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 [...]

Sabana Sultana, 26 year-old shop assistant at Nandan Mega Shop, has her promotion due for the last two months. She is going out of her way to make sure nothing goes wrong at work.

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

More recognition to their work and empowerment are needed to encourage more female journalists to join the profession, experts told a workshop on ‘Portrayal of women in Bangladesh media’ in the city yesterday.

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.

Speaker at a discussion yesterday called on the government include the labour of domestic helps in the labour law to ensure their rights to health and basic education.

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.

Marginalised women from excluded communities raised their voice yesterday demanding an end to gender and racial discrimination they face in their everyday life.

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday said the government will enact a new law, if necessary, to eliminate discrimination against women in society.

A delegation of Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry meets President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban in the capital yesterday.Photo: PID

“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 [...]

Chairman of Research Initiatives, Bangladesh (RIB) Shamsul Bari speaks at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity in the city yesterday on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.Photo: STAR Staff Correspondent

A large number of Bangladeshi women migrants, who work as domestic helps in the Arab countries, face physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their employers, a report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said Tuesday. “These poor women workers ultimately lose their jobs and are deported, when they are found HIV-positive in [...]

THE Chittagong based non-governmental organisation PHREB (Promoting Human Rights and Education in Bangladesh) has been running long-term school-based awareness campaigns since their establishment in 2004. The purpose of these campaigns is to educate young people on human rights issues and encourage them to speak out and defend their own human rights. These young people will [...]

MUNNU Begum, in her mid-30s, wants her children to achieve what she herself could not. Munnu’s eyes fill with tears of joy when she sees her kids going to school every morning with school bags on their shoulders. “Education is very important. I couldn’t have it. Had I been able to continue my education, things [...]