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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

Our Correspondent

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 ...

Sinner faces Draper for US Open final spot as Pegula stuns Swiatek

NEW YORK, SEPT 5: Jannik Sinner closed in on his second Grand Slam title of 2024 on Wednesday when he ...

West Bengal passes law seeking death penalty for rape

KOLKATA, Sep 3: West Bengal, shaken by weeks of protests demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, ...

Draper emulates Murray with US Open quarter-final

NEW YORK, SEPT 3: Jack Draper became the first British man since Andy Murray in 2016 to reach the US ...

Mamata govt proposes death penalty for rape convicts in draft bill

KOLKATA , Sept 2: The draft of the anti-rape bill, which the Mamata Banerjee government is set to present in ...

Man arrested over rape of aboriginal teen girl

Jillur Rahman/Shakib Ahmed

Police have arrested a man on charges of raping a indigenous teen girl in Dinajpur's Ghoraghat upazila.The accused, Anil Beshra, ...

Woman raped while seeking relief in cumilla, 6 arrested

A 38-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped while seeking relief in Titas Upazila of Cumilla. Local residents detained six ...

Autistic woman raped while seeking relief

CUMILLA, Aug 31: Six people have been detained on suspicion of raping an autistic woman while distributing relief among flood ...

One held over rape, murder of teen in Gaibandha

UNB/Shakib Ahmed

Police have recovered the body of a teenage girl who was reportedly gang-raped and murdered in Gobindganj upzila of Gaibandha ...

Woman 'gang-raped' while seeking for flood aid, 6 held

Kamrul Haque Chowdhury/Shakib Ahmed

Police have arrested six individuals reportedly for raping a flood affected handicapped woman at Titas upazila in Cumilla district on ...

6 year-old-child raped in Rangamati

Observer Correspondent

A six-year-old child was allegedly raped by her neighbor at Kaptai upazila in Rangamati district on Friday afternoon.The incident happened ...

Indian rape protests spiral into political street clashes

Observer Online Desk

Thousands of protesters clashed in India's eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor ...

Four get lifelong jail for rape in Ctg

Observer Online Desk

A Chattogram court on Tuesday awarded life-term imprisonment to four persons for raping a 18-year old girl at Jorarganj thana ...

Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan 2024

Tigers build skyscraper after Mushfiqur's classic knock

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Bangladesh held a 94-run lead over Pakistan at the end of Day 4 of the first Test in the two-match ...

Key Indian hospital ends strike but doctor rape protests rage

NEW DELHI, Aug 22: Doctors at a top Indian government hospital ended Thursday an 11-day strike in protest against the ...

India court orders medical safety task force after doctor rape protests

NEW DELHI, Aug 20: India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security ...

Indian medics refuse to end protests over doctor’s rape and murder

KOLKATA, Aug 19: Thousands of Indian junior doctors on Monday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of ...

Protests spread over Indian doctor’s rape and murder

Some India doctors stay off job after strike over colleague's rape and murder

KOLKATA, Aug 18: Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a ...

Indian doctors stage nationwide strike over colleague's rape, murder

NEW DELHI, Aug 17: Indian doctors held a nationwide strike on Saturday, escalating protests after the "barbaric" rape and murder ...