Dhaka – Bangladesh has been placed at 111 on the Girls’ Opportunity Index, a report published by Save the Children. The report has ranked 144 countries according to opportunities provided to ensure development of girls.Bangladesh has been placed in the…
New York : At the recent United Nations General Assembly in New York, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon predicted the Paris Climate Change Agreement would enter into force before 2017, announcing 60 countries had now ratified its terms. This week, the…
Anger among Republicans continues to rise after the release of a 2005 video recording of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump making lewd remarks about women, despite his apology. “I said it. I was wrong and I apologize,” Trump said in…
Monica Lewinsky tends to avoid politics these days, after becoming instantly famous nearly 20 years ago as the White House intern who had an affair with President Bill Clinton.Unfortunately for Lewinsky, the 2016 presidential race keeps getting stuck in the…
Dhaka-Chairman of national human rights commission Bangladesh (NHRCB) Kazi Reazul Hoque on Wednesday urged the police to submit charge sheet of the case of attack on Sylhet college student khadiza begum immediately to ensure punishment of the attacker.
Dhaka – Students of Home Economics College confined Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid to Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (Banbeis) building demanding that their college be declared an institute under Dhaka University (DU), UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Prominent women journalists from around the South Asian region have joined hands against the war hype between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. In a joint statement of Sepember 30, 2016, they urged political leaders and their colleagues in the…
Dhaka – A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her husband, co-wife and two step sons at Kanai Mridha Guchchho village in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Kulsum Begum, 20, wife…
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian West has been robbed at gunpoint at a luxury residence in Paris by at least two men dressed as police officers, her publicist and police say. A box containing jewellery worth up to €6m…
Dhaka—Education is essential for empowering women to achieve gender equality, which in turn is vital for sustainable development. This is confirmed in a new Gender Review by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report, released one week before International Day of the…
Some Teachers and Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) formed a human chain demanding justice for brutal killing of Manoshi Rani, relative of a JU Teacher, at the JU campus on Tuesday.
The new committee of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, BNP’s women wing, was announced on Tuesday with Afroza Abbas, wife BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas, its president and Sultana Ahmed general secretary.Nurjahan Yasmin has been made its senior vice president, while…
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign plans to bring a one-time mistress of former President Bill Clinton to his showdown Monday night against Hillary Clinton at the first 2016 presidential debate. And you thought U.S. politics had hit its lowest point when…
Dhaka – The newborn miracle baby, who was found alive while being buried at Alipur graveyard of Faridpur district town on Thursday morning, was brought to Dhaka on Saturday by a helicopter for better treatment, UNB news agency reported.
The authorities are yet to recover a baby girl a day after she was stolen from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.Three-month old Khadiza, her mother and elder sister were with her father Bahadur Dhali, who underwent surgery to remove a…
Dhaka: A three-month-old girl was allegedly stolen by an unknown woman from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The victim was identified as Khadiza, daughter of Bahadur Dhali and Nasima Begum, hailing from Kathalbari of Shibchar upazila in Madaripur…
New York – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be conferred upon ‘Planet 50-50 Champion’ and ‘Agent of Change Awards’ here on Wednesday for her outstanding contributions to women empowerment.
Dhaka – State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday said rural female farmers will be trained with digital technologies so that they can properly promote their agricultural products, UNB news agency reported.
Giving birth is never easy – but for mum Audra Lynn it was a textbook delivery.The footage of her water birth in Orange County, California has stunned social media users because the baby seemingly pops out after only a few…
Nepal Has The Third Highest Rate of Child Marriage in Asia Narendra Chamar, who is now in his early 30s, laughs these days when he speaks about his marriage. But during the actual ceremony he cried so much they had…
With the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the time is ripe for fresh approaches to gender-responsive climate action. Most Commonwealth states are vulnerable developing countries, which are expected to be adversely affected by climate change. Women also account for at…
Dhaka – A female worker of a pen factory has been gang-raped allegedly by her boyfriend and his three cohorts in South Keraniganj, UNB news agency reported. Police arrested two of the alleged rapists — Mohammad Arif, 20, and Mohammad…
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced a young man to 15 days’ imprisonment for attempting to marry an underage girl at Ati Nayabazar in Keraniganj upazila on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
Jamaica Hills (NY) — The aunt of my neighborhood was fatally stabbed as she walked home with my uncle (husband) in Queens on Wednesday night.
Banning Burkini in Wake of Terror Attacks Creates Dangerous Confusion Bénédicte Jeannerod, France Director A woman is confronted by state officials in a public place and forced to change her clothing, while another is fined for failing to wear “an outfit…
Philadelphia (AP/UNB) — It’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant, and he said Tuesday what he really wants to do is play football. “I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t…
Dhaka – Egypt’s state broadcaster has suspended eight of its female TV presenters and told them to go on a diet, sparking uproar among women’s rights groups.
The crowd loved it – but did He Zi? The Chinese diver had tears in her eyes when fellow athlete Qin Kai proposed during her silver medal ceremony. A smile, however, took a lot longer to appear. She eventually said…
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested four suspected female members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) — an intern of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and three students of Manarat International University — from Dhaka and…
Noted sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini, who was persecuted by Pakistani occupation army and its local collaborators during the Liberation War, has obtained the freedom fighter status.The Liberation War Affairs Ministry published a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. source:UNB