Tag Archives: Women

MNA Editorial Desk: Bangladesh suffers from gender discrimination and it is presenting at all community levels. We can see that gender discrimination between women and men is quite strong. In Bangladesh, women are dependent on men through their lives: fathers, husbands, and sons. Discrimination refers to the ability to make or find out the difference to sensitivity, judgment, of something in our daily life. There are many types of discrimination such as gender, age, race, and many more. Among them gender discrimination is very common around the world. Gender discrimination is when men or women are discriminate against as a ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Bangladesh is one of the source countries as well as transit point for human trafficking. Every year thousands of people are trafficked out. In a study, it has been found that among the trafficking victims, the women and the children are in the most susceptible situation. The notion of trafficking is quite vital; the parameter of the term ‘trafficking’ is repeatedly developing in response to the growth or change of political, economic and social conditions. Human trafficking along with arms business is the second largest criminal industry in the world and the yearly revenue for this is ...

MNA National Desk: Detective Branch (DB) arrested four suspected members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) women wing from Masimpur Mohalla area in Sadar upazila, Sirajganj on Sunday. Wahiduzzaman, Officer-in-charge of Sirajganj DB, said tipped off that a team of female militants was residing in the area for scheduling to bring out dissident activities. The convicts were recognized as Nadira Tabassum, 30-year-old, wife of Mahbubul Alam, Habiba Akter Nishu, 18-year-old, wife of Khalid Hasan, Nurun Nahar Begum, 19-year-old, wife of Mamunul Islam, and Romana Akter, 21-year-old, wife of Sujon Ahmed Bijoy. They are addressing from Comilla, Kushtia and Gaibandha districts. A ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Domestic workers provide a vital service in our society but little do we care about the rights of our domestic workers. They work day and night performing daily household chores. We cannot even think of passing a single day without them in our urban lifestyle. Domestic workers are of two types; those who work inside of our homes i.e. household workers/maids, caretaker etc. and those who work outside of the home i.e. car driver, security guard/gate-man etc. Most of the domestic helps working inside the home are women while most of the drivers and guards are overwhelmingly ...

MNA International Desk: According to a report released by Amnesty International on Tuesday showed that Mexico’s law enforcement agency (Mexico Police) and armed forces regularly torture and abuse arrested women, sometimes using sexual violence during arrest and interrogation. The rights group interviewed 100 women who reported violence during arrest, all of whom described having been the victim of some form of sexual harassment or psychological mistreatment. Seven in ten of the women reported sexual violence during arrest or in the hours that followed. Electric shocks to the genitals, rape with objects, fingers, firearms and the penis, severe beatings and near-asphyxiation, ...

MNA Lifestyle Desk: Menopausal women often experience some kind of sleep problem and it becomes very difficult to make a sound sleep during menopause. This can range from not getting to sleep or not staying asleep to sleep disorders such as sleep apnea. Adults on average should sleep for seven to nine hours every night. Without this amount of sleep, many people find it difficult to concentrate, have increased anxiety or a range of other problems. For menopausal women, night sweats are a common cause of not being able to sleep. Once these night sweats cease, many women find that ...

MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: Sharon Horgan was honored at Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2016. Elizabeth Banks, Gemma Arterton, Reese Witherspoon, Little Mix, James Norton are among those who picked up prizes at the 2016 Glamour Women of the Year Awards. Irish star Sharon Horgan was honored with the Trailblazer award at the annual Glamour magazine Women of the Year event in London on Tuesday night. The star-studded gathering, held in a specially built marquee in Mayfair’s Berkeley Square, saw famous names from the world of entertainment recognized at the event hosted by Claudia Winkleman. More than 700,000 ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Women in Bangladesh have made major strides or it has been a quiet revolution over the past decades, putting the South Asian country at the forefront among the least-developed countries in addressing gender disparity. Since the World Conference on Women in Mexico in 1975, which was a milestone in the battle for equality Bangladesh has been at the forefront among the least-developed countries (LDCs) in addressing gender disparities. Bangladesh has the eighth lowest gender gap in political empowerment in the world. This is partially due to the fact that it has had a female head of state ...

MNA Lifestyle Desk: In a recent study, it was found that calcium pills may put elderly women at heart attack risk. Consumption of calcium pills after the age of 60 years could end up causing health problems in elderly women, finds this study. Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements may prevent bone fractures in elderly women but the net benefits may be outweighed by an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, researchers have warned. The findings showed among 100,000 women, who are 65-year-old and taken 1,000mg calcium every day, 5,890 hip fractures and 3,820 other fractures would be prevented. ...

Sunny Leone, who will soon be seen in the forthcoming thriller One Night Stand, believes that women should speak up and stand up for themselves. Her upcoming movie is written by Bhavani Iyer, the film also features actors Nyra Banerjee and Tanuj Virwani in lead roles. The music for the film is composed by Jeet Gannguli, Meet Bros, Tony Kakkar and Vevek Kar while the background score is composed by Sandeep Shirodkar. Sunny, who was here in the capital to promote the Jasmine Moses D’souza directorial on Wednesday, shared her experience on women empowerment and opined that being able to ...