Women across coastal Shyamnagar and the chars of Kurigram spend their days fishing, farming, tending animals, and making goods to sell. Yet unpaid care work, distant water sources, unsafe markets, and repeated climate shocks keep that labour from ever becoming steady income or savings.

In July 2024, a young woman in Dhaka stood in front of a police prison van, trying to stop officers from taking away a fellow male student.

Speakers at the 3rd Annual Community of Practice Network Convention 2026 yesterday called for greater recognition of women’s leadership, local knowledge, unpaid care work, and contributions to climate adaptation, agriculture and sustainable development.

Over 1,200 BRIDGE Returnship applicants also indicated leaving jobs due to unfavourable workplaces, higher education, and social pressure

Because these posts and memes normalise a specific emotional image of women— impulsive, dramatic, unstable, and self-absorbed.

Zainul Abedin's simplistic drawings of rural Bengali women focus on their resilience and strength rather than individual beauty. By omitting facial details, he universalizes their experience, giving them a voice beyond traditional, sentimental portrayals.

Perimenopause in your 40s marks hormonal changes causing weight gain, skin aging, fatigue, and mood swings. Maintaining a balanced diet, regular exercise, stress control, and good sleep can ease symptoms, support hormonal balance, and promote women’s health naturally.

Bangladeshi women face a double burden of paid work and unpaid household labour, leading to exhaustion, stress, and depression. Unequal workloads, lack of recognition, and poor mental health support highlight the urgent need for shared domestic responsibility and awareness.

As I read the news of the political crisis in Bangladesh unfold in August 2024, I was reminded of Salma, Hasina, Rumpa (pseudonyms have been used for reasons of anonymity and confidentiality) and several other Bangladeshi women I met in prisons in India between 2010 and 2011.

Mansplaining is an everyday frustration women face, often dismissing expertise with unsolicited explanations. Coping strategies include journaling experiences, seeking solidarity with female colleagues, responding with kindness or humor, and escalating issues to concerned authorities when necessary for empowerment and workplace equality.

In countless homes across this region and beyond, patriarchy does not always arrive with fists raised.

Explore the challenges women face in agriculture and the urgent need for equal opportunities.

As women, we have all been there — the ordeal that is lingerie shopping; wrapped in layers of discomfort, embarrassment, and sometimes downright frustration.

In classic Bengali fiction, the kitchen is a central site for conflict and community bonding.

Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga, highlighting her strength, courage, and compassion. These divine traits are present in every woman, empowering them to face challenges and embrace their inner goddess during the festival and beyond.

The RMG industry has provided lakhs of women, with their first formal employment opportunities.

On average, the menstrual cycle lasts about a week. In a lifetime, a woman menstruates for about seven years. People would assume we should get used to our regular monthly visitors by the first few years. No matter how uncomfortable these customary visits are, we must remember to properly care for our menstrual hygiene.

Bangladesh have booked a place in Women’s Junior Asia Cup Hockey for the first time following a 10-1 win against Indonesia in the Women’s Under-21 AHF Cup today.

Women in Bangladesh are lagging behind men in both mobile ownership and mobile internet adoption, with gender gaps of 20 percent and 40 percent respectively, representing a significant disparity in digital access, according to a global report.

I've lived as her; / I've known my mother’s plight.