Women Empowerment

Ohi Jute Fibres Mill in Gaibandha Bscic Industrial Park produces around 10,000 sacks and does printing work on around 20,000 sacks per day with only 100 workers, 80 of whom are women. PHOTO: TBS
Bangladesh

Gaibandha Bscic factory shines with 80% women workers

Not only in the production section, the factory has women workers in the managerial section too

Photo: Courtesy
Women Empowerment

USHA launches sewing training programme for women in Chattogram

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as interim President of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Crisis

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as interim President of Sri Lanka

Representational Image Photo: Tarek Mahmud.
Women Empowerment

Oxfam’s resilience prog empowers 1.2 lakh women in char, haor, coastal areas

A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, January 29, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Moderna says Omicron-specific booster generates strong immune response

Photo: Bloomberg
Women Empowerment

No increase in women’s participation in other sectors like in RMG: Study

Biden takes tough-on-Putin message to fractious allies
Analysis

Biden takes tough-on-Putin message to fractious allies

Sketch: TBS
Pioneering Women

Susane Giti: Story of the first female major general

Representative photo. Collected.
Corporates

ISHO celebrates Women’s Day by announcing ‘empowering women mentorship programme’

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Goethe-Institut and DW Akademie organise ‘I Belong’, a conference and exhibition on feminism

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

US launches new project to empower women in RMG factories

Suraiya Zannath. Sketch: TBS
Pioneering Women

Suraiya: From negative classroom experience to becoming country’s first female CA

Salma Khatun: The woman who dared to build a career on an unknown track
Pioneering Women

Salma Khatun: The woman who dared to build a career on an unknown track