harassment

Confronting lad culture in our universities

Lad culture here often intersects with class privilege and institutional power.

Opinion / Why the DU student harasser got bail

Bangladesh law penalises harassment, with jail and fines under key provisions.

DU incident: Man accused of harassment granted bail

Mostafa Asif Arnob, a 25-year-old bookbinder at the DU library, who was arrested for harassing a female student in public, was released on bail yesterday, hours after being taken into custody.

How to take legal action if you're a victim of harassment

While taking legal action will not undo the harrowing experience, it can help to regain some control of the situation and attain a sense of justice.

Grooming: abuse hiding in plain sight

It's a lesser known evil that is wreaking havoc among young people.

11 books to read during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Trigger Warning: This article mentions sexual and domestic abuse, trauma, and issues of mental health

Flirting and harassment, where is the line?

Flirting is consensual and conscious. Even when it's not too subtle, a flirt won't come across as demanding or like they expect you to respond positively, if at all. Harassment, meanwhile, is obnoxiously persistent.

Anti-Sexual Harassment Cells: ‘No one to listen until we make ourselves heard’

Mehnaz (not her real name), a student of Chittagong University, was sexually harassed by a group of men on her campus a few months ago.

US urges all political parties in Bangladesh to respect rule of law

The US has called on all political parties in Bangladesh to respect the rule of law and refrain from violence, harassment and intimidation.

February 16, 2023
February 16, 2023

Flirting and harassment, where is the line?

Flirting is consensual and conscious. Even when it's not too subtle, a flirt won't come across as demanding or like they expect you to respond positively, if at all. Harassment, meanwhile, is obnoxiously persistent.

January 5, 2023
January 5, 2023

Anti-Sexual Harassment Cells: ‘No one to listen until we make ourselves heard’

Mehnaz (not her real name), a student of Chittagong University, was sexually harassed by a group of men on her campus a few months ago.

January 4, 2023
January 4, 2023

US urges all political parties in Bangladesh to respect rule of law

The US has called on all political parties in Bangladesh to respect the rule of law and refrain from violence, harassment and intimidation.

December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022

US mother held for 10,000 anonymous texts to harass daughter

A US mother has been arrested after Michigan authorities say she anonymously cyberbullied her teenage daughter and her boyfriend for more than a year, reports say.

September 2, 2022
September 2, 2022

Nurture students, don’t torture them

We are shocked and saddened by the death of an eighth grader in Narsingdi, who died by suicide after her teacher harassed her for wearing trousers with her school uniform.

August 18, 2022
August 18, 2022

The Narsingdi incident was a hate crime against a woman, plain and simple

How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?

August 10, 2022
August 10, 2022

Is harassing students a disciplinary method at universities now?

The apathy towards ending sexual harassment on campus is a symptom of wider institutional control.

April 17, 2022
April 17, 2022

Don’t harass UAE-bound workers with tourist visas at Dhaka airport: Parliamentary body

A parliamentary body today asked all authorities concerned not to harass UAE-bound migrant workers having tourist visas at the Dhaka airport.

June 7, 2018
June 7, 2018

Sub-Registrars' Offices: Service seekers face harassment

Service seekers at a mass hearing organised by the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday said they faced nothing short of harassment at sub-registrar offices.

March 28, 2016
March 28, 2016

ASK concerned over ‘harassment of family by law enforcers’

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, expresses deep concern over the law enforcement agencies’ alleged harassment and pressure on Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s family to give statements they had prescribed.