Nearly 2,000 women workers from Dhaka wearing masks representing leaders of the worlds leading industrialized nations, the G8, called for richer nations to do more to help poorer countries like Bangladesh whove been affected by the negative impacts of climate change.

Do you have fever with a sore throat, a dry cough, tiredness, mild headaches or muscle aches? Answer: You may have viral fever which accompanies cold or flu like syndrome. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids. Sponge your body with water. Over-the-counter- medicines may help relieve your symptoms. Antibiotic is not effective [...]

In a world that is being laid siege upon by a blizzard of contact lenses, spectacles are still in reigning order. After all it is so much easier to stick something on top of your eyes rather than inside them! And what with cleanliness, cost and overall hygiene, spectacles are just the easier and better [...]

Locked in her eyes was a glimpse of ache. The girl looked at me with teary eyes, her mouth covered with her torn shawl and her hands shaking as she tried to calm down and sit beside me. I gave her a reassured look, but deep inside even I knew nothing could beat the lamentable [...]

The most obvious demonstration of change in the last election was the number of women candidates elected to the parliament. The Prime Minister pleasantly surprised us further when she gave important ministries to four of the elected women MPs. The fact that Sheikh Hasina nominated so many women to run for the election and then [...]

The man and 21 women, arrested from the city Thursday on suspicion, were sent to jail and safe home following a court order Friday. The chief judicial magistrate gave the order after they were produced before the court in the morning. Rejecting their bail prayers, the court ordered to send eight minor girls to the [...]

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) organised a get-together for the women entrepreneur clients of the bank in the city recently on the occasion of the Bangla New Year 1416. Arranged by the Women Entrepreneur Cell under SME Banking of EBL, the gathering was addressed by Managing Director and CEO of the bank Ali Reza Iftekhar. Later [...]

A new chapter in country’s women’s cricket opened when the Women’s Club Cup tournament kicked off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The popular Abahani got off a winning start when they handed a five-wicket defeat to BKSP in the opening match as the Dhanmondi based club scored 130 for five in 32.3 [...]

The violent protests against certain provisions of giving women equal rights, incorporated in the National Women Development Policy (NWDP), that some Islamic groups resorted to recently, prompted the government to form a review committee to examine the issue in detail. The committee has recommended that six of the provisions be expunged from the NWDP as [...]

The chapter on women and education is an analysis of female education in Bangladesh, national education policy and state intervention in female education. Needless to mention that education for women should be of supreme importance as it is a vital ingredient for the advancement of multi-sectoral development and especially in the context of women’s dismal [...]

Women participated extensively in anti-British agitations during the 1930s and 1940s and were an active force during the independence struggle. Since 1972 the Constitution and the legal system have guaranteed equal rights for women to participate in all aspects of public life. The prominence of the well-known opposition party leaders Hasina and Khaleda Zia at [...]

Move into the countryside in the hills and it’s common to see women washing clothes by narrow streams gushing alongside the roads. The song of trickling water is the continuous magical music of the Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh, which is crisscrossed by thousands of irrigation canals. Locally known as the ‘kuhls’, these canals bring [...]

Ferdousi is a girl of 22 studying in a renowned private university. She is good-looking and lovely in appearance. Two month ago, her settle marriage day was fixed and final but it was fully broken down due to the curse of dowry. Her father is a service holder in general. He did not arrange the [...]

When the Saron Lower Primary School in Saron village, Assam, was burnt down by militants during an ethnic clash in 2003, Bimala Hmar, an assistant teacher there, took it upon herself to ensure that the education of the children would not suffer. She let the school be run from her home, one of the few [...]

As recently as 1991, the educational attainment of Bangladeshi women was among the lowest in the world.  Eighty percent were illiterate.  Equipped with few skills and uninformed about health care, family planning, and nutrition, they were trapped in a cycle of dependency. To ensure that school-age girls, especially those in rural areas, receive an education, [...]