aimed at eradicating manual scavenging and hazardous sewer cleaning. NHRC writes to states, Union Territories on ending manual scavenging The rights panel has recommended a slew of measures to ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

The government is likely to spend ₹400 crore to implement the policy which aligns with central government directives to curb manual scavenging ... policy to mechanise sewer cleaning and reduce ...

The event was jointly organised by Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh and UN Women Bangladesh yesterday. Official unemployment for women was reported at 3.6 percent, but the real figure is ...

Study reveals how gendered abuse, misinformation and disinformation on Facebook threaten democratic participation in Bangladesh, especially for women and gender-diverse individuals. In the lead-up ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Deep-rooted taboos, the high cost of products, and inadequate sanitation facilities continue to undermine the dignity, mobility, and well-being of millions of women and girls. In Bangladesh, according ...

MANILA, Philippines — It looked like a scene straight out of “The Ring”—only this time, Sadako didn’t crawl out of a cursed videotape but out of a Makati City sewer in broad daylight.

Radical religious leaders in Bangladesh have once again pitted Islam against women amid growing concern over their rights in the embattled South Asian country. Nearly 20,000 men gathered in Dhaka ...

As a result, she pretended to continue wearing the hijab and began her secret defiance. Many other women in Bangladesh also feign obedience by wearing hijabs, all the while longing for the day when ...

Shorna Akter was the standout performer with the bat as Bangladesh Emerging Women secured a five-wicket win over South Africa Emerging Women in the first T20 in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.

DHAKA: Around 3,000 women rallied in Bangladesh on Friday for the country’s interim government to openly support a commission tasked with addressing gender-based violence. The Women’s Affairs ...