On November 4, 2008, the United States of America embraced ‘change’ by electing Barrack Obama as the 44th President of America and while I was waiting for the bus in the morning after the election, there were two African American women having a conversation about Obama’s victory. Both had the positive view that his presidency [...]

Highest 18 women have won 22 parliamentary seats in Monday’s battle of ballots, meaning the new parliament will have the highest number of at least 63 female lawmakers, including 45 to be elected to reserve seats, in the history of Bangladesh. The fortunate female MP-elects have defeated their male counterparts in the landmark ballots for [...]

The final match of the Women’s Club Cup Cricket tournament between Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) and Bangladesh Ansar and VDP will be held today (Monday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur in the city, reports UNB. The match will start at 10:00 am. State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarker will [...]

Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in the city Saturday. BWCCI President Selima Ahmad presided over the meeting attended by its members from across the country. Selima Ahmad said the organisation has been working as a vibrant platform for women’s economic empowerment and development since its inception [...]

TRAFFICKING is a serious crime and involves human rights abuses. Thousands of women and children fall victims to the crime every year, causing them great harm. Despite international commitment to combat trafficking and all the writings against the crime, there still is a big gap between the cup and the lip. Many countries are still [...]

The inauguration of the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chittagong is a happy augury not only for the women of Bangladesh but also for their counterparts in Asia who are presented with the unique opportunity of studying under the same roof. It will bring together different cultures and values in a wonderful melting pot [...]

What do women do now? During the 1970s or 80s, may be teaching and nursing were largely female professions. Things have changed; women dominate several more occupations now a day, like lawyers, physicians, bankers, journalists, economists, psychologists, consultants, college/university professors and many more. Even the share of IT professional and scientists is growing to some [...]

Flip your hair 45 degrees and click the tips of your heels through that campus door to score that perfect ‘A’ for some gawking fashion statement inside your university campus. Whoever said university was all about education? I say getting your outfit set to last ten hours without any bent, slit or stain on it [...]

Fashion a word that is often used to theorize a society’s most talked about generation. Forgotten are the days of socialist revolutionary heat pumping through the veins of the young and the restless or the poetic drive of Rabindranath that used to define this generation. Kids nowadays are more into the whole cell phone/straight-hair poodle [...]

The two-day long Inter-District Women’s Age Group Swimming Competitiuon begins tomorrow at the swimming pool of Dhanmondi Women’s Sports Complex. Bangladesh Women Sports Federation and Bangladesh Swimming Federation will jointly arrange the swimming competition. Director General of Bangladesh Ansar Major General Abdul Hafiz will formally open the swimming meet tomorrow at 11.30 AM as the [...]

Dr. Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister of 4-month old Mahajote Government, has so far visited seven countries since new govt came to power. She is scheduled to visit four more countries this month. Her upcoming visit to Myanmar scheduled on May 15 is only bilateral. Others are multilateral and related to attending international conferences and seminars. [...]

The Labour Law 2006 (of Bangladesh) clearly states that a worker has the right to rest and recreation during and after work hours. In fact, the law ensures the workers security, the right to take his or her employer to court in case of an offence, compensations in case of accidents, weekly and yearly holidays, [...]

Every now and then the print and electronic media cover horrifying news of sex-related crimes that are going on unabated in our society and the country as a whole. They (the occurrences of deplorable sex crimes) give us enough food for thought and at the same time raise the question as to what kind of [...]

A year ago, a 43-year-old homemaker from Mumbai started writing about her everyday life, and whatever touched it. Nothing extraordinary about it, except that her ‘diary’ was-online, or was what is popularly known as a blog. She called herself Indian Home Maker (IHM), and her blog, The Life and Times of an Indian Homemaker, because [...]

Islam has granted woman full rights as may be necessary to build a happy and peaceful life. But he woman of Bangladesh is often subjected to injustice in their family lives and in the society although Islam gives them equal status of a man- (Ref: Verse No.3/191). It has been observed that they cannot take [...]