Bangladesh is already the most densely populated country in the world with its total area of 55,598 square miles (143,999 kilometres). In this small landmass of 55,598 square miles its population is now about 150 million people. In 1971, only 75 million people lived in the same landmass. The population has doubled in the last [...]

MICROLOANS were invented to help the poorest of the poor help themselves. Now major banks and pension funds are getting into the business, as they discover that the interest paid by the poor can produce high returns. Is it aid or exploitation?
Muhammad Yunus is the banker of the poor. He took a risk and transformed [...]

To mark the International Women’s Day as well as to generate awareness against corruption, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) jointly arranged a concert at the Gulshan Youth Club on March 8. Slogans included “Stand up for Women’s Rights” and “Anti Corruption Movement and Women’s Rights Movement hand in hand now”. Famed [...]

Silent tears were rolling down Popy’s cheeks. In the darkness, you could only see the glistening lines. Her 12-year-old elder brother Shakil, tied to a bamboo pole, looked bewildered. Night egged on at Karwan Bazar vegetables depot. No-one even bothers to throw a glance at whatever was going on there.
“He’s innocent,” the eight-year-old girl protested [...]

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) under its Women Entrepreneurs and Export Development (WEED) Standing Committee organised a two-day training on personal computer (PC) and Internet for women entrepreneurs.
The objective of the training was to provide first hand knowledge on PC and Internet to small and micro level women entrepreneurs so that by [...]

WORLD Tourism Day will be observed on September 27 with the theme “Tourism opens doors for women,” to celebrate women’s achievements in the tourism sector and encourage continuous action in support of the UN’s Millennium Development Goal 3 “Promoting Gender Equality and Women Empowerment.” This year’s host country is Sri Lanka, an active UNWTO member [...]

Women deficient in vitamin D at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to die or see the tumor spread, a Canadian study published in the United States has shown.
Patients low in vitamin D were 94 percent more likely to see their cancer metastasize and 73 percent more likely to die from [...]

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, the [...]

While Bangladesh has achieved impressive gains in women’s status and gender equality, access to reproductive health services, labour markets, physical security and role in decision-making need urgent attention.
A World Bank report ‘Whispers to Voices: Gender and Social Transformation in Bangladesh’ documented changes in norms, attitudes and practices related to gender equality based on national surveys [...]

The Asian University for Women (AUW) is an emerging institution with an ambitious mission. Located in Chittagong, Bangladesh, AUW is the first of its kind: a regional institution of the highest quality, dedicated to the intellectual development of women. The University is international in its vision but rooted in the aspirations of people across Asia.  [...]

Products like Nakshi Katha, dry flower, handmade quilt, jute bag, bed cover, etc have a great export potential. What stops export of these goods and earning of foreign currency is the lack of knowledge of export procedures among women entrepreneurs.
For instance, Rina Rahman of Orchadia participated in many trade fairs abroad where she got orders [...]

“No discrimination, we want a world with equal rights.”
 Bangladesh celebrates International Women’s Day, 2008

As in recent years, The National Girl Child Advocacy Forum celebrated International Women’s Day through a number of programs that included rallies, seminars and cultural functions. The main event of the day was a rally that started from the foreground of the [...]

London Met is pleased to announce a new scholarship in collaboration with EIB, Education International, Belgium.
EIB - targets the most destitute orphan (female) children of Bangladeshi society in the Cox’s Bazar area (the South of the country near the Burmese border).
Their main objective is to fight poverty, injustice and child abuse by providing these poor [...]