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Protesters also called for greater clarity around the legal definitions of what constitutes rape in Bangladesh, which they said were currently ambiguous. The trial of the rape and murder case is ...

An eight-year-old child who was raped in Bangladesh died of her injuries on Thursday, setting off fierce protests around the country. The girl was raped while visiting her elder sister's house in ...

By Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat Reporting from Taraganj and Dhaka in Bangladesh The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies. In the political vacuum that has emerged after the ...