Gender equality is shrewd economics as well as a human right, the World Bank said on Monday in a report that showed countries with better opportunities for women and girls can boost productivity and development.

The unemployed rural women in Rangpur district have set a rare example of becoming self-reliant by sewing readymade handloom garments.

Pregnant women who eat low-fat yoghurt can increase the risk of their child developing asthma and hay fever, a study says.

Bangladesh Diploma Bekar Nurses’ Association stages a demonstration in the city yesterday demanding jobs for the unemployed nurses which, they said, the prime minister promised to give. source: thedailystar.net

Two women were beaten to death, one in Satkhira allegedly by husband for dowry on Friday night while the other in Lalmonirhat by a neighbour over piece of disputed land on Wednesday.

Over 300 students of Dhaka Commerce College went on a rampage at Dr Azmal Hospital in the city’s Mirpur yesterday after a teacher of the college died allegedly due to negligence of a doctor and the hospital authorities.

Hundreds of people blocked the Dhaka-Mawa highway in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj for an hour following a road accident that killed a woman Sunday morning.

The participants in a function on Monday stressed the need for ensuring health care services,  including family planning activities,  for the neglected char dwellers of the district.

Central government minister Ambika Soni has met the West Bengal chief minister in an apparent bid to resolve differences over the Teesta water-sharing pact.

Physically assaulted by village arbitrators, an 11-year-old girl is groaning in pain at Bhanga upazila hospital bed. Though the girl was a victim of harassment by two local youths at Ghaura village on September 11, the arbitrators accused her of sexually alluring one of the two and beat her severely. Following a case filed by [...]

Mystery shrouds the death of a housewife of the city’s Mirpur at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday.

Police rescued a kidnapped seven-year-old girl and arrested three men in this connection from Farmgate area in Dhaka around 2:00am yesterday.

A young housewife allegedly hanged herself after she was harassed in village arbitration at Boteshwar village under Belabo upazila of the district Thursday night.

Every now and then, the British press remind us the gender war is alive and kicking, and it’s taking place in our own backyards. It’s that time of year again.

The literacy rate of women in Bangladesh is 67.6 percent, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday.