Woman found dead in Chuadanga
The police recovered the body of a 65-year-old woman from her rented house at Sadar upazila in Chuadanga on Monday afternoon...
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South Korea overturns 60-year ruling on woman鈥檚 self-defence case
A South Korean court acquitted on Wednesday a woman convicted six decades ago for defending herself against sexual violence, after she challenged the ruling inspired by the country鈥檚 #MeToo movement...
Thai woman jailed for 43 years for royal insult freed
A Thai woman who received one of the kingdom鈥檚 longest ever royal insult sentences was freed from prison on Wednesday under a mass pardon marking the king鈥檚 birthday...
Sayeeda Khanam鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the fifth anniversary of death of Ekushey Padak-winning photographer Sayeeda Khanam, who is considered the country鈥檚 first woman photographer...
Transwoman student鈥檚 expulsion is exclusionary move
THE decision to cancel the studentship of a gender minority student of a private university raises concern about the exclusionary academic environment and the integrity of the administration. More than a hundred citizens in a statement on August 16 expressed concern and termed the expulsion of Sahara Chowdhury, a transwoman in the Metropolitan University...
Young Gaza woman flown to Italy, dies
A young Palestinian woman with severe wasting who was flown from Gaza to Italy this week for treatment has died, the hospital said on Saturday...
Case filed against husband, in-laws
A murder case has been filed with the Mirpur police against the husband and in-laws of a woman after her body was recovered from a house in Dhaka city on Thursday...
Rapist of woman with disabilities held in Rangpur
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested the accused in the rape of a woman with disabilities at Keranirhat under Hajirhat metropolitan police station in Rangpur city...
Woman gives birth to baby girl with two heads in Rajshahi
In a rare and medically complex case, a woman gave birth to a baby girl with two heads at Christian Mission Hospital in Rajshahi city on Saturday night...
NZ woman arrested after travelling with child in suitcase
A New Zealand woman was arrested on Sunday after travelling on a bus with a two-year-old girl trapped in her luggage...
Woman raped in Tangail, 3 arrested
A 22-year-old woman was raped allegedly by three drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Tangail early Saturday...
Woman killed after being run over by train in Jhenaidah
A woman was killed after being run over by a train in Babra area under Kaliganj in Jhenaidah on Wednesday...
Man kills wife hitting her with rod
The police on Saturday recovered the body of a woman after her husband allegedly killed her by hitting in the head with a rod at Shalikha in Magura...
Case filed in Bhola over rape of woman
A case has been filed against two youths for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman and recording the incident on mobile phone at Tajumuddin in Bhola...
Shwapno arranges medical treatment for elderly woman in Khulna
Retail chain shop Shwapno has recently arranged medical treatment for an elderly woman, Taslima Khatun, in Khulna...
Woman dies on city footpath
An unidentified woman died on a footpath in Shahbagh area of Dhaka Wednesday morning...
Protests erupt as woman raped in Cumilla
Protests erupted in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Sunday as Thursday night鈥檚 rape of a 21-year-old woman in a village under Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla came to light after a video went viral on social media Saturday night...
Woman killed in elephant attack
A woman was killed after being attacked by a wild elephant in Dakshin Chhairakhali area under Chakaria upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar Monday night...
Woman found dead in Badda flat
The body of a 27-year-old housewife was recovered from a rented apartment in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttar Badda area Sunday night...
Woman calls 999 after killing father
A woman on Thursday called the national emergency service helpline 999 allegedly after stabbing his father to death after feeding him sleeping pills at his rented apartment at Savar, on the outskirts of the capital...
Man sets wife on fire
A woman was allegedly set ablaze by pouring kerosene on her body by her husband following a family dispute in the capital鈥檚 Turag area on Wednesday night...
Protest at rape, murder of Kheyang woman continues
Protests demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the perpetrators in the alleged rape and murder of a woman from the Kheyang community in Bandarban continued on Wednesday...
Protest erupts after Kheyang woman raped, murdered
Several organisations, including regional political parties representing national minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, on Tuesday protested at the alleged rape and murder of a woman from the Kheyang community in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban...
Hefazat denies involvement in beating woman鈥檚 effigy with shoes
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Sunday denied its involvement in beating with shoes a saree-clad effigy of a woman on the Dhaka University campus as video clips and photographs went viral on social media sparking debates...
Beating woman鈥檚 effigy with shoes at DU sparks debate
The clips and photographs of men beating with shoes a saree-clad effigy of a woman on the Dhaka University campus going viral on social media on Saturday sparked debates...
More woman entrepreneurs in SME sector envisioned
Speakers at a seminar have highlighted that the small and medium enterprise sector should encourage more women entrepreneurs alongside simplifying and making more women-friendly the trade licensing processes and access to finance...
Woman鈥檚 torso found in Keraniganj
The police recovered the torso of an unidentified woman from Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital, Friday night...
Man arrested after harassment of woman goes viral
The police have arrested an elderly man who was caught on video allegedly harassing a young woman in an auto-rickshaw, a video that quickly went viral on social media...
UK top court rules definition of 鈥榓 woman鈥� based on sex at birth
Britain鈥檚 Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the legal definition of a 鈥榳oman鈥� is based on a person鈥檚 sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights...
Two staff remanded for beating woman at Dhaka coffee shop
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Tuesday allowed the police to take the manager and a staff of Apon Coffee House in the capital鈥檚 Khilgaon area in custody for one day for interrogation in a case allegedly for beating a woman at the coffee shop on April 11...