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Indian court delays ruling on ban on women entering Hindu temple

-- 2019-11-14 12:59:18

India’s Supreme Court on Thursday referred a decision to lift a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age entering a Hindu temple to a larger bench of judges, delaying a final verdict in th...

Business options few for women in SMEs: Study

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2019-11-09 11:01:15

The variation of businesses remains very limited for women entrepreneurs in the field of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to a study. Conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Deve...

Women empowerment improves in 2012-15

Kamrun Nahar 2017-10-07 12:00:00

The scenario of women empowerment in Bangladesh has improved between 2012 and 2015, as the share of disempowered women decreased from 73 per cent in 2012 to 59 per cent in 2015, a latest IFPRI study r...