This year 60% students (10,223) admitted to public and private medical colleges are females, according to the Directorate of General Health Services. A large number of female students entered and graduated … Read More »

Here comes a chance for all the young women who are empowering girls through sports to receive: A grant (£5000-£7000 or $/€ equivalent for your non-profit organization) Nike products for the … Read More »

The Daily Star and IPDC Finance together are going to recognise and award the exceptional women change makers from the grassroots of Bangladesh for their hard work and contribution in the … Read More »

Incidents of girls being stalked and attacked by men are still occurring. In a recent incident, a girl from class X was allegedly hacked by a stalker in Jhautala area of … Read More »

Female labourers at a brick field in Lalmonirhat does the same amount of work for the same amount of time as male workers at the field, but they get half of … Read More »

Khursheda Begul Khushi was only 16 when she had to drop out of school to get married. Her husband was a trader who couldn’t bear the expenses of the household and … Read More »

According to Prof Dr Sabera Khatun, Chairman, Gynecological Oncology Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), if three methods- vaccination at the age of 9-14, public awareness and screening for the … Read More »

Share-Net Bangladesh organised a roundtable meeting at The Daily Star office where stakeholders, researchers and practitioners came together for exchange and discussion of their projects, learnings, challenges and overcoming those challenges. … Read More »

A group of girls from class VIII to X in the remote area of Char Sindurna on the Teesta in Hatibandha upazila, called Teesta Shishu Dal have been going from door … Read More »

Being a labour intensive country, labours from Bangladesh go to different parts of the world like Malaysia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to work for better pay. However, on December 10, at … Read More »