A housewife, who was tortured for dowry allegedly by her husband on Thursday at Khetkipara village in Badarganj upazila, died at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) on Friday.

Two housewives were murdered early yesterday allegedly by their husbands in Gaibandha and Laxmipur districts.

A court here on Monday sentenced a man to three years imprisonment for physically torturing his wife. The convict was-Akhtaruzzaman of Ramanathpur village of sadar upazila. The court also fined him Tk 10,000, in default, to suffer six months more RI.

Two teenage girls allegedly committed suicide in Kushtia and Nilphamari districts yesterday and on Monday.

A woman was killed allegedly by her husband at Sarishabari village under Singra upazila in the district on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Rozina Begum, wife of Mukul Hossain of the village.

Lipi Sultana Setu, wife of police sergeant Molla Taslim Hossain, has alleged that her husband is now putting pressure on her to withdraw the case that she filed against him with Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, Sylhet, on April 21.

A woman was allegedly tortured by her husband for dowry and rescued her from her in-law’s house at Wazedia in the port city on Sunday night.

Thirty-one women were killed and five others were tortured for dowry last April, according to a report published by Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSFHR) on Tuesday.

According to a report published by the Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR), thirty-one women were killed and five others tortured for dowry last April alone. It is amazing to see when the larger world is focusing on issues of gender a large number of Bangladeshi women are being tortured for dowry.

A housewife was burned to death allegedly by her in-laws at Togarchar village in Melandah upazila on Friday.

Mystery has shrouded the death of Kamona Rani Saha, 23, wife of Bhromor Chandra Saha at Panjankhara village in Sadar upazila of the district.

Two housewives and a schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide while a middle-aged woman was hacked to death on Friday and the day before.

A housewife allegedly committed suicide after poisoning her 3-year old baby girl to death in Modhyo Raghunathpur area of the city yesterday morning.

Two women were killed, allegedly by their husbands, in separate incidents in the city yesterday.

A court here in separate verdicts on Wednesday sentenced two people to death for killing their wives for dowry.