THE safety of women and girls appears to be in a frail state as one harrowing incident after another continues to take place. Women鈥檚 rights activists and legal experts have for long cautioned that a culture of impunity takes root if such crimes are not...
Speakers, including government officials, on Thursday stressed the need to launch sanitary products that could address the specific needs of women with disabilities...
Bangladesh women suffered their first defeat in the ICC Women鈥檚 ODI World Cup Qualifier as they lost to West Indies by three wickets at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground on Thursday.
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 kabaddi team will tour Nepal for their first-ever Test series, beginning on April 20 in Kathmandu, as part of their preparation for the second Women鈥檚 Kabaddi World Cup, which will be hosted by India in June.
Captain Nigar Sultana Joty smashed a 78-ball hundred while the spin duo Fahima Khatun and Jannatul Ferdus each took a record-breaking five-wicket haul as Bangladesh began the ICC Women鈥檚 Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier with a record...
Bangladesh Women鈥檚 national cricket team will begin their ICC World Cup Qualifier when they take on Thailand on their opening fixture at Lahore City Cricket Association Ground today...
Two women have been arrested for murder after strangling a Pakistani faith healer with a scarf after years of being blackmailed over videos he took of them, police said on Monday...
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad in a statement on Sunday expressed concern over the social media smear campaign targeting the female journalist who was attacked and sexually assaulted on April 2 evening...
While digital space acts as a cornerstone for achieving economic growth, social engagement and personal expression in the twenty-first century, the unchecked presence of sex predators, sexual bullies and harassers, blackmailers and frauds is increasingly making...
Nigar Sultana Joty, captain of the Bangladesh women鈥檚 cricket team was confident to secure a place in the forthcoming ICC Women鈥檚 ODI World Cup as the team departs for Pakistan on Thursday for the qualifiers...
Umama Fatema, spokesperson of the Students Against Discrimination, has rejected the US State Department's 'Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award,' which was given in recognition of the courage and bravery of all Bangladeshi women involved in the July-August uprising in 2024...
Bangladesh were drawn against Myanmar, Bahrain, and Turkmenistan in Group C of the forthcoming AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers as the draw was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 cricket team鈥檚 major focus is on their substandard batting as they prepare for their next month鈥檚 World Cup qualifiers in Lahore, Pakistan.
Speakers, including academics, rights activists, labour leaders and cultural activists on Saturday demanded the government take effective steps to ensure security of women and children, trial for rape and withdrawal of a case filed against left student leaders...
Speakers, including cultural activists, said on Friday that repression of women and destruction of the environment continued as before.
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team will begin their training camp today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium ahead of the World Cup Qualifier, starting on April 9 in Lahore, Pakistan.聽
The Rape Law Reform Coalition, a combine of 17 legal and rights organisations, on Wednesday suggested that amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 should introduce a broader legal definition of rape to include all individuals to curb incidents of rape and violence against women...
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...
