I hope the PM and her government pay heed to, and act on, The Daily Star’s April 14 editorial “Upazila chairmen’s desperate call for empowerment.” It is not simply a question of sharing of power and

Noted actress, lawyer, playwright, TV show host and director Tarana Halim has conquered many territories in the world of art, culture and politics. As a member of the parliament, she has set out to conquer the anomalies, discrimination and corruption that pervade our society and politics. Recently she shared her thoughts with The Daily Star [...]

Although women constitute 68.1 percent of the labour force in the agriculture sector, they are still out of legal protection.

Women become more vulnerable when a community faces the negative impacts of climate change, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.

Etcetera and JetSet Public Relations (JPR) organised a fashion show at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on May 09, in order to launch ETC-Fashion Exclusives, a clothes and accessory store by Etcetera Bangladesh.

Banks should ease the terms and conditions for loans and reduce the interest rate to a single digit for local entrepreneurs, to boost industrialisation, said the industries minister yesterday.

Dowry, a widely practised social malaise, forces many families deeper into poverty and it is one of the main reasons behind violence against women, speakers at a national workshop said yesterday.

When I first watched Aladdin, all that I could think about for the next few days was not the bold Princess or the handsome ‘street-rat’ but Princess Jasmine’s

Ansar and VDP scored an 86-run victory over Azad Sporting Club in the

Final phase of Arlin Developer 31st National Women Chess

Rights activists have called for enacting a new law in the light of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to ensure rights of women with disabilities and their full participation in the mainstream activities.

The police recovered a dead body from a pond in Madaripur on Tuesday.

Women and beauty have always been correlated. In turn, when we think of beauty and beauticians in Bangladesh, one name comes profoundly to the mind — Kaniz Almas. The dynamic Almas is an inspiration to numerous teenagers, adult women and even men as she rescues them from a bad hair day, or a questionable fashion [...]

Summer sun, heat and humidity can damage your hair’s cuticle and result in dry, drab, split, brittle or frizzy hair and ends.

Women who work out while they are pregnant have slimmer babies, new research from New Zealand shows.