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.
AS A transnational feminist scholar of social movements, when the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission鈥檚 report came out on April 19, I became keen on reviewing the 433 recommendations under 15 thematic areas. I was initially a bit frustrated to see that the report primarily focused on 鈥榚quality between women and men鈥�...
The education ministry abolished the women quota in the teacher recruitment for the secondary-level schools and colleges under the monthly pay order system...
The Bangladesh emerging women鈥檚 cricket team suffered a crushing eight-wicket defeat to their South African counterparts in the third and final match, losing the T20 series 2-1 at the Cox鈥檚 Bazar Academy Ground on Sunday.
A solidarity rally was held on Saturday at Altab Ali Park in London in support of Friday鈥檚 Moitree Jatra organised by women in Dhaka.
A recent study has revealed a rise in caesarean section deliveries among rural women in Rajshahi district, with one in three births now occurring through surgery 鈥� raising public health concerns over the growing reliance on surgical births...
WOMEN from all walks of life gathered on May 16 in a solidarity march demanding equality, dignity and justice at a time when democratic transformation of the state and society is said to be the national priority. The rally was organised in the context of recurring attacks on women in public places, especially after the targeted attack on members of the women鈥檚 affairs reforms...
Hundreds of women 鈥� including ethnic minorities, rights activists, garment workers, tea workers, persons with disabilities, domestic workers, and sex workers along with transgender individuals 鈥� took part in the 鈥榃omen鈥檚 March for Solidarity鈥�...
Rights organisation Nari Unnayan Shakti has called for increased national budget allocation and the introduction of a separate budget for women and children with disabilities...
