Justice Habibur Rahman tells Karmojibi Nari confce. An improved situation, where all men and women can have the taste of creative and participatory democracy, gradually appears to be far reachable, said Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman, former chief adviser to a caretaker government, yesterday.  “It requires further thinking whether the decision on an issue of conflict [...]

  Women’s Rights are almost non-existent in Bangladesh. And the number of women who are murdered, beaten, tortured, or raped is astronomically high. And, sadly, many of the women who are attacked or raped die by suicide. The statistics are sickening and shocking. Below are some of the disturbing statistics just from August 2004: (Please [...]

 Court in Bangladesh has handed down death sentences to three young men in connection with the murder of a school girl.         The act of these young men led to the innocent school girl’s death, so   they were guilty of murdering the girl         Judge Anwar Hossain   A [...]

Teenage girls who dress in their culture’s traditional clothing may fare better mentally and emotionally than their peers who try to assimilate, a study suggests. The study, which followed Bangladeshi and white students in 28 London schools, found that Bangladeshi girls who dressed in traditional garb scored better on a measure of mental well-being than [...]

Careful application of concealer can help to disguise imperfections and even out skin tone – especially useful for under eye areas. As with foundation, the best results are achieved by choosing the correct colour of concealer, and effective application of the product. When selecting the right shade for your skin, it is best to use [...]

Abnormally large breasts in men is a medical term called gynecomastia, which is derived from the two Greek words gyne that means “woman” and mastos that means “breast.” The remedy is male breast reduction, which removes fat and tissue from the glands within the breasts, and in drastic cases removes excess skin, creating a flatter, [...]

context: an estimated 90% of the more than 3,780 export garment factories in Bangladesh violate women’s legal right to 3 months full pay maternity leave. Some companies harass and pressure the pregnant women workers to force them to quit. Others give the leave but will only take the women back as new employees. Only a [...]

A vibrant women’s rights movement in Bangladesh has much on its plate — an ominous scale of violence against women, omnipresent social and religious prejudices and poor representation in decision-making despite two women heading the government consecutively for the last 15 years. And now activists have stumbled upon the fact that the present government had [...]

“No discrimination, we want a world with equal rights.”  Bangladesh celebrates International Women’s Day, 2008 As in recent years, The National Girl Child Advocacy Forum celebrated International Women’s Day through a number of programs that included rallies, seminars and cultural functions. The main event of the day was a rally that started from the foreground [...]

Available data on health, nutrition, education, and economic performance indicated that in the 1980s the status of women in Bangladesh remained considerably inferior to that of men. Women, in custom and practice, remained subordinate to men in almost all aspects of their lives; greater autonomy was the privilege of the rich or the necessity of [...]

The reproductive control debate has trumped serious inequality in access to affordable healthcare. However, women’s fundamental right to make reproductive decisions has been chipped away by moral and political activists who refuse to recognize women’s health and safety as the priority. This became particularly evident on April 18, 2007, when the Supreme Court, in Gonzalez [...]

      Muslim women empowerment is one of the key  issues that has been talked about within Muslim countries in the past years,  but in reality, today Muslim women are one of the least empowered segments   of society. Whatever the reason, it is undeniable that Muslim women are the   largest part of society. [...]

 Bangladesh has achieved impressive gains in women’s status and gender equality, but access to reproductive health services, labor markets, physical security and role in decision-making need urgent attention, says a World Bank report released today. Titled “Whispers to Voices:  Gender and Social Transformation in Bangladesh,” the report documents changes in norms, attitudes, and practices related [...]

Available data on health, nutrition, education, and economic performance indicated that in the 1980s the status of women in Bangladesh remained considerably inferior to that of men. Women, in custom and practice, remained subordinate to men in almost all aspects of their lives; greater autonomy was the privilege of the rich or the necessity of [...]

Researchers See Possible Link Between Drinking and Breast Cancer Fueled by Hormones. Even a drink or two a day of alcohol may raise the risk of the most common type of breast tumors — those fueled by the hormones estrogen and progesterone, according to one of the largest studies if its kind. A second study [...]