Awami League lays out statistics of 'brutality' gripping Yunus-led Bangladesh

IANS | July 2, 2025 1:39 PM

Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) The Awami League has reported statistics regarding human rights violations in Bangladesh, claiming that the country is in a state of "brutal anarchy," highlighting several cases of rape, lynchings, and unidentified bodies, describing the South Asian country as a "blood-stained nation" under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.

Kolkata law college rape case: College ignored criminal antecedents of accused

IANS | June 30, 2025 11:18 AM

Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) As the investigation into the rape of a law student within her college premises at Kasba in South Kolkata, West Bengal, continues, information has surfaced that the said college authorities allegedly ignored criminal antecedents of one of the three prime accused, Monojit Mishra, while giving him contractual employment.

Human rights body condemns rape of Hindu woman by local politician in Bangladesh

IANS | June 30, 2025 11:04 AM

Dhaka, June 30 (IANS) In yet another disturbing incident of violence on minorities and the atrocities against women in Bangladesh, a Hindu woman was brutally gang raped in her own home in the Cumilla district, while her attackers filmed the assault and circulated the footage, a human rights body said on Monday.