Dhaka, Jan 23 – A university girl has faced sexual harassment while traveling by a night coach on Dhaka-Thakurgaon route. The victim’s mother has filed a complaint with Sadar Police Station in this connection.
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Educated girl can’t cry rape if ditched by boyfriend: Indian HC
A promise to marry cannot be considered an inducement in every rape case, the Bombay high court has ruled while granting pre-arrest bail to a 21-year-old youth after his former girlfriend lodged a case of rape following their break-up. Justice…
Nat’l cricketers Arafat Sunny held on girl friend’s complaint
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Police arrested national cricketer Arafat Sunny in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act from Aminbazar area in Savar upazila on Sunday morning.
Celebrities join Women’s March 2017
The Women’s March took place to protest Donald Trump, one day after he was sworn in as president. The non-violent, peaceful event consists of a rally and march through the streets of Washington, D.C. to advocate for women’s rights and…
Hundreds of thousands of women protest against Trump
Washington, Jan 21 (AP/UNB) — Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women massed in the nation’s capital and cities around the globe Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won’t…
Thousands protest Trump presidency at Sydney Women’s March
Sydney — Thousands of Australians are protesting the start of Donald Trump’s presidency that many fear could stir up hatred and bigotry.
More than 2 billion seps in the right direction
Janet Walsh Marches Around the Globe Affirm That Women’s Rights are Human Rights On Saturday, an estimated 200,000 people will participate in the Women’s March in Washington, DC. More than a million marchers are expected for the more than 600…
Infertility challenged
Baby born using experimental three-person technique sparks warning from doctors A couple who spent a decade trying to conceive have become the first to successfully use a “three-person IVF” method to treat infertility this month — but experts warn that…
Sex accuser Summer Zervos sues Trump sued for defamation
A former Apprentice contestant who accuses US President-elect Donald Trump of sexual assault has filed a defamation lawsuit against him.
‘I am allergic to my husband’
Twenty-nine-year-old Johanna Watkins from Minnesota cannot kiss her husband Scott, or even spend time in the same room as him. She suffers from Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, a rare disorder of the immune system, which means she is allergic to…
Michelle Obama: uber-mom, style icon, political force
Washington, Jan 17, 2017 – In 2008, Michelle Obama was tentative on the campaign trail, wary of saying anything to jeopardize her husband’s historic bid to be America’s first black president. Eight years later, the self-assured first lady — back…
Mother admits murdering children by driving into Australian lake
A mother has admitted killing three of her children by driving them into a lake in southern Australia.Akon Guode, 37, killed one-year-old Bol and four-year-old twins Hanger and Madit in Melbourne’s south-west in 2015.Another child, six-year-old Alual, was also in…
Kamiyah Mobley, kidnapped as infant, meets biological parents
(CNN) Kamiyah Mobley and the woman she long believed to be her mother were “always happy, always together” in the small town of Walterboro, South Carolina, family friend Melissa Hiers recalled Saturday. “They were like best friends,” Hiers said.
Nigeria’s freed Chibok girls are kept silent
Nigeria, Jan 7 (AP/UNB) — She was found wandering in a forest, the first of the nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram to escape on her own and reach freedom. That was in May. Since then, Amina Ali…
Young couple found hanged in Comilla
Dhaka – A young couple was found hanging at their house in Shaktala Maddhyapara of Comilla city in eastern Bangladesh on Wednesday evening.
Marriage of 8-Year-Old Girl Suspended in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s family security program has suspended the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man of about 30, after receiving a complaint from a relative of the child, Saudi media reported.The father of the bride wanted to arrange the…
Mexico registers first baby with maternal last names
Mexico City (AP/UNB) — The first baby in Mexico to be officially named with the maternal surnames of both parents has been registered in the northern state of Nuevo Leon.
US actress Debbie Reynolds dies grieving for daughter Carrie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds, who starred opposite Gene Kelly in the 1952 musical Singin’ in the Rain, has died a day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher.The US actress, 84, had been rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke.Her son,…
Two ‘female militants’ on remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday placed two women of a militant outfit on a seven-day remand each in a case filed in connection with Saturday’s raid at a militant hideout in Ashkona of the city’s…
Severing wife’s tongue: Man surrenders in Sylhet
A man who severed his wife’s tongue and a tendon of her left leg in Sadar upazila on December 15 surrendered before a court here on Monday.Belal Miah, a resident of Lamuya village in South Surma upazila, turned up before…
Vesna Vulovic, stewardess who survived 33,000ft fall, dies
Vesna Vulovic, an air stewardess who survived the highest ever fall by a human being after her plane broke up at 33,000ft (10,000m), has died aged 66. State TV in Vulovic’s home country of Serbia said she was found dead…
Kareena, Saif bring baby Taimur home
Dhaka: New mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, who welcomed a baby boy on December 20, was discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Kareena and son Taimur went home from hospital Friay with Saif by their side. NDTV via UNB.…
Police frame charges on Pahela Baishakh molestation suspect
Police have filed its chargesheet over the molestations of women during the Bangla New Year celebrations in Dhaka last year.Charges have been pressed against Md Kamal Hossain, who was arrested earlier this year, more than nine months after the incident.”The…
‘Number of female drug users risising in Bangladesh’
Dhaka – The number of female drug users in Bangladesh is increasing day by day while that of Yaba users has seen a rise by 15-20 percent in the last several months.
Mother, 2 children found dead in Feni
Dhaka – A woman and her two minor children were found dead at their residence at West Ukilpara in Feni district town on Monday night.
Divorced woman ‘killed after rape’ in Jessore
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a divorced woman from her house at Kefayetnagar in Sadar upazila of Jessore on Monday. The deceased was identified as Selina Begum, 48, daughter of late Hasem Ali of the village.
Ivy exudes confidence as Narayanganj City Corporation poll campaign hots up
Narayanganj – Electioneering gathered pace in the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) on Monday, nine days ahead of the election, with Awami League contestant Dr Salina Hayat Ivy and BNP contender Advocate Shakhawat Hossain Khan making big promises to reshape the…
College student Khadija attacker charged with attempted murder
Suspect Badrul Alam lashed out against his victim, Sylhet college student Khadiza Begum Nargis, outside the court conducting his trial for attempted murder.The former Chhatra League leader told reporters Khadiza was a ‘traitor, a hypocrite and a fraud’ as he…
US ambassador urges Bangladesh to repeal marriage under 18 years
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has likened the special provision allowing child marriage in Bangladesh to “killing a mosquito with a hammer”, asking that the government look at alternatives to prevent girls becoming victims.The government has approved the draft…
Realise your rights by yourselves, PM to womenfolk
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the womenfolk to strive for realising their rights by themselves as no one else would help them have those realised in this male-dominated society.“You’ll have to realise your rights by yourselves as no…