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  Bangladesh finish as runners-up

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on March 17, 2019

  Bangladesh finished as runners-up of Group A of the SAFF Women’s Championship 2019 after a 0-3 defeat to hosts Nepal in their final group match...

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  Female criminality: a way out

  Sarmin Akther | Updated at 12:00am on March 16, 2019

  IN RECENT times, female offending is widely reported by newspapers and television channels which are getting attention of all quarters. Only a few decades ago,...

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  Saudi women activists on trial after detention

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:00am on March 15, 2019

  Ten Saudi women appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since being detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on activists, ratcheting up scrutiny...

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  Women denied land ownership

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:04am on March 14, 2019

  Women in Bangladesh are denied land ownership though their contribution in agriculture is higher than men, women rights activists said at a seminar Wednesday.The Association...

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  A tale of two incarcerated women

  Craig Murray | Updated at 12:00am on March 13, 2019

  Chelsea Manning has done a great service in finally stripping away the last vestige of excuse from the figures who refuse to support Julian Assange,...

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  ILO initiates scheme to raise more female supervisors in RMG sector

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on March 12, 2019

  International Labour Organisation and the International Finance Corporation have jointly launched a training scheme to adopt more women in supervisory roles in the country’s garment...

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  The Indian women of 2019

  Naveelah Ishteyaque | Updated at 12:00am on March 12, 2019

  INDIA celebrated another International Women’s Day on 8th March, with great enthusiasm and talked about the achievements of women in our country....

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  Bangladesh PM so far receives 36 int’l accolades

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:00pm on March 10, 2019

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina had been honoured with a total of 36 awards as she won the Lifetime Contribution for Women Empowerment Award on the...

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  Five ethnic women awarded

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:49pm on March 10, 2019

  Bangladesh Adibashi Nari Network awarded five ethnic women for their contribution to their respective fields at a programme marking the...

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  Women leadership summit held in capital

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:19am on March 10, 2019

  The 4th edition of Women Leadership Summit that promoted women empowerment and a genderbalanced future was held in the capital on Saturday....