Tehran, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) — A young woman banned form the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending an international competition without wearing an Islamic headscarf, has joined the U.S. team, an Iranian news agency reported Monday.
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2 women killed in knife attack at French train station
Marseille, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) — A man with a knife attacked people at the main train station in the southeastern French city of Marseille on Sunday, killing two women before soldiers fatally shot the assailant, officials said. French police warned…
US Drug Admin approves Lilly pill for breast cancer
Dhaka, Sep 29 (AP/UNB) – U.S. regulators have approved a new medicine for treating a common type of breast cancer after it has spread to other parts of the body.
‘Mona Lisa nude sketch’ found in France
A charcoal drawing housed in another art collection for more than 150 years may have been a sketch for the Mona Lisa, a French art expert says. The charcoal portrait of a nude woman, known as the Monna Vanna, was…
IOM concerned at reports of sexual assaults on Rohingyas
Dhaka, Sept 28 – UN Migration Director General William Lacy Swing has said they are seriously concerned about increasing reports by vulnerable Rohingya arriving from Myanmar into Bangladesh of sexual and gender-based violence. IOM is providing urgent medical and psychological…
A Wife’s hillariously extra grocery list husband
Some people prefer to bring a detailed list when they go grocery shopping. Era Golwalkar’s husband Gaurav gets one with diagrams and bullet points. The couple, who live in Pune, India, takes turns grocery shopping every other week, Era told…
Saudi ban on women driging to be lifted soon
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists. The Gulf kingdom is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Until now, only men…
Saudi Arabia to lift driving ban on women
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists. The Gulf kingdom is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Until now, only men…
Canada denies Chelsea Manning entry
BY TERESA WELSH Chelsea Manning has been denied entry to Canada because she violated the U.S. Espionage Act, according to a letter she posted to Twitter.
Woman killed, two kids burnt in fire at Badda in capital
Dhaka, Sept 24 – A women burned to death and her two children sustained burn injuries when a fire from a nearby furniture shop engulfed their residence at East Badda in the city on Sunday.
Gender and sex inequalities in water, sanitation, and hygiene
by Libbet Loughnan co-authors: Craig Kullmann Addressing gender and sex inequalities in WASH is not only recognized in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4 and 6, it is central to the entire ambition of the SDGs themselves. Some water, sanitation, and…
Heightened risks of adolescent pregnancy in Bangladesh
Dhaka – Adolescent mothers and their babies face increased health risks in Bangladesh, according to a new study. The study carried out by from researchers at Washington based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) found that adolescent mothers recovered more…
Magura schoolgirl raped, hospitalised
Magura, Sept 17 – A third-grade student was reportedly raped by a youth at Sajiara village in Sadar Upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Unicef estimates 400000 Rohingya migrated to Bangladesh
United Nations Children’S Fund (UNICEF) today said their estimate suggests the number of Rohingya refugees who fled home since the outbreak latest spate of violence on August 25 reached 400,000. “Up to 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since…
Newly wed woman ‘commits suicide’ in Chandpur
Dhaka, Sep 14 -A young woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the rooftop of a four-storey building at Khan Road in the Chandpur district town on Wednesday night.
Singapore gets its first female President
An establishment stalwart was named Singapore’s first female president Wednesday but the milestone was overshadowed by criticism her selection was undemocratic after she was handed the job without a vote. Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the Muslim…
High zinc rice begins benefitting BD women – children
Dhaka – Bangladeshi women and children suffering from zinc deficiency have started benefitting from the introduction of biofortified zinc rice varieties that have been introduced for production and consumption by smallholder farm households.
France court finds topless photos violated royal’s privacy
A French court ruled Tuesday that photographers and gossip magazine executives violated the privacy of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge by taking and publishing photographs of the former Kate Middleton sunbathing topless.The court in a Paris suburb fined two executives of…
Small entrepreneurs backbone of BD rural economy
By Shahiduzzaman Banaripara (Barisal), Sep 4 (IPS) – She was born in the early 1950’s to an ultra-poor family in Kundihar, a remote village of Banaripara of Barisal division in Bangladesh. She was a beautiful baby and her father named…
Prince William and Kate expecting third child
Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace said Monday. Kensington Palace made the pregnancy announcement as they said that the former Kate Middleton was not feeling well enough to attend an…
Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
Cape Canaveral, Sept 3 (AP/UNB)- Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance.
7 girls killed in Kenya dormitory fire
Nairobi, Sept 2 (AP/UNB)- Seven girls died early Saturday when a fire gutted their dormitory at a high school in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the country’s education minister said.
Rupa’s body exhumed for proper burial
The body of Jakia Sultana Rupa, who was killed after being gang raped in a running bus, was exhumed and handed over to her family for burial in proper manner on Thursday. The body was exhumed at about 4 pm…
Oxfam condemns heinous rape-murder of Rupa
Oxfam in Bangladesh has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the heinous gang rape and murder on a moving bus of Zakia Sultana Rupa, a 27-year-old law student – echoing the horrific 2012 rape followed by murder of ‘Nirbhaya’ in…
Court sends Indian guru to 10 years in prison for rape
A judge on Monday sentenced a flamboyant and controversial Indian spiritual guru to 10 years in prison on charges of raping two female followers. The sentence was pronounced amid intense security at a prison in the northern town of Rohtak…
Jordan abolishes law allowing rapists to avoid prosecution
By IPS World Desk Romw, Aug 22 (IPS) – In just three weeks time, two Arab countries adopted major steps to combat violence against women, with Jordan abolishing a law allowing rapists to avoid prosecution by marrying their victims, while…
The all-women morning kitchen market ‘Bou Bazaar’ of Chandpur
Dhaka, Aug 20 – If anyone visits Chandpur municipality, a district down on the bank of the mighty Meghna in the mid-eastern part of Bangladesh, one should not miss a unique kitchen market on its Mayor Road where all the…
Wonder woman should still be a UN Ambassador
By Felix Dodds New York, Aug 15 (IPS) – I realize it’s a lot easier saying this now after the film of the same name has come out and has taken over $400 million in US box office receipts. It…
Women build rural infrastructure in Bangladesh
By Shahiduzzaman Dhaka, Aug 13 (IPS) – Breaking all the social barriers and taboos, poor women in Bangladesh are now engaged in rural development works across the country as labourers.
Safe accommodation for working women far too little
Dhaka, Aug 13 – Women’s participation in outdoor jobs in the country is increasing at a faster pace than expected but having safe and secure living places for such single women in the capital still remains a distant dream. Private…