Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with increased decision-making power.

Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with increased decision-making power.
Natore, Feb 5 (UNB) : The local administration has formed a three-member investigation committee over the sexual assault of a college student in Shingra upazila of Natore. The probe body led by Additional District Magistrate Rahima Khatun was formed on…
Bogra, Dec 26 – An 8-year old girl, Tabassum, was killed after allegedly being raped by a group of youths over a feud between two families in Nasratpur village of Dhunte in Bogra. Police blame the killing on a dispute…
A three-year-old girl has been thrown into the air by a gust of wind, after being tangled in the tail of a kite.
Panchagarh, Dec 23 – A six-year-old girl has reportedly been raped by a youth at Hatrapara village in Sadar Upazila on Sunday. The accused was identified as Ashraful Islam, 23, son of Rafiqul Islam of the village. Police have detained…
Pirojpur, Nov 23 – An 18-year-old girl has allegedly been gang-raped at Kalakhali of Sadar Upazila of Pirojpur here.
Dhaka, Sept 18 – A 13-year-old madrasa girl from Mirpur area in the capital has been missing for 17 days. The girl Nazmun Nahar, student of Forkania Talimia Mohila Madrasa at Pallabi’s Bauniabad area has been missing from her madrasa…
Dhaka, Sept 14 – A Class-VI girl has been killed in Rangpur reportedly after rape while two other minor girls have been violated in Madaripur and Bogura districts.
A class-VIII girl has reportedly tried to commit suicide at Ramkrishnapur in Harirampur upazila after an arbitration fined her and three of her friends Tk 1 lakh lebelling her ‘characterless’.
UN Human Rights Council Should Adopt Resolution to Stop Carnage On Sunday, a 3-year-old girl became the latest casualty of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” which has killed thousands over the past three years. Myka Ulpina died after…
A local court here has awarded death sentence to a man for abducting and killing a college girl in Nesarabad Upazila of the district in 2009 yesterday. District judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Md Mijanur Rahman handed…
Entertainment Desk Reality show “Sunsilk Divas” ended a couple of months ago. The winners of the competition Antara, Moumita, Sheetal, and Sunanda formed an all-girl pop band, Lace Fita, as announced before the competition. A song by the newly formed…
Sherpur, May 2 – Police are looking for a 40-year-old man who is suspected of raping an eighth-grader in Sreebardi Upazila on Wednesday. The victim was alone at her house in Shankar Ghosh village around noon when Ujjal Mia, the…
A Class-X girl has reportedly been gang-raped by four young men at Rajagaon in Sadar upazila. The victim’s father filed a case with Ruhia Police Station on Sunday over the incident that took place on Friday night. Police arrested one…
Police recovered the slaughtered and hacked body of a teenag girl from her house at Purba Shullokia village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.