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Five Bangladesh Universities Move to Strengthen Protection Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
A new initiative is seeking to strengthen how universities in Bangladesh prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence, with a particular focus on safer and more inclusive campuses for women and other members of university communities.
200 Women Can Apply for Government Training in Computer Skills, Mobile Repair, Tailoring and More
A current admission notice for the Women Training Academy in Jirani, Gazipur lists 200 places across five three-month vocational courses, including computer applications and mobile-phone servicing. Applications are scheduled to remain open until 30 September.
Nazneen Ahmed’s First Weeks at CPD Put Stability, Jobs and Women’s Access to Finance on the Same Agenda
Newly appointed CPD Executive Director Nazneen Ahmed is warning that Bangladesh’s apparent economic stability remains fragile. In fresh policy interventions, she is linking investment, employment and banking reform with a second problem: financial systems that still underserve women and new entrepreneurs.
Shaheda Mustafiz Was Coding Before Bangladesh Had a Computer-Science Pipeline for Women
Bangladesh’s first woman programmer entered technology when computer science was barely available as a local academic path. Five decades later, her career in banking automation, software exports and women’s technology training offers a reminder: today’s startup ecosystem was built by people working before there was an ecosystem.
A Dhaka Dance Workshop Treats Women’s Bodies as Archives, Not Objects
A feminist dance-theatre workshop opening in Banani on Thursday will ask performers to explore how women carry memory, labour, faith, regulation, conflict and joy through the body. Its premise shifts the female body from something audiences look at to something that remembers and speaks.
Joyee 2.0 Targets the Gap Between Running a Business and Being ‘Loan-Ready’
Eastern Bank and Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center are putting 40 women entrepreneurs through six months of financial management, mentorship and loan-readiness support. The important measure will be what happens after training: finance obtained, businesses formalised and revenue grown.
A 22-Year-Old Student Died of Dengue at Nine Months Pregnant. Bangladesh’s Surge Is Now a Maternal-Health Warning Too
Nur Jahan, a Cumilla college student who was nine months pregnant, died of dengue in Dhaka on Wednesday; her unborn child also died. Her death comes as Bangladesh records its highest daily dengue hospitalisations of 2026.
A Survivor Should Not Need a Map of Institutions to Find Safety
Bangladesh has laws, legal aid, police units, crisis centres and shelters for survivors of abuse. Yet a Dhaka dialogue heard that women and children are still being sent from one institution to another—and that shelter capacity remains severely inadequate.
A New Property Route Could Help Parents Give More to Daughters. It Does Not Make Inheritance Equal
Bangladesh’s newly passed property-transfer amendment lets parents give property to specified family members while retaining lifetime use of it. A legal scholar says the mechanism could help families address unequal outcomes for daughters—but it is a lifetime-gift route, not a reform of inheritance shares.
Bangladeshi Women Founders Have Two Days Left to Compete for Tara’s Circle’s €100,000 Award Pool
Tara’s Circle 2026 is open worldwide to women founders and co-founders leading seed-stage or MVP-stage impact ventures. Fifteen projects will share €100,000 across health, technology, sustainability, social innovation and creative industries. Applications close 17 September at 12:00 CEST.
Swagata’s Career Makes a Case Against Telling Women Artists to Pick One Lane
Zinat Sanu Swagata has worked across acting, music, modelling and presenting since childhood. A piece of advice from Abdullah Al Mamun helped shape that path: becoming an actor did not mean abandoning directing or music. Her career shows why women’s creative identities do not have to fit one label.
Swagata’s Career Makes a Case Against Telling Women Artists to Pick One Lane
Zinat Sanu Swagata has worked across acting, music, modelling and presenting since childhood. A piece of advice from Abdullah Al Mamun helped shape that path: becoming an actor did not mean abandoning directing or music. Her career shows why women’s creative identities do not have to fit one label.
Bangladesh Is Taking Midwifery to the UN. The Promise Now Is 25,000 Professionals Where Women Actually Give Birth
Bangladesh and Sweden will co-host a UN General Assembly event on 24 September focused on integrating midwives into primary healthcare. Bangladesh has committed to train and deploy 25,000 midwives by 2030. The global leadership will matter most if the workforce reaches women outside major hospitals.
Shanchita Haque Put Bangladesh’s Women-Centred Promises on the UN Record. Now They Need Measurable Delivery
Bangladesh’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN has told UN Women that the government is advancing Family Cards in women’s names, free education for girls, reproductive and mental-health services and lifecycle social protection. International commitments matter—but leadership is strongest when the promises can be measured at home.
Bangladesh Opens a Fair With 1,000+ Innovations. Women Innovators Should Not Be Invisible in the Numbers
More than 100 innovators and startup founders are showcasing over 1,000 ideas at Bangladesh Innovation Fair 2026, which opened in Dhaka today. The government wants to move inventions from laboratories to markets. One useful measure of that ecosystem will be whether it tracks who gets investment—including women founders and researchers.
Runa Laila Is Alive. The AI Death Hoax Shows How Easily a Cultural Icon Can Be Turned Into Clickbait
AI-generated videos and images falsely claiming that Runa Laila was dying or dead circulated online this week. Her daughter confirmed the singer is healthy and urged followers to report the accounts. The episode raises a cultural question as much as a technology one: who protects an artist’s identity when anyone can manufacture a convincing false version of her life?
Paisano Marma Started With Tk500. Four Months Later, Her Food Business Had Sold More Than Tk10,000
Indigenous women in Khagrachhari are moving from irregular day labour into small businesses through training, market links and storage facilities. Paisano Marma’s Tk500 start shows why the crucial ingredient is not training alone—it is giving women somewhere to sell afterwards.
110 Women Factory Workers Joined Mental-Health Sessions. Awareness Should Be the First Layer, Not the Whole Safety Net
Psychologists recently held workplace mental-health sessions for 110 women workers in Pabna and Gazipur. Normalising conversations about stress is valuable, but women working under production pressure also need confidential counselling, referral systems and workplaces that reduce—not simply teach them to cope with—psychological strain.
A Headteacher Left Bogura for Medical Care. A Mugging Near Parliament Cost Her Life
The death of primary-school headteacher Ranjina Parvin after a bag-snatching attempt in central Dhaka raises a wider women’s-safety question: how free is mobility when an ordinary journey can turn deadly?
Period Pain Should Not Be a Test of How Much a Woman Can Endure at Work
A fresh call for menstrual leave in Bangladesh is reopening an uncomfortable workplace question: should women experiencing severe period symptoms have to choose between their health, attendance record and professional reputation?
Nazneen Ahmed to Lead CPD as Fahmida Khatun Moves to Distinguished Fellow Role
Development economist Dr Nazneen Ahmed will become Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue on September 1, succeeding Dr Fahmida Khatun in a leadership transition that places two of Bangladesh’s prominent women economists at the centre of one of the country’s leading policy institutions.
Samia Afreen’s Second Cancer Diagnosis Highlights the Reality of Cancer Recurrence
Bangladeshi television presenter Samia Afreen has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a malignant tumour for a second time, bringing renewed attention to the emotional and medical realities faced by people living beyond an initial cancer diagnosis.
Bangladesh to Examine Restoring Universal Stipends for Girls From Class VI to University
The government has ordered officials to study a proposal for universal stipends for female students from secondary school through undergraduate education, potentially creating a major new support pathway for girls.
Nigar Sultana Joty Sets Bangladesh a Bigger Goal: Reach the Asia Cup Final
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty says her team wants to break its recurring semifinal barrier at the Women’s T20 Asia Cup before pursuing an Asian Games medal.
New Women Entrepreneurs Association Leadership Plans Expansion Beyond Bangladesh’s Major Cities
Newly elected WEA president Yasmeen Ahmed says the organisation will focus on young entrepreneurs, skills, business networks and women-led businesses outside Bangladesh’s major urban centres.
Bangladesh Health Experts Push for Full HPV Vaccination Coverage for 10-Year-Old Girls
Health authorities are calling for every eligible 10-year-old girl in Bangladesh to receive the HPV vaccine as the country works to prevent cervical cancer before adulthood.
Nusrat Jahan Rafi Case: High Court Upholds Two Death Sentences, Acquits 10
Seven years after Nusrat Jahan Rafi was set on fire after reporting sexual harassment, Bangladesh’s High Court has substantially revised the trial court verdict in the case that became a national symbol of violence against women.
Women-Only Buses Cannot Be the Final Answer to Women’s Unsafe Commutes
Bangladesh’s new Pink Bus service has revived an older debate: should women need separate transport to feel safe, or should every bus become safe enough for them to use without fear?
From Marriage Promise to Trafficking Trap: How Bangladeshi Women Are Being Taken to China
From Marriage Promise to Trafficking Trap: How Bangladeshi Women Are Being Taken to China