Dhaka, March 9 -- The government is going to amend the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act with a provision that investigations into rape cases must be completed within 15 days and trials to be concluded within 90 days, said Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday.

"We are also cutting the investigation time in rape cases by half from the previous time. Earlier it was 30 days, now we are making it 15 days. We are also halving the trial time. The trial of rape cases must be completed within 90 days," he said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat.

No one can be granted bail on the pretext of not completing the trial within 90 days, he said.

Under the current law, bail could be granted if the trial was not held within 180 days ...