BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says the pro-government people raised several attacks to kill her during city corporation electioneering, but she was “saved by the grace of Allah”.

THERE is understandable outrage at the alleged sexual assault of at least 20 women by a large group of men during the Bengali New Year celebrations at the Dhaka University.

Social networking platforms Facebook, Twitter witness users exchange ideas of resisting harassment to women as protests against the Pahela Baishakh assault continue.

UNPRECEDENTED levels of outrage and activism surround the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault; we have finally reached critical mass:

Chief of National Human Rights Commission blames the sexual assault at Dhaka University during Pahela Baishakh celebration on religious fanaticism and patriarchal system.

Teachers and students form a human chain on Dhaka University campus demanding immediate punishment to the perpetrators responsible for the sexual assault on women during the Pahela Baishakh.

“Rupban”, one of the most famous jatra pala of the area, was staged at a five-day celebration marking Pahela Baishakh.

If police response during the attack was abhorrent, how they reacted to it subsequently was even more disgraceful.

Dhaka University teachers demand immediate arrest and exemplary punishment against those involved in the incidents of sexual assault on women during Pahela Baishakh celebration on the campus.

Muntasir Mamun, Professor of History at University of Dhaka, and Hashem Sufi, Researcher of History, tell us the facts behind how Bengali New Year celebration on Pahela Baishakh came to be.

Teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University threaten to go for a tough movement from Tuesday if the sexual offenders in Pahela Baishakh’s incident on the Dhaka University campus are not brought to book by then.

It took four days for the police to admit that at least 20 women were sexually assaulted by a large group of men during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University.

Protest outbursts in the wake of heinous sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration at Dhaka University on 14th April. Liton Nandi, president of leftist student body, Bangladesh Chhatra Union of the university unit was the youth who first apparently came to resist the rowdy mob at TSC area.

On the fourth day following the ruthless and inhuman sexual harassment on women at TSC on Pahela Baishakh, the social media continue to be flooded with protests from users, condemning the heinous act.

BNP apologises to the country’s women over sexual assault on some women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University campuses.

Condemning sexual assaults on women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on Dhaka University campus, Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq says he has a plan to bring the entire city under CCTV surveillance if he is elected.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police form two probe committees to investigate into sexual assault of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University.

The exhibition titled “Notation. Reconstructed”, opens today (April 18) at 6pm at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts.

Jahangirnagar University authorities suspend eight students over allegations that they sexually harassed a female indigenous student on the evening of Pahela Baishakh.

The weather in the Indian capital was just right for ushering in the Noboborsho – cool breeze, chunks of clouds gliding across an azure sky and the