An eight-year-old child was raped and murdered in Pallabi, a district of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Coalition for Advancing Equality and Justice and the Human Rights Support Society have condemned the incident and called for immediate, impartial investigations, institutional reforms, and stronger child protection measures. Civil society groups cited data showing 1,028 incidents of violence against women and girls in the first four months of the year, with 479 targeting girls specifically.