The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has taken an initiative to update the child policy formulated in 1994 aiming to protect the fundamental rights of children in the country, reports BSS.

Despite many international agreements affirming their human rights, women are still much more likely than men to be poor and illiterate. They usually have less access than men to medical care, property ownership, credit, training and employment. They are far less likely than men to be politically active and far more likely to be victims [...]

Dr. Aminul Islam Akanda Girls and women in Bangladesh were facing threats to their lives, health and well-being since long. Even fifty years back, women were forbidden to go out of families and to participate in non-household activities considering them weak. Rural women could not vote in election for local government till 1956, let alone [...]

Women entrepreneurs have great ideas and entrepreneurial skills to become an integral part of the economy, but many cannot succeed in taking the first few steps just because they lack required mentoring.

The first ever womens association comprising information technology (IT) pioneers has been formed to bring them under one umbrella and help the growth of their business and the IT sector.

One killed in clash over land A man was killed and 15 others were injured in a clash between two groups over land dispute at Noagaon in Kotiadi Upazila of Kishoreganj district Saturday.

A new research has suggested that people who sleep less than six hours a night may be three times more likely to develop a condition which leads to diabetes and heart disease.

God created Eve out of Adam’s rib. So, would that mean Adam was originally a hermaphrodite? Yes, (according to my Biblical studies professor) Adam was both man and woman before Eve jumped out with her own identity. (Sounds a bit like a scene from a sci-fi movie, doesn’t it? ‘And then the creature spawned out [...]

A trade facilitation centre for home-based workers and producers will be established in Dhaka very soon, said leaders of the SABAH-SAARC Business Association for Home-based Workers. In a discussion in Dhaka on Wednesday they said training on designing and producing value-added products and their organized marketing under a SAARC brand could help tens of millions [...]

“I won against Pakistan but lost to poverty” said Kakat Heninchita. Few Bangladeshis have heard of this valiant freedom fighter, known to the villagers as Kakon Bibi. Carrying ammunition to the Mukti Bahini in a ‘kolar bhela’ this poor Khashya woman from Shunamganj helped blow up a bridge in 1971. She fought with the Mukti [...]

There are many women scientists in the world who are responsible for making discoveries and advances in a wide variety of areas — biology, medicine, chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, and research. From the dawn of civilization women and men worked together to make the future brighter. Why aren’t there more women in science in Bangladesh? Their [...]

Nowadays, it’s too hard to get any newspaper which is not carrying the news of young girls committing suicide. The DS on 04th, 2010 published

Mehazabien Chowdhury Height: 5’3” Horoscope: Aries Hometown: Chittagong Education: A’ level candidate Date of Birth: April 19, 1991 Eye Colour: Dark Brown Skin Tone: Fair Ambition: To have a successful career and a happy family

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

Three women from the district were honoured in Chuadanga for their contribution to society: Sufia Khatun Lata (for promoting self-employment), Sahida Khatun (for her role the field of literacy) and Rashida Hasnu Ara ( for women’s development). The women received crests and certificates. The honours coincided with celebrations of 100-years of International Women’s Day.