BCB hands over Tk 20 lakh to SAFF Women's Champions
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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....