It is estimated that family planning could prevent one in every three maternal deaths and one in 11 child deaths by allowing women to delay motherhood and space their births, avoid … Read More »

Incidents of violence against women, particularly rape, have gone up significantly in the recent months compared to those in the previous year, according to a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. Around … Read More »

The suspect took Samia Afrin Saima to the roof of the eight-storey building, saying that he would show her the view and raped the seven-year-old girl inside an empty flat. When … Read More »

Sold by traffickers, trapped for years and raped many times a day … this is the life of tens of thousands of underage girls in Bangladesh. We hear their stories by Corinne … Read More »

Police are questioning six people in connection with the murder Evidence suggests that a seven-year-old girl, who was found dead in Dhaka, was raped before she was killed, forensic experts have … Read More »

A new study conducted by the Population Council and Women Deliver, found a strong and consistent lifelong negative association between giving birth before age 18 and a woman’s economic empowerment. The … Read More »

Exempting VAT and SD on the import of sanitary napkins and diapers by the government is a timely step that has been welcomed by all. However, there are a few areas, … Read More »

Recently, there has been an alarm online and offline where citizens and activists were criticising the government for increasing the tax on sanitary pads to 40%. However, there is no authentic … Read More »

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted Value Added Tax (VAT) and supplementary duty on the import of raw materials of sanitary napkin and diaper to encourage domestic production of … Read More »

The increase in world population by 2 billion in the next 30 years will present a serious global challenge, especially if we do not find new paradigms of development thought and … Read More »