women

21,238 female students in remote villages were provided with ICT training in the last three years through ICT training buses. PHOTO: COURTESY
Panorama

The ‘missing’ women in Bangladesh’s ICT success story

While the ICT sector in Bangladesh experiences impressive growth, the participation of women in the sector remains disappointingly low. A number of programs are trying to correct the imbalance

File Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Pandemic badly hits women entrepreneurs

A man wearing a protective face mask walks in Saudi Arabia. Behind him, men are seen without masks/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Why is coronavirus killing more men than women?

An old photo of the trio has been circulating in the social media recently claiming the trailblazers had sued Buet to secure their admission and become the first female students. Dora however states that they never filed a lawsuit against Buet. Photo: Collected
Women Empowerment

When 3 women broke the glass ceiling at Buet

A city unfit for working women
Panorama

A city unfit for working women

Bashundhara LPG to create job opportunity for underprivileged women
Corporates

Bashundhara LPG to create job opportunity for underprivileged women

Police Superintendent Shamsunnahar. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Women Empowerment

'I believed in myself, and this is why I am here'

Have we really come a long way?
Thoughts

Have we really come a long way?

What women (should) want
Thoughts

What women (should) want

Photo: UN Secretary-General António Guterres/ Reuters
World+Biz

Change the system, not women, for gender parity: UN cheif

File Photo: Women protest against gender violence and femicides at Angel de la Independencia monument in Mexico City, Mexico, February 22, 2020. Reuters/Gustavo Graf
World+Biz

Latin American women prepare for record feminist marches

Bankers prefer to finance women SME entrepreneurs
Bangladesh

Bankers prefer to finance women SME entrepreneurs

Women during a sit-in protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), at Jafrabad, in New Delhi on Sunday,Feb 23, 2020. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Women block Delhi road over citizenship law