THE year 2024 will forever be etched in Bangladesh鈥檚 political history. It marks the fall of an autocratic regime, the victory of the people, and a significant shift in the country鈥檚 political landscape. However, despite this monumental political achievement, the progress in addressing gender-based violence and achieving equality for women remains...
Bangladesh women's Under-19 team came agonisingly close to clinching a historical victory against mighty Australia but failed to hold their nerve in the crunch moment that saw them suffering a heartbreaking two-wicket defeat in the T20 World Cup at the UKM YSD Oval ground in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday.
Bangladesh women's cricket team's aspiration to have a direction qualification to the ICC Women's World Cup received a setback when they suffered a crushing nine-wicket defeat to West Indies in their first of the three-match ODI series at Basseterre in Sti Kitts on Monday.
Bangladesh began their ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup campaign with a five-wicket victory over Nepal in one of their three Group D matches at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Bangi, Malaysia, on Saturday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to organise women鈥檚 Bangladesh Premier League right after the end of the ongoing men鈥檚 edition, confirmed board director and the member secretary of BPL Nazmul Abedin Fahim.聽
The Bangladesh Football Federation has finally extended the contracts of the national men鈥檚 team coach, Javier Cabrera, and the national women鈥檚 team coach, Peter James Butler, according to a federation press release on Thursday...
Digital entertainment platform Toffee will stream ICC Women鈥檚 U19 T20 World Cup for free of charge, said a press release...
The International Cricket Council has appointed Bangladesh's Shathira Jakir Jessy as one of the umpires among 20 match officials for the forthcoming ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup in Malaysia.
Jahanara Alam has recently taken a break from the Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team for an indefinite period and hasn鈥檛 been included for the forthcoming West Indies Tour. The most successful pacer of Bangladesh in women鈥檚 cricket has talked about her recent decision and future plans in an exclusive interview with...
As women in Bangladesh keep pushing their spaces in society through economic contribution, Naila Kabeer, a professor at the United Kingdom-based London School of Economics and Political Science, expects that the country will not backtrack amid the new political scenario...
Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said on Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year with no end in sight...
At least 811 women and girls were tortured in Rajshahi district in 2024, according to a report of rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra.
Bangladesh finally ended a decade-long losing streak in the Women鈥檚 T20 World Cup and reached the semi-finals of the Asia Cup but still 2024 will go down as one of their worst as their struggle in the T20 format continued.
Both the second-round matches of the ongoing Women鈥檚 BCL concluded without a result, as the teams settled for a draw at their respective venues on Saturday.
Murshida Khatun鈥檚 maiden century steered Central Zone to 242-2 in reply to East Zone鈥檚 first innings total of 354 on Day 2 of the Women鈥檚 BCL second round match at the Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Friday.
East Zone opener Dilara Dola registered her maiden first-class century on the opening day of their Women鈥檚 Bangladesh Cricket League second round match against Central Zone at the...
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 team was in the spotlight after retaining the SAFF Women鈥檚 Championship title, but the euphoria quickly shifted to the announcement that Leicester City midfielder Hamza Choudhury had...
Nigar Sultana Joty became the country鈥檚 first woman to score a first-class century when she reached the three figure mark for Central Zone on the final day of their three-day match against North Zone in the first round of the maiden Women's National Cricket League at the Shaheed Kamaruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Monday.
Bangladesh Under-19 women鈥檚 cricket team suffered a 41-run defeat against their Indian counterparts in the inaugural ACC Women's Asia Cup final in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
The Young Women for Development Rights and Climate and the Bangladesh Child Rights Forum on Saturday jointly organised a discussion on child abuse, trafficking and child marriage in the capital Dhaka.
Left-arm spinner Nahida Akter shone with the ball on the opening day of the Women鈥檚 Bangladesh Cricket League - the first-ever three-day first-class competition in the country - as the Central Zone cricketer...
The flag-off ceremony of Abhijatri鈥檚 forthcoming women鈥檚 winter expedition 2024 was held at Liberation War Museum in the capital on Friday.
Bangladesh Under-19 women's cricket team stormed into the final of the ACC U-19 Women鈥檚 Asia Cup with a crushing nine wicket win over Nepal in Super-Four phase in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.
Bangladesh women鈥檚 Under-19 cricket team began their ACC Women鈥檚 Under-19 Asia Cup Super-Four campaign on a dismal note as they lost to India by eight wickets in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday...
Rights campaigners at a meeting with the labour reform commission on Tuesday highlighted the importance of maternity leave for women workers, sufficient day-care facilities for working women and strict measures against sexual harassment...
Experts on Tuesday emphasised introducing digital literacy and science, technology, engineering and mathematics training to equip young women for the job market...
The SAFF U-20 Women鈥檚 Championship, which was originally set for February 2025 in Bangladesh, will now take place from July 1 to 11 in the same country.
Bangladesh women's Under-19 cricket team secured crushing 120-run victory over Malaysia in their second Group B match of the U-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and have qualified for the Super Four as group champions.
World Cup winners Spain will play Italy, Belgium and Portugal at Women's Euro 2025, while England face a tough path to defending their title at next year's tournament in Switzerland.
UEFA have approved 41 million euros ($43 million) in prize money for the Women's Euro 2025 tournament, more than double the previous edition, European football's governing body announced on Monday.
