After securing their place in the AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup for the first time, the Bangladesh national team, who are two-time SAFF champions, now have the opportunity to aim higher by qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2027 and the Olympics 2028...
The number of incidents of human rights violation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts鈥攃overing Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban districts鈥攕lightly decreased in the first half of 2025, with 103 incidents reported, compared with 107 incidents during the same period last year, according to a half-yearly report by Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti...
Bangladesh will be looking to secure a crucial win against hosts and higher-ranked Myanmar in their Group C second match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers at Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon today.
IN AN era increasingly shaped by technology, Bangladesh鈥檚 digital sphere has evolved beyond a means of communication into a critical arena where identity, livelihood and expression converge. Yet, for many women and girls, this space has become perilous. Online platforms, intended to connect, are now frequently weaponised for harassment, exploitation and abuse...
Forward Tohura Khatun scored a brace as Bangladesh secured a crushing 7-0 win against higher-ranked Bahrain in their Group C opener of the AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar on Sunday...
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team is set to commence their campaign in the AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers with a sense of optimism as they face the higher-ranked Bahrain at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar today...
HINDU women in Bangladesh still live in a kind of invisible prison, the walls of which are made of centuries-old religious family law. Their limited rights in matters related to marriage, divorce and inheritance are not only in conflict with the constitution but also with human rights...
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team took part in their first training session in Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday ahead of their AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers Group C opener against Bahrain on June 29...
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka, in collaboration with the Centre for Governance Studies, a non-government think tank, hosted a discussion with members of major political parties to highlight the challenges women face in politics and diplomacy marking the International Day of Women in Diplomacy on Tuesday in the city.
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team coach Peter Butler made three changes as he announced the 23-member squad for the group stage campaign of the AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers to be held at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar from June 29 to July 5.
EVERY morning, 45-year-old Julekha Khatun (name changed) begins her day聽 before sunrise, rummaging through garbage heaps at Rayerbazar. She collects plastic bottles, bits of metal and paper. These are items most of us thoughtlessly throw away. To her...
BANGLADESH is now at a crucial crossroads as debates heat up over reforming women鈥檚 reserved seats in parliament. Should we stick to the current system where party leaders nominate women in proportion to their party鈥檚 general seat wins? Should we allow women to directly compete with other women in designated reserved constituencies? Or should we remove...
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team jumped five steps up to grab the 128th position in the latest FIFA rankings, published on Thursday.
A CLASH that resulted from an incident of the harassment of a group of women at Kendua in Netrakona on June 10 has left a man, in his early forties, dead and five others wounded. Reports have it that a group of women of a family were on their way back home after bathing in a pond beside their house in the afternoon when a group of five young men approached...
Justice has remained elusive for the last three decades for the family of Kalpana Chakma, organising secretary of the Hill Women鈥檚 Federation, as she has remained traceless till date since her abduction at dead of night on June 12, 1996 from her home in Baghaichari of Rangamati...
The Bangladesh national women's football team came back twice to hold hosts Jordan for a 2-2 draw in the second and final match of the tri-nation FIFA friendly series at the King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman on Tuesday night.
Prime Bank PLC has recently partnered with DX New Energy Industries Limited to promote women empowerment, said a press release...
At least 109 women and 75 girls were victims of violence across the country in May, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Monday.
An allocation of Tk聽2,60,767 crore has been proposed for the gender-relevant budget and Tk聽5,078 crore for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the financial year 2025鈥�2026, both marking a decrease from the FY 2024-25...
THE recent surge in violence against women perpetrated by Islamist groups or mobs acting as 鈥榯awhidi janata鈥� alongside the government鈥檚 failure to adequately respond is gravely concerning. After the July uprising, in which women and girls from diverse backgrounds actively participated and which they often led, it was hoped that women鈥檚 democratic aspirations...
A number of women professionals, including a college teacher and journalists, have recently faced harassment and obstruction while carrying out their duties or expressing opinions at the hands of Islamist groups in different places of the country, which has...
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team held upper-ranked Indonesia to a goalless draw in their opening match of the Tri-Nation Women鈥檚 Football Series at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman on Saturday...
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 football team will take on Indonesia in their first match of the tri-nation friendly series at the Kings Abdulla Stadium in Amman, Jordan, today.聽聽
A woman faced harrasment on Tuesday when she protested against her photos taken without permission on Green Road in the capital.
WAZ mahfils 鈥� Islamic religious sermons rooted in centuries of South Asian Islamic tradition 鈥� have long served as spaces for spiritual guidance, communal unity, and a shared moral framework for communities across both rural and urban spaces. Many of these wazs continue to offer meaningful religious education and moral direction grounded in Islamic knowledge...
GOOGLE Translate has become among the handiest apps for a good reason. It discards the clich茅 about the meaning getting lost in translation and helps strangers to connect in a naturally multilingual world...
A HIGH allocation for women in the budget and the stringent oversight of the allocation can ensure a proper use of the budget funds meant for spending on women to attend to gender inequality. In the light of such a proposition, participants in a pre-budget dialogue, 鈥楢dvancing gender-responsive budgeting FFD4 Outcome鈥� that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs...
Improving monitoring of the allocations under the gender responsive budget, a tool used for addressing gender inequality, is needed to ensure proper utilisation of budgetary funds meant for women, discussants said at a pre-budget dialogue on Monday...
A four-day non-fiction storytelling workshop for Bangladeshi women filmmakers concluded at Bengal Shilpalay at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Sunday.
Veteran forward Sabina Khatun and four other players who rebelled against coach Peter Butler were left out as the Englishman announced a 23-member Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team squad for the forthcoming tri-nation friendly series in Jordan on Saturday.