Schutt, Mooney help Australia beat Sri Lanka
Megan Schutt on Saturday equalled the highest wickets for a bowler in Women's T20 World Cup as she helped Australia begin their title defence with a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka.
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Afghan women can seek refugee status based on nationality, gender: EU
The European Court of Justice ruled Friday that nationality and gender are 鈥榮ufficient鈥� for an EU country to grant asylum to Afghan women, who have seen their rights stifled under Taliban rule.
Devine leads New Zealand to victory over India
New Zealand captain Sophie Devine led from the front with an unbeaten 57 in her team's 58-run win over India in their opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.
S Africa hammer Windies by 10 wickets in Women's T20 World Cup
Skipper Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits fired South Africa to a crushing 10-wicket win over the West Indies in their opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.
Pakistan down Sri Lanka at Women's T20 World Cup
Pakistan staged a determined fightback to beat Sri Lanka by 31 runs in their opening game of the Women's T20 World Cup campaign in Sharjah on Thursday.
Bangladesh end 10-year long winless streak
Bangladesh began their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a scrappy 16-run over debutants Scotland to put an end to their 10-year-long winless streak in the tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE on Thursday.
Bangladesh hope to make it memorable this time
Bangladesh are eager to make the ninth edition of the ICC Women鈥檚 T20 World Cup meaningful and memorable despite winning only a single game in the past four editions as they take on Scotland in the tournament opener at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE today...
Bangladesh prevail over Pakistan
Bangladesh women鈥檚 team secured a 23-run win against their Pakistan counterparts in their second and final warm-up match ahead of the ICC Women鈥檚 T20 World Cup, starting in the...
Australia look to cement dominance in women's T20 World Cup
Australia are hot favourites for their seventh title at the women's T20 World Cup starting Thursday in their first tournament appearance since the retirement of four-time tournament-winning captain Meg Lanning.
Ex-minister Narayan sued for abduction
A case was filed recently against former land minister Narayan Chandra Chanda for abducting two women in Khulna...
Batting continues to bother women鈥檚 team
Batting continues to remain a big concern for the Bangladesh women鈥檚 cricket team in the forthcoming T20 World Cup, as they lost heavily to the Asian champions Sri Lanka in their...
3 female KNF suspects鈥� bail denied
A senior judicial magistrate court in Bandarban on Wednesday rejected prayers of three Bawm women, arrested in joint drives in April and May this year suspecting them to be members of Kuki-Chin National Front, seeking bail...
Sixth or the first, excitement remains the same!聽
Both Jahanara Alam and Fahima Khatun were there when Bangladesh beat Ireland in Sylhet in the 2014 Women鈥檚 T20 World Cup. It was Bangladesh鈥檚 first World Cup, and that victory remains the...
Bangladesh eager to break winless streak
Bangladesh鈥檚 major goal in the forthcoming ICC women鈥檚 T20 World Cup would be to end their 10-year-long winless streak, according to skipper Nigar Sultana Joty.
150 new enquiries received over sex abuse by Al-Fayed
A legal team representing women alleging rape and sexual assault by the late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed said on Saturday it received over 150 new enquiries, including from...
Women鈥檚 A team crushes SL in 5th T20
The Bangladesh Women鈥檚 A team took the five-match T20 series against Sri Lanka A team by 4-1 after beating the hosts by eight wickets at the Colts Cricket Ground in Colombo on Thursday.
More training for women on e-GP stressed
Speakers at a workshop on Thursday stressed the need for more training for women on e-GP for their capacity building in entrepreneurship and taking part in the government procurement system...
Bangladesh call up uncapped Nehar, drop Rumana
There was no place for experienced all-rounder Rumana Ahmed or Shamima Sultana as Bangladesh picked uncapped Taj Nehar and Disha Bishwas for the forthcoming Women鈥檚 T20 World Cup, which begins in the UAE on October 3...
Women鈥檚 A team suffers 1st defeat in SL tour
Bangladesh women鈥檚 A team suffered their first defeat of the tour when they lost to their Sri Lankan counterparts by 19 runs in the fourth T20 match at the Thurstan College Sports Complex...
ICC increases Women鈥檚 T20 WC prize money to $7.9m
Next month鈥檚 Women鈥檚 T20 World Cup will offer a record total of $7.96 million in prize money, organising body the International Cricket Council said on Tuesday.
95,000 Japanese aged over 100, most of them women
The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 鈥� almost 90 per cent of them women 鈥� government data showed Tuesday.
Women鈥檚 鈥楢鈥� team seal T20 series in Sri Lanka
Bangladesh women鈥檚 A team beat their Sri Lankan counterparts by 10 runs in the third T20 match at the P Sara Oval Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
Nightlife now rules in Iraq's former IS bastion
If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment.
Women vanguard of student-led mass uprising: discussion
Writers, teachers and activists said on Saturday that women were the vanguard of the student-led mass uprising and their participation in reforms of the state must be ensured.
Rabeya, Shathi stars in crushing 鈥楢鈥� team win
Bangladesh women鈥檚 A team registered a 104-run win over their Sri Lankan counterparts in the second T20I at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo on Friday, thanks to stellar performances from...
Fahima, Shamima stars in 鈥楢鈥� team鈥檚 win
Fahima Khatun and Shamima Sultana led Bangladesh women鈥檚 A team to a seven-wicket victory over their Sri Lankan counterparts and go 1-0 up in the T20 series at...
Women鈥檚 A team clinches one-day series in SL
Bangladesh women鈥檚 A team clinched the one-day series over their Sri Lankan counterparts with a seven-wicket win in a rain-curtailed 20-over-a-side second and final game at the...
3 construction workers die in Khulna
Three construction workers died after falling from an under-construction building in front of Khulna Government Women's College at Boyra in Khulna city on Tuesday.
Women ride Pakistan鈥檚 economic crisis into the workplace
Amina Sohail veers through heavy traffic to pick up her next passenger 鈥� the sight of a woman riding a motorcycle drawing stares in Pakistan鈥檚 megacity of Karachi...
'Super proud' Sabalenka downs Pegula to win US Open thriller
Aryna Sabalenka said she felt 鈥榮uper proud鈥� to win the US Open and claim her third Grand Slam crown with a thrilling victory over a gallant Jessica Pegula in a rollercoaster final on Saturday.
