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Prof Yunus urges women to come forward to build new Bangladesh
Chief Advisor to the interim government Prof Dr. Muhamamd Yunus talked to the revolutionary women who were actively involved in mass uprising in July-August. The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs held a meeting of these brave women of the time with the Chief Advisor at the Osmani Memorial...
Comeback would've been sweeter if we won the game: Jahanara
Bangladesh Womens team pacer Jahanara Alam said her comeback to the side could have been memorable one had the Tigresses clinched the first T20 International against Ireland, reports BSS. Once a star bowler, who played Womens IPL at regular basis, Jahanara was out of the side due to dip of her...
Bangladesh-Ireland series trophy unveiled at Tea Garden
The captains of Bangladesh and Ireland womens cricket team have done a wonderful job, breaking crickets tradition in trophy unveiling. The captains together unveiled the trophy for their three-match T20 series at a tea garden. The unveiling ceremony held at a Sylhets Lakkatura Tea Garden on...
BBC reveals list of 100 inspiring, influential women for 2024
The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2024. Among them are stranded astronaut Sunita Williams, rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot, actress Sharon Stone, Olympic athletes Rebeca Andrade and Allyson Felix, singer Raye, Nobel Peace Prize laureate...
Tigress cricketers complete 1st ODI series sweep at home
Bangladesh womens cricket team comfortably defeated Ireland in the third and final ODI to complete the series sweep at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday. This achievement was powered by a record partnership between Fargana Hoque and Sharmin Akhter Supta. This is...
Iran urges international action in defense of Palestinian women
Iranian Foreign Ministrys spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei called on the world nations to support the rights of Palestinian women and girls. In a post on his X account on Sunday, he commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by calling attention to the...
UN reports 140 women killed daily by partner or relative in 2023
A report released on Monday by two U.N. agencies reveals that home remains the deadliest place for women, with an average of 140 women and girls being killed each day by an intimate partner or family member in 2023. The report, published by UN Women and the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime,...
Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban
When Zainab Ferozi saw Afghan women struggling to feed their families after Taliban authorities took power, she took matters into her own hands and poured her savings into starting a business. Two-and-a-half years after putting 20,000 Afghanis ($300) earned from teaching sewing classes into a...
2-day women photography exhibition begins in Rajshahi
A two-day womens photography exhibition began on Friday, aimed at boosting the competence of women photographers and enhancing their confidence in the field, reports BSS. Listening Words, a women development organization, organized the exhibition on Foresight School premises at Bhadra in the...
BCB hands over Tk 20 lakh to SAFF Women's Champions
BCB president Faruque Ahmed handed over a cheque of Tk20 lakh to the SAFF champions national womens football team on Wednesday. Teams captain Sabina Khatun received the cheque on behalf of the team. BCB previously announced a Tk 20 lakh reward for the womens football team in recognition of their...
Bangladesh women eye world cup spot
Bangladesh womens cricket team faces a tough path to secure direct qualification for the Womens ODI World Cup, set to take place in India next year. To achieve this, Bangladesh must win all six of their remaining matches in the ICC Womens ODI Super League. These include three home matches...
BFF declares Tk1.5 cr bonus for SAFF Champion women's football team
The newly elected executive committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced a Tk 1.5 crore reward for the SAFF-winning Bangladesh womens national football team. The announcement came on Saturday after the first meeting of the newly elected 20-member executive committee chaired by...
Netherlands, CGS launch project to empower women and youth in Bangladesh politics
The Netherlands, represented by its Embassy in Bangladesh, is launching a project in collaboration with the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) to encourage the political involvement of women, youth, and marginalized communities, reports UNB. The project aims to empower women and youth in...
Bangladesh to tour India, Australia, and England for the first time
The Bangladesh womens cricket team is set for a packed international schedule after the ICC Womens Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the 2025-29 cycle was announced on Monday. Over the next five years, Bangladesh is scheduled to play 33 ODIs and 36 T20Is, competing against leading cricketing...
BFF to seek help from govt for women’s football
Since Bangladeshs historic victory in the SAFF Womens Championship two years ago, there have been increasing calls for initiatives to elevate womens football in the country beyond the South Asian region. This demand has gained momentum following the teams successful title defense in Nepal recently,...
Yunus asks players to write about their hopes, demands
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday has asked SAFF-winning Bangladesh womens footballers to write down their individual aspirations, struggles, and demands and share those with his office, reports UNB. Prof Yunus said these in a reception to the members of Bangladesh National Womens...
SAFF champion women's footballers arrive in Jamuna
SAFF Championship winning Bangladesh womens football team on Saturday arrived in the State Guest House Jamuna to join a reception hosted by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, reports BSS. The SAFF Championship womens footballers reached Jamuna by a bus of Bangladesh Football Federation...
SAFF Women’s Champions greeted with open-roof bus procession in city
Bangladesh womens national football team which won the SAFF Womens Championship 2024 returned to Dhaka on Thursday afternoon, greeted with fanfare and a warm welcome by officials, fans, and Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) leaders, who proudly celebrated the teams remarkable achievement. The...
Healthy lifestyle tips for working women to manage stress
Working women are at a higher risk of succumbing to these pressures as they are generally juggling between physically enduring tasks of home-building and mentally challenging exercises at their regular jobs. To add to their jeopardy, we have normalized the idea of a superwoman who excels at work...
Bangladesh women to face Nepal again
Bangladesh will face Nepal in the SAFF Womens Championship 2024 final after the host nation defeated India 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the second semi-final held at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu Sunday, reports Dhaka Tribune. The match ended 1-1 after normal time as Nepal came from...
Record women elected in Japan, but gender gap remains
A record number of women were elected to Japans House of Representatives, according to projections on Monday, but at less than 16 percent they remain a minority. Public broadcaster NHK projected that women had won 73 of 465 lower house seats up for grabs, figures expected to be confirmed in...
War affects over 600 million women and girls, UN says
According to the top U.N. officials, more than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50% increase from a decade ago, and they fear the world has forgotten them amid an escalating backlash against womens rights and gender equality. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in...
SAAF women’s championship: Bangladesh to face Pakistan today
Bangladesh on Sunday will kick off their SAFF Womens Championship 2024 campaign with their opening Group A match against Pakistan this afternoon at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal. The match is scheduled to start at 5:45 pm (Bangladesh time). A win against...
Vegetable seeds handed out to ethnic community women in Ghoraghat
Members of Bashundhara Shuvosangho distributed winter vegetable seeds among the women from the ethnic community in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Rural Women. The organisations Ghoraghat upazila unit organised the event at Dakkhin Nayapara village...
Turkey women protest against femicide
Hundreds of women in Turkish cities protested against the killing of women, with the latest demonstrations sparked by a double murder in Istanbul. In Istanbul, many protesters shouted slogans criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP party, according to an AFP reporter,reports BSS....