Referring to the Tuesday鈥檚 attacks over women鈥檚 football matches in Jaipurhat and Dinajpur districts, the interim government on Thursday expressed its deep concern by reports of incidents of women being prevented from engaging in recreational activities...
Bangladesh women鈥檚 cricket team suffered an eight-wicket drubbing against West Indies in the first of their three-match T20I series at the Warner Park in St Kitts on Monday.
Bangladesh ended their Women鈥檚 Under-19 T20 World Cup campaign on a high note, beating the West Indies by 10 wickets in their last Super Six match at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday.
Bangladesh were knocked out of the ICC Women鈥檚 Under-19 T20 World Cup after their eight-wicket drubbing by defending champions India in their Super Six match at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
WOMEN鈥橲 rights activists and media scholars consider developing a gender-sensitive reporting strategy and an effective system to monitor journalistic practices in print, broadcast and digital media as a priority agenda for media sector reforms. They have expressed their concern at a roundtable discussion on gender-sensitive reporting and said that the...
Bangladesh women鈥檚 cricket team missed out a great opportunity to seal direct qualification for the forthcoming ODI World Cup as they lost to the West Indies by eight wickets in their third and final ODI at the Warner Park in St Kitts on Friday.
Iranian vice president Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his government had put off enforcing the country鈥檚 strict Islamic dress code in order 鈥榥ot to put women under pressure鈥�.
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 cricket team awaits an elusive chance to earn a direct qualification in the forthcoming ODI World Cup if they can beat the West Indies in their third and final ODI at Basseterre on Friday.
Captain Nigar Sultana Joty and vice-captain Nahida Akter guided Bangladesh women鈥檚 team to a historic 60-run victory over the West Indies in the second ODI, to level the three-match series at the Warner Park in St. Kitts on Tuesday...
Bangladesh booked their spot in the Super Six stage of the ICC Women鈥檚 Under-19 World Cup from Group D after an 18-run win over Scotland in their four-team group final at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi, Malaysia, on Wednesday...
COMPLAINTS of economic violence against women have, as statistics with the National Helpline Centre for Violence against Women and Children suggest, increased for four years, with 460,358 calls having been received in 2024, which account for more than a half of all the calls, 939,700, in connection with violence against women of any forms received that..
Complaints of economic violence against women are on the rise in the past four years, according to National Helpline Centre for Violence against Women and Children data.
Hamas said on Tuesday it will release four women hostages in the next swap with Israel under the terms of a fragile truce intended to bring to an end to 15 months of war in Gaza...
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...