Speakers at a roundtable discussion on Saturday stressed that women鈥檚 right to family property and public resources, including khas land, forest resources and aquatic resources, must be ensured.
It is a regular net session at a cricket academy in New Delhi, but the joy among the colourful jersey-clad young girls is unmistakable.
India's newest cricket star Jemimah Rodrigues overcame anxiety and tears to lead her country into the women's World Cup final with a sublime century against Australia.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said that empowerment of women wasn鈥檛 only fairness, but also part of cognitive economy...
BANGLADESH is a land of rivers, tides, and storms. Women here have always moved with the pulse of the delta 鈥� planting rice before dawn, carrying water through monsoon rains, leading classrooms and communities, raising voices in the streets. Their dignity was never measured by the width of a scarf or the color of a cloth. And yet today, a simple piece of cloth...
The Coast Guard in a press release on Wednesday said that they rescued 26 Rohingyas, including women and children, at Baharchhara under Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar while they were being trafficked to Malaysia...
A three-day intensive workshop organised for 20 young aspirant women journalists concluded in Gazipur on Tuesday...
The ministry of youth and sports rewarded the Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team with Tk 50 lakh for their maiden qualification in the AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup final-stage, which is scheduled to be held in Australia in March 2026...
CLOSE your eyes and think about Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban, or any other Hill Tracts area. What do you see? Most Bangali Bangladeshis I know, those from the plains that is, would visualise lush, unspoiled nature, small and 鈥榟armonious鈥� communities of indigenous people living 鈥榮imple鈥�, primitive lives, and most prominently, adibashi women who will intrigue...
SEXUAL violence against indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts is not only an act of individual perpetrators but is sustained through a wider system of state and media denial. The state鈥檚 institutions 鈥� police, public hospitals and local administrators 鈥� actively influence the legal proceedings. Cases are often not filed. Even when a case is filed, medical reports...
Defending champions Australia surged unbeaten into the Women鈥檚 World Cup semi-finals and are clear favourites to defeat hosts India in front of an expected sell-out crowd.
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team suffered a 5-1 goal defeat to hosts Thailand in the second and final FIFA international friendly match at the Bang Mo Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday.
Bangladesh women鈥檚 team wrapped up their World Cup campaign with the final match ending as a no-result against India due to rain at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on Sunday.
At least 13 people, including five children and four women, were killed and eight others injured in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Noakhali, Pabna, Sherpur, Nilphamari, Madaripur and Bagerhat districts between Saturday night and Sunday...
Rain once again played spoilsport in the Women's Cricket World Cup as the final league match between India and Bangladesh was abandoned at Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
Bangladesh look to finish on a positive note as they take on India in their seventh and final game of the ICC Women鈥檚 World Cup at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai today...
Sri Lanka snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to record their first win of the Women's Cricket World Cup, edging out Bangladesh by seven runs in a nerve jangling finish in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
Bangladesh will be looking to return to winning ways as they take on Sri Lanka in their sixth game of the ICC Women鈥檚 Cricket World Cup at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, today.
A STORM of violence against women is sweeping, quietly engulfing lives and breaking families. Every day, women face threats not only on the roads but also within their houses, the very places that should offer them safety. From brutal assaults and domestic abuse to cyber harassment and emotional torture, the patterns of violence are deepening, yet society remains...
Political leaders and rights activists on Saturday said that a toxic political culture, dominated by corruption, patriarchy and exclusionary practices, was driving women and young people away from active politics in the country...
Bangladesh failed to qualify for the forthcoming AFC U-17 Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 after suffering a crushing 5-0 defeat to Chinese Taipei in their Group H final match of the Qualifiers at the Aqaba Stadium in Jordan on Friday.
Hapi Islam Talukder, while doing her dual jobs as a makeup artist and schoolteacher at a Jatrabari school in Dhaka city, gradually realised that neither of her jobs was offering her the satisfaction she looked for...
The Women鈥檚 World Cup has achieved record viewing figures with 60 million fans having already tuned in to watch the first 13 one-day matches, the International Cricket Council said Thursday.
Bangladesh are in a must-win situation to qualify for the AFC Under-17 Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 when they face Chinese Taipei in their Group H top place decider of the Qualifiers at the Aqaba Stadium in Jordan tonight.
Bangladesh suffered a 10-wicket thrashing to defending champions Australia in their ICC Women鈥檚 Cricket World Cup at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Bangladesh will host the IKF Women鈥檚 Kabaddi World Cup 2025 at the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Dhaka from November 15 to 25, as the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation made the announcement during a press conference at the...
Bangladesh will take on the defending champions Australia in the group match of the ongoing ICC Women鈥檚 World Cup at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam today.聽
Forward Mira Jarrar scored a last-gasp equaliser as Bangladesh were held to a 1-1 draw by Jordan in their Group H opener of the AFC Under-17 Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers at the Aqaba Stadium in Jordan on Monday night.
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty lamented dropped catches and the dew factor in their heartbreaking three-wicket loss to South Africa in the ICC Women鈥檚 World Cup match at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
About three quarters or 76 per cent of the ever-married women have experienced some form of violence by their husbands in their lifetime, according to the Violence Against Women Survey 2024 released on Monday.
