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

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed government officials to work for the betterment of the people, keeping themselves ‘above’ their varying beliefs and views.

Women grassroots leaders have not been able to play their due roles in upazila parishad for over a year as polls to around 1,600 reserve seats for women have not been held.

When women tried to join the bench on Egypt’s top administrative court, the uproar from its judges was fierce. Women are too emotional, they insisted and who will take care of the family if the mother is busy with the arduous tasks of the courtroom?

Dhaka, Apr 11  A Dhaka court on Sunday sent to jail Afroza Abbas, wife of the BNP leader Mirza Abbas, in relation to two tax cases for which she had been convicted for 16 years. UPDATED

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.

The Prime Minister’s Adviser for Economic Affairs Mashiur Rahman, middle, speaks at a roundtable on ‘Policy support to CSR in the context of Bangladesh business and economy’ at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel yesterday. From right, President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries Annisul Huq, Editor of The Financial Express Moazzem Hossain, President of [...]

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has for the first time fixed a target for all banks and financial institutions of distributing Tk 23,995 crore in small and medium enterprise (SME) loans for 2010.

Rights activists celebrated 100 years of International Women’s Day yesterday with a call for men and women to work together to put an end to all forms of violence against women.

A woman councillor of Chittagong City Corporation yesterday filed a defamation case against Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury here on charge of misbehaving with her at a meeting on Tuesday.

Women should be given due opportunity to go forward and the recognition for their deeds has a positive impact on social progress as well as advancement.

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

When women tried to join the bench on Egypt’s top administrative court, the uproar from its judges was fierce. Women are too emotional, they insisted and who will take care of the family if the mother is busy with the arduous tasks of the courtroom?

The present government will not stop any pro-people project and programme, which were initiated during the last BNP-led four-party alliance government.