Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday voiced concern over the growing incidents of torture on women, saying violence against women has turned epidemic in the country.
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Begum Rokeya Day to be observed Friday
Dhaka – The nation will observe Begum Rokeya Day on Friday, marking the 136th birth and 84th death anniversary of the pioneer of awakening women’s rights in the subcontinent. Women and Children Affairs Ministry and various other socio-cultural and political…
Proposed child marriage restraint law pragmatic: PM
Taking a swipe at those opposing the proposed ‘Child Marriage Restraint Act’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament the law is formulated taking the reality into consideration.”This law is formulated keeping in mind the reality. We’ve to consider…
Ending Child Marriage Everywhere—Including in the West
Did you know that a 14-year-old child can legally marry in New York State?Ending child marriage is urgent, because it is deeply harmful to children, wherever they live. Married children often drop out of school, and are locked in poverty…
Merkel calls for German burqa ban
By Isabella Mackie German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed a partial ban on the face veil, hardening her party’s once-progressive view on immigration in the face of rising anti-immigrant sentiment across Europe. Speaking at the Christian Democratic Party conference, Merkel…
Lady Gaga says she has traumatic stress after being raped at 19
US pop star Lady Gaga says she has been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since being raped at the age of 19.She revealed her mental illness during a visit to a homeless shelter for young LGBT people last month.In…
Do you believe wearing ‘sexy clothing’ makes rape ok?
Think all of your fellow citizens understand the definition of “rape”? Think again.In a recently published survey conducted in all 28 European Union member countries, over a quarter of respondents said that non-consensual sex can be justified in some circumstances.…
College girl Khadija attack case hearing begins
Dhaka – A Sylhet court on Monday started hearing a case filed against suspended Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Badrul Alam for stabbing college girl Khadiza Akter on October 3. Witnesses gave depositions on the day Md Saifuzzaman, Chief Metropolitan…
Dhaka child dehydration test outperforms WHO standard
Dhaka – A new diagnostic technique to determine dehydration caused by diarrhoea in children is more reliable and accurate than existing methods, say scientists who were part of a US-Bangladesh team that developed it. The DHAKA (acronym for Dehydration: Assess…
Explain if delay in disposing of women repression cases
Dhaka – The High Court on Monday asked the authorities concerned to submit reports to the Supreme Court and the government with explanations if any case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 is not disposed of within…
Breaking boundaries: Bangladesh’s women cricketers
At the age of 10, Ismat Ara was facing a wretched future. Like millions of girls born into acute poverty and deprivation in rural Bangladesh, she was destined for marriage in childhood, perhaps as young as 12, an abrupt end…
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo launches Women4Climate Initiative
Mexico City – Today (2 December 2016) Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo leads women mayors from around the world in launching the Women4Climate initiative to help support and celebrate women leaders who are driving forward climate action. As the first woman…
Stand against bill on child marriage, HRW urges BD MPs
Dhaka – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the members of Bangladesh’s parliament to stand against a new bill which’ puts girls at high risk of child marriage.’ Senior researcher of HRW’s Women Rights Division Heather Barr in…
Saudi prince wants female drivers
For decades Saudi Arabia has rejected calls to allow women to drive. Now a Saudi prince says the ban should go.”It is high time that women started driving their cars and it is high time that we turn the page…
What the Koran really says about women
By Carla Power, Saturday 6 November 2015, The Telegraph When Middle East correspondent Carla Power began studying the Koran with a conservative Islamic scholar, she wasn’t expecting to learn that it nowhere advocates the oppression of women – or that…
Bangladeshi-origin Nadiya became top 100 Women by BBC
Nadiya Hussain, the British-Bangladeshi winner of the Great British Bake Off, has been placed on the hundred top women selected for 2016 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Hacked college girl Khadija shifted to Savar CRP hospital
Khadiza Akter, a student of Sylhet Government Women’s College who was undergoing treatment at Square Hospital after being hacked by a BCL leader in Sylhet, was shifted to Savar Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) hospital on Monday.Khadiza…
Addict mother ‘sells newborn’ for Tk 5,000 to buy drug
Dhaka – A drug-addicted mother has allegedly sold her 33-day-old daughter for Tk 5,000 at Alamnagar Churipatti slum in Bangladesh’s noathern city of Rangpur to collect drugs.
Hacked Sylhet college gril Khadija may leave hospital Sunday
Dhaka – Victim of stabbing for refuging to have rerlationship with BCL leader Badrul Alam, Sylhet college girl Khadiza Begum Nargis is expected to be released from Square Hospital in the capital city Sunday.
Schoolgirl abducted by JL leader at gunpoint in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Miscreants abducted a teenage schoolgirl holding her family members hostage at gunpoint in Nurpur area of Taherpur municipality of Baghmara upazila of Rajshahi on Friday evening.
Please pray for me: Khadija
Dhaka – Sylhet college student Khadiza Begum Nargis on Saturday sought blessings from everyone to help her recover early. “I am well. Please pray for my early and full recovery,” she said at a press conference at Square Hospital in…
Int’l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Each year on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is commemorated. A commemoration in essence is an opportunity to reflect on the challenges, prove that progress can be made and celebrate victories. It is…
Drop Homosexuality Charges Against Teenage Girls: HRW
Authorities in Marrakesh, Morocco should drop charges against two teenage girls suspected of same-sex conduct, Human Rights Watch and the Aswat Group for Sexual Minorities, a Moroccan group, said today. The two girls, ages 16 and 17, face up to…
Speaker for women-friendly workplaces
Dhaka – Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Friday stressed the need for ensuring women-friendly environment in workplaces alongside creating women employment. “The creation of jobs for women is not enough. A women-friendly atmosphere will have to be ensured everywhere,…
Elimination of violence against women – enough is enough: EU
Women and girls inside and outside the EU continue to experience widespread violence. Throughout the world, women and girls are still being beaten at home, sexually and economically exploited, assaulted on our streets or at work, harassed online or while…
Girls’ marriage age remains at 18
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the draft of the ‘Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2016’ keeping girls’ minimum age for marriage at 18 alongside a provision of tougher punishment for violation of the law.The approval came at the regular weekly meeting…
Decomposed body of woman found in Magura
Dhaka – Police recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified woman from Shaha Para residential area of the Magura district town on Tuesday morning.
Garo woman rape prime accused Rubel confesses guilt
Dhaka – Rafsan Hossain Rubel, 25, the prime accused in the Garo woman rape case, made confession to a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in the incident on Sunday.
IKEA assembles Cabinet to fight for children’s rights!
Dhaka – Different organisations will work together in Bangladesh to protect the rights of children on the move, or child migrants, under a global campaign – ‘Let’s Play for Change’.
Ivy gets AL ticket for NCC polls
Dhaka- Incumbent Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has got the Awami League ticket to contest the upcoming NCC polls billed for December 22. The Local Government Election Nomination Board of the ruling party chose Ivy at a…