested by police reportedly over raping a 20-year-old woman under the pretense of marriage at Kulaura upazila ...

Mamunul acquitted in rape case

NARAYANGANJ, Oct 24: Khelafat Majlish Secretary General Maulana Mamunul Haque has been acquitted in the rape case related to an ...

Mamunul Haque acquitted in rape case

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Former Joint Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque has been acquitted in a rape case filed with Narayanganj's Sonargaon Police ...

Mbappe 'seems unaffected' by rape investigation reports: Ancelotti

MADRID, OCT 18: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday the club's French striker Kylian Mbappe "seems unaffected to me" ...

Real Madrid back Mbappe amid Swedish rape investigation reports

MADRID, OCT 17: Real Madrid have, for the moment at least, given their support to star forward Kylian Mbappe since ...

Mbappe 'shocked' to see name linked to Swedish rape investigation

PARIS, OCT 16: Kylian Mbappe was "shocked" to see his name linked to a Swedish rape investigation and the Real ...

Mbappe-PSG salary row faces hearing as France captain cited in 'rape' report

PARIS, OCT 15: Kylian Mbappe's dispute with former club Paris Saint-Germain over claims he is owed 55 million euros ($60m) ...

2 to be hanged for rape and murder of college girl

Shahadul Islam Saju/Shakib Ahmed

A Joypurhat court on Monday sentenced two individuals to death for killing a college girl after rape on 2022.Joypurhat Women ...

Youth held for attempt to rape minor girl

Observer Correspondent

A youth was arrested for reportedly raping a second grader girl from Sadar upazila in Gopalganj district on Friday night.The ...

One in 8 girls raped or sexually assaulted before 18: UNICEF

Observer Online Desk

More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault ...

Indian charged with rape and murder of doctor

KOLKATA, Oct 7: Indian police on Monday charged a man with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor, a ...

Gang-rape of college girl: Lover among 6 arrested

Shakib Ahmed

Police have arrested six individuals in connection with gang rape of a college student at Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat district. The ...

India asks top court to heed marital rape leniency

MUMBAI, Oct 4: India's government has insisted that marital rape should be treated more leniently than other rape offences in ...

Woman murdered after rape with promise of job

Rafiq Sharkar/Shakib Ahmed

A housewife was reportedly raped and strangled to death after being lured by a job offer at Kaliganj upazila in ...

Kolkata doctors resume strike over colleague's rape and murder

KOLKATA, Oct 1: Indian doctors in Kolkata said on Tuesday they had resumed a strike to protest against the brutal ...

Supreme Court to hear Kolkata rape-murder case today, doctors may resume strike

NEW DELHI, Sept 30: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition on Monday concerning the rape and murder ...

DU student rape

Life term accused Majnu arrested

Observer Online Report

Police have arrested life term accused Majnu, who fled away from Kashimpur Central Jail during attack after the fall of ...

Ex-head of India’s RG Kar College charged for alleged evidence tampering in rape case

KOLKATA, Sept 15: India's federal police have charged the former head of R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata with tampering ...

Thousands in France protest 'rape culture'

Observer Online Desk

Thousands took to the streets across French cities on Saturday to demand an end to rape and support the main ...

Teen arrested over rape of child in Pabna

Jalal Uddin/Shakib Ahmed

A teenager was arrested reportedly for raping a seven-year-old child at Santhia upazila in Pabna district.The incident took place at ...

Mamata offers to resign for 'sake of people' amid row over doctor's rape and murder

KOLKATA, Sept 13: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has offered to resign from her position if it would benefit ...

Four arrested over gang-rape of autistic teenager

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PANCHAGARH, Sept 12: Police arrested four individuals in connection with gang-rape of a 14-year-old intellectually-disabled girl in Tentulia Upazila of ...

Kolkata doctors will not return to work until rape case demands met

KOLKATA, Sept 10: Junior doctors in India's West Bengal state have vowed to keep up a strike in protest at ...

4 arrested over gang rape of autistic teen in Panchagarh

Shakib Ahmed

Police have arrested four individuals in connection with gang rape of a 14-year-old intellectually disabled girl in Panchagarh's Tetulia upazila. The ...