Fahima Khatun, a professor of sociology at Dhaka College, has been appointed the chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, according to an education ministry order issued Wednesday.
About 81 percent girls fall victim of eve teasing which have increased in recent years posing a serious social problem, observed Prof Dr Shamim F Karim in her presentation at a discussion in the city on Thursday.
Veteran women movements leader and Communist Party of Bangladesh central committee member Hena Das, 85, died on Monday morning at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University hospital.
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has petitioned the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to be allowed to return home 15 years after fleeing death threats by Islamic militants, a report said Wednesday.
The government has appointed Ismat Jahan, permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, as the next ambassador to Belgium, a foreign ministry press statement said on Monday.
In an interview with Asharq Al Awsat newspaper, the Saudi Justice Minister Muhammad Al Eissa discussed several issues that have been highlighted by Saudi and international press
Gazipur's Kapalia area's Pubali Village girl Hosne Ara used to believe since a young age that she would take up a challenging job when she grows up.
The High Court yesterday declared unlawful Jahangirnagar University syndicate's decision exonerating Associate Professor Sanowar Hossain Sunny of Drama and Dramatics department from charges of sexually harassing girl students.
Bangladesh's high court moved Thursday to plug a gaping hole in the country's laws by introducing a first-ever ban on sexual harassment, an official said.
Recruitment of female workers in formal and non-formal industrial sectors continues as it is easier to pay them relatively lower wages for they protest less against deprivations and violations of rights by the employers.
