Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Women in Bangladesh have faced mounting social, cultural and political resistance against them amid rising visibility, reflecting a troubling backlash fuelled by the active resurgence of extremist sentiments, a report has stated.Citing Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) data, Bangladeshi media outlet ‘New Age’ reported that nearly 76 per cent of women across the country experience violence at some stage in their lives.It added th…
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Dhaka, May 16 (IANS) As women in Bangladesh increasingly engage in online spaces, there has been a surge in incidents of technology-facilitated abuse ranging from cyber harassment and blackmail to deepfakes and coordinated digital attacks, local media reported on Saturday.Citing Police Cyber Support for Women (PCSW) data, leading Bangladeshi daily Dhaka Tribune reported that 60,808 women approached authorities for cybercrime cases by September 2024.Among the documented cases, doxxing accounted f…
Dhaka, May 15 (IANS) Bangladesh continues to face alarming levels of intimate partner violence, with global and national data analyses highlighting it as one of the most persistent and least addressed forms of abuse against women in the country, according to local media reports.As the world observes the International Day of Families on Friday, the findings from Bangladesh reveal a troubling reality– violence within intimate relationships remains pervasive, affecting women’s wellbeing and weak…
Dhaka, May 2 (IANS) Bangladesh’s rural workforce continues to witness a significant wage disparity, with women earning less than their male counterparts despite undertaking identical tasks, according to a report. Field observations and interaction with workers in the Thakurgaon district indicated that women are often paid lower wages than men despite working similar hours and putting in equal effort, according to a report in the leading Bangladeshi newspaper, The Daily Star.During the conversati…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Bangladesh recorded 1.17 crore economic units in 2024, marking the lowest growth since 1996, according to a report in the local media.Between 2013 and 2024, the country saw a 50 per cent growth in the number of economic units, which was much lower than the 111 per cent increase in the previous decade, according to the final figures of the Economic Census 2024 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the report in The Daily Star, based on the Economic Census, said….
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Private investment in Bangladesh fell to 22.03 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fiscal year 2024–25, marking the lowest level in 11 years, a report has said. The decline reflects growing challenges in the country’s investment climate and broader macroeconomic stress, according to data released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics cited by The Daily Star.Public investment also dropped for the third consecutive year as the implementation of the govern…
Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) Bangladesh interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus has failed to meet the expectations of the people who are forced into a budgetary belt-tightening under the combined effects of high inflation rates, low wages, and an artificial food scarcity, the local media has highlighted. “When the interim government took charge, expectations were high,” according to an opinion piece in Bangladesh’s The Business Standard. “A year and a half later, that hope has thinned. Pri…