Actions to save women, children from extreme weather demanded
Women鈥檚 rights activists and urban planners at a discussion on Monday called on city mayors to take measures to protect women and children from extreme weather in Dhaka...
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No trace of聽Kalpana Chakma in 28 years
It has been 28 years that Hill Women鈥檚 Federation organising secretary Kalpana Chakma, who went missing after her abduction in聽 Baghaichari of Rangamati on...
Bangladesh drawn with India
Defending champions Bangladesh have been placed in Group A alongside five-time champions India and Pakistan for the seventh edition of the SAFF Women鈥檚 Championship to be held in...
United movements stressed for ethnic women鈥檚 right
Speakers, including rights activists, at a national assembly on Friday, emphasised the need for united movements to establish the rights of women from...
Cancellation of trial dismissal demanded
The Hill Women鈥檚 Federation and Parbatya Chattogram Nari Sangha held a protest rally in Khagrachari on Friday, demanding that the order, issued by a Rangamati court on April 23 dismissing the trial over the disappearance of Chittagong Hill Tracts-based rights activist Kalpana Chakma, be cancelled...
鈥楻hythm of Nature鈥� features contemporary women artists
Contemporary women artists have displayed their works in a group exhibition under way at Gallery Chitrak in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Nepal to host SAFF Women鈥檚 C'ship
Nepal has been named as the hosts for the 7th SAFF Women鈥檚 Championship 2024 ahead of Bangladesh and Bhutan during a SAFF committee meeting held at its...
Improved Bangladesh lose series to Chinese Taipei
Forward Su Yu-Hsuan scored the winner as Chinese Taipei defeated hosts Bangladesh 1-0 in the second and final match of the their FIFA Women鈥檚 International Friendly series at the...
Chinese Taipei too good for Bangladesh
Forward Su Yu-Hsuan struck a hat-trick as Chinese Taipei showed why they are 100 places ahead of Bangladesh in the FIFA rankings with a 4-0 win in the first of the two...
Bangladesh women take on Chinese Taipei today
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national football team will try to prove that they have improved than before when they face an upper-ranked Chinese Taipei in the...
Gender responsive planning, stressed to ensure equality
Development workers on Wednesday called for adopting gender responsive planning and budgeting guideline and monitoring tools to ensure equality...
Bangladesh call-up four new faces
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team interim coach Peter Butler called up four new faces as the Englishman announced a 23-member squad for their two FIFA international friendlies against Chinese Taipei scheduled to be held at the Kings Arena on May 31 and June 3...
Menstrual hygiene management
MENSTRUAL hygiene management is one of the most important saviours for women in this century. It saves lives by preventing infection and reducing the cost of hospital stays and medicine expenses, thus reducing mortality rates...
Partnership, innovation stressed to address menstrual hygiene needs
Development workers on Tuesday emphasised the importance of continued partnership and innovation to address the menstrual hygiene needs of women and girls across...
Nasrin SA clinch women鈥檚 football league
Nasrin Sports Academy became unbeaten champions of the nine-team Bangladesh Women鈥檚 Football League with a crushing 13-0 win over Dhaka Rangers Football Club at the...
Marufa hat-trick goes in vain
Pacer Marufa Akter鈥檚 hat trick on Sunday went in vain as her side Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan suffered a 72-run defeat to Mohammedan Sporting Club in the ongoing edition of the Women鈥檚 Dhaka Premier League at the BKSP Ground 4 on Sunday.
Barca avenge Lyon defeats to win third title
Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas struck to earn聽Barcelona聽their third women鈥檚 Champions League trophy, securing a 2-0 triumph over record eight-time winners Lyon on Saturday...
Govt considering economic valuation of unpaid household work: Waseqa
State minister for finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan on Sunday said that the government was considering the economic value of unpaid household work done by women...
Nazrul envisions a just society for women: litterateurs
National poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, who recognised women as the driving force of the world, in his active intellectual life envisioned a just society for women.
Women for peace
WHEN Peta Jones Pellach raves about what she describes as the 鈥榳onderful event鈥�, you can鈥檛 help but feel you missed out on something. On October 4, 2023, well over a thousand women 鈥� both Israeli and Palestinian 鈥� gathered for a kind of feminist peace movement happening..
Noorjehan played a lead role in women鈥檚 awakening: discussion
Discussants said that the late women鈥檚 rights activist Noorjehan Murshid played a leading role in women鈥檚 awakening in the 20th century....
Mahfuza depicts struggles, stories of women
Artist Mahfuza Beauty depicts the struggles and stories of women in her diverse medium artworks on display at an exhibition under way at the Saifuddin Shilpalay in...
Women lag behind in mobile internet use in Bangladesh: report
Against 24 per cent of women mobile internet users in Bangladesh, 40 per cent of adult men in the country use mobile internet, according to a...
Brazil to host 2027 Women's World Cup
The Women's World Cup will take place in South America for the first time after Brazil was chosen to host the 2027 edition at a FIFA congress Friday marked by debate about the war in Gaza.
Solo exhibition depicts Tagore, his women characters
Visual artist Shakila Khan Chayan has portrayed Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his fictitious women characters in her third solo exhibition titled...
Women, children 56pc of Gaza war dead: UN
Women and children make up at least 56 per cent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said on Tuesday, amid controversy over the toll based on numbers from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza...
Notes about Mexican election
WHILE it may appear to be desirable that former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum win the presidential election to avoid the threat to international solidarity that a return of the right (this time under X贸chitl G谩lvez, who was a member of...
UK offers $50m loan for SME, women businesses
British International Investment, the UK鈥檚 development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a loan commitment of $50 million to BRAC Bank, a leading SME bank in Bangladesh, to support small businesses and women entrepreneurs...
鈥楢parajitar Rang鈥� celebrates Mother鈥檚 Day
Women artists have displayed their artworks in a group exhibition titled 鈥楢parajitar Rang鈥� under way at the Safiuddin Shilpalay in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Women urged to fight against masculinity, money
Speakers, including a lawmaker and entrepreneurs, on Saturday said that women had to fight against masculinity and money to prove their...