Bangladesh eye final berth
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team will look to get themselves into the final of the Asia Cup for the second time as they take on India in the first semi-final of the...
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Bangladesh women eye series win over Bhutan
Bangladesh women鈥檚 football team reached Bhutan on Monday with an aim of winning the two-match FIFA international series against the hosts scheduled to the played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on July 24 and 27 respectively...
Bangladesh crush Malaysia to make semis
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team thrashed Malaysia by 114 runs in their third and final group stage game in Dambulla on Wednesday to confirm their place in the last four of the ongoing Asia Cup 2024 in Sri Lanka...
Sagorika hits hat-trick as Bangladesh thrash Bhutan
Mst Sagorika slammed a brilliant hat-trick as Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team, came from behind to thrash hosts Bhutan 5-1 in the first of the two-match FIFA international friendly series at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Wednesday...
Bangladesh face Thailand in do-or-die clash
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team will take on Thailand in their second game of the ongoing Asia Cup 2024 in Sri Lanka today as they look to stay alive in the competition...
World champions Spain, new-look USA top billing in women鈥檚 football
A rejuvenated United States team under new coach Emma Hayes are targeting a record-extending fifth women's football gold medal at the Paris Olympics but face stiff competition, not least in the shape of World Cup holders Spain and their all-star line-up.
Canada football staff member detained over Olympic drone incident
A staff member from the Canadian women's football team has been detained by French authorities for flying a drone over a New Zealand training session ahead of their match at the Paris Olympics.
Bangladesh eye final four berth
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team will look to book their place in the semi-finals of the ongoing Asia Cup in Sri Lanka as they take on Malaysia in their final...
SWF, CPB women cell demand restoration of women quota
Socialist Women Forum and Women Cell of Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday demanded restoration of 10 per cent women quota in government jobs...
Bangladesh begin Asia Cup campaign today
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 cricket team will take on hosts Sri Lanka to begin their Asia Cup 2024 campaign in Dambulla today.
Bangladesh women start Asia Cup with defeat
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team began their Asia Cup 2024 campaign with a seven-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in their opening game in Dambulla on Saturday...
Violence against women, girls in UK a 鈥榥ational emergency鈥�
Violence against women and girls in England and Wales is a 鈥榥ational emergency鈥� with almost 3,000 offenses recorded daily, police warned in a new report published on Tuesday....
Parliamentary caucus on gender, inclusion formed
A Parliamentary caucus on gender and inclusion has been formed with the goal of promoting the participation of women, persons with disabilities, and other underprivileged groups in government initiatives and programs...
Bangladesh team leave for SL
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national cricket team left Dhaka on Tuesday for the upcoming Asia Cup 2024 in Sri Lanka, which begins on Friday.
Kenya suspect confesses to killing 42 women
Kenyan police said Monday they had arrested a 鈥榮erial killer鈥� suspect who had confessed to murdering 42 women before dumping their dismembered bodies in a...
Bangladesh hoping to turn poor form around
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team have been going through a rough patch of form this year as they have lost all of the 11 international matches they have played 鈥� something they hope to...
Jahanara glad to be back in national fold
Bangladesh pacer Jahanara Alam made his return to the national team after more than a year as she was picked up in the squad for the forthcoming women鈥檚 Asia Cup in...
Women Congress demands return of disappeared people
An organisation in a statement said that the enforced disappearance remained unabated in Bangladesh with nearly 700 reported victims from 2009 to 2023...
Three women killed in UK crossbow attack聽
British police were searching on Wednesday for a suspect who may have a crossbow after three women were killed in what police believe was a 鈥榯argeted鈥� attack...
Taliban slash salaries of women working from home
Afghan authorities have slashed the salaries of women government workers who have been forced to stay at home since the Taliban seized power, the finance ministry...
Four Bangladesh-origin women elected lawmakers in UK polls
Four Bangladesh-origin women candidates have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK鈥檚 general election....
Chevron Bangladesh sponsored AUW Summer School 2024 launched in Chattogram
Asian University for Women has launched its Summer School program for 2024, supported by Chevron Bangladesh....
Chevron sponsors AUW Summer School programme
The Asian University for Women has recently launched its Summer School programme for 2024, supported by the Chevron Bangladesh, at a ceremony at the university campus in Chattogram...
Women鈥檚 rights an internal issue: Taliban
Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women鈥檚 rights were 鈥楢fghanistan鈥檚 issues鈥� to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of...
Outrage as Afghan women excluded from UN-led talks with Taliban
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities will meet international envoys on Sunday in Qatar for talks presented by the United Nations as a key step in an engagement process, but...
War of words rages at UN over women, gender rights
After warning of increasing attacks on women and gender rights around the world, the UN finds itself a key arena for a war of words over how those rights are...
Women鈥檚 rights activists paint Spanish Steps red
Campaigners highlighting violence against women spread red paint across Rome鈥檚 famous Spanish Steps on Wednesday, saying it represented the victims鈥� blood...
BCB announces squad for Women鈥檚 Asia Cup
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday announced the squad for the ACC Women鈥檚 Asia Cup 2024 scheduled to be held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from...
High-level probe into Kalpana Chakma abduction demanded
Speakers, including academics, on Wednesday demanded an immediate high-level investigation into the abduction of Hill Women鈥檚 Federation organising secretary Kalpana Chakma, who was abducted in Rangamati鈥檚 Baghaichari on June 12, 1996...
Legal bureaucracy denies justice to Kalpana Chakma
TWENTY-EIGHT years after, the family and comrades of Kalpana Chakma, a Hill Women鈥檚 Federation leader, still await justice as authorities have failed to resolve the abduction case. Kalpana was allegedly picked up on June 12, 1996 by a group of armed men, including a junior army officer, from her house in Rangamati...