Bangladesh, May 22 -- The brutal and depraved cases of rape and murder of four young children has demoralised well-meaning citizens of the country, who are left ruing a sharp decline in moral standards, yet at a loss to explain how this came about.
It is prudent to consider at the off - is this decline real? Or is it the perception fuelled by our cognitive bias, our nostalgia for a romanticised past? Here, some statistical mooring may help to guide us. Even if it's true that we should always be careful not to reduce victims to numbers, it is also true that they don't lie either.
According to the country's leading human rights organisation, Ain o Salish Kendra, at least 118 children have been victims of rape so far in 2026. ASK additionall...