The Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six left political parties, and Rights activists on Wednesday urged the government to improve law and order situation and stop repression on the children and women across the country...
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban鈥檚 oppression of women...
Protests against rape and violence against women and children continued for the 11th consecutive day on Monday, calling for swift trial and people鈥檚 unity to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
Student club Peace Caf茅 and the Counselling and Wellness Centre of BRAC University in collaboration with platform Cyber Support for Women and Children has recently organised a seminar titled Accelerating Women鈥檚 Safety: International Women鈥檚 Day at the university鈥檚 Merul Badda campus in Dhaka...
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has organised a group art exhibition of women artists to observe International Women鈥檚 Day 2025 at its National Art Gallery 2...
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday placed an 11-point charter of demands, including ensuring security for women in all educational institutions and workplaces, to prevent violence against women.
The Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, in a statement on Sunday expressed concern over increasing countrywide repressions on women and children and also filling cases against student leaders...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner on Saturday urged the journalists to use 鈥榳omen repression鈥� instead of rape in media reports...
NCC Bank has launched four new banking products aimed at empowering women and fostering financial inclusion within the national economy...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has formed a legal and health support cell across its 84 organisational political districts to document and address cases of violence against women and children, including torture, rape and murder.
Jannatul Ferdus Sumona was called up in the Bangladesh Women squad for the forthcoming ODI World Cup Qualifier, following her impressive performance in the Dhaka Premier League for the Sheltech Cricket Academy鈥攚ho emerged...
Twenty-six per cent of women who take a career break do so for motherhood, according to BRAC, which analysed the profiles of 1,100 women under its Bridge Returnship Programme for women professionals...
A case was filed against anti-rape protesters on Tuesday night as protests against rape and other forms of violence against women continued for the fifth day in a row on Wednesday in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country, demanding capital punishment for rapists...
Opener Murshida Khatun has been axed from the Bangladesh squad for the forthcoming ICC Women鈥檚 ODI World Cup Qualifier, which was announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday...
Newly crowned champions Sheltech Cricket Academy finished their Dhaka Premier Division Women鈥檚 Cricket League campaign undefeated as they beat BKSP by eight wickets in their last match at the Bashundhara Sports Complex on Wednesday...
THE way the police have relied on violence to disperse an anti-rape march towards the residence of the chief adviser demanding a more decisive role in ending violence against women is a shocking reminder of the role that the police played during the July uprising. The anti-rape march was one of many protests taking place over the rape of a child in Magura, fighting for life...
Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka on Monday said that to eliminate discrimination against women, women鈥檚 work must be recognised and women鈥檚 family and social status must be ensured...
Suspended superintendent of police SM Fazlul Haque assaulted several video journalists on the premises of a Natore court on Tuesday...
Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation got a financial boost of Tk 25 lakh following the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 national teams鈥� recent success as the ministry of youth and sports accorded a reception to the national women鈥檚 team at the National Sports Council...
Bangladesh Police on Monday launched a hotline at the headquarters in Dhaka to promptly address incidents of violence against women...
Protests against rape spread across the country on Sunday demanding capital punishment for perpetrators and safety for women.
Sheltech Cricket Academy clinched the title of the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Women鈥檚 Cricket League after beating Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Shamity by four wickets at the ULAB Ground on Sunday.聽
Different cultural organisations and activists observed the International Women鈥檚 Day organising programmes on online platforms and at different venues in Dhaka on Saturday.
Speakers at a webinar today said that in order to eliminate gender disparity, it is imperative to focus particularly on boosting women鈥檚 participation in the economic sector...
FEW things make me happier than the opportunity to work with university students, particularly women, encouraging them to think in new ways and to be more confident in expressing their views. Over the years, they have given me feedback that has stunned me. Recently an intern commented that while at her prestigious university the students give many...
Teachers and students of different departments of Dhaka University protested against on-going violence and harassment against women across the country staging demonstrations on the university premises on Sunday.
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the government took decision to amend concerned law to ensure quick trial in rape case...
Bangladesh celebrated International Women鈥檚 Day on Saturday amid incidents of rape, sexual harassment and mob attacks on women and a rising voice of protests and demand for women鈥檚 safety.
National Citizen Party senior joint convener Samanta Shermeen said on Saturday that women鈥檚 rights and safety could not be ensured with any debatable law.
