Patriarchal perception of men and women and the culture of impunity which protects perpetrators of sexual harassment must change to prevent the crime against women and make public spaces safer for them, said discussants at a programme yesterday.

Demanding arrear salaries, 100 Ansar members, whose appointments have been temporarily withdrawn, demonstrated by blocking the main entrance to the Barisal office of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP in the city's Kashipur yesterday.

The British Council is relocating its Uttara teaching centre to Turkish Hope International School from Trust College, said a press release.

The Philippines yesterday said it was ready to shelter the Rohingyas and Bangladeshi migrants stranded in the Andaman Sea and the Straits of Malacca if the boats carrying them landed on the Philippine shores.

Residents of Basabo are forced to take an unpleasant walk every day near the playground where garbage spills over the containers onto

Saudi Arabia provided 486 metric tons of dates which has been distributed among 243,000 under-privileged schoolchildren of Dhaka and

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, who is undergoing treatment at a Shillong hospital in the Indian state of Meghalaya, had a reunion with his wife Hasina Ahmed yesterday evening after over two months.

Returning empty-handed from Iraq around 18 months ago after being allegedly cheated by two recruiting agencies, 19 Bangladeshi workers yesterday demanded that the government cancel their licences and compel them to provide compensation.

The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) yesterday asked females seeking jobs as domestic helps in Saudi Arabia to

The Supreme Court yesterday extended its April 30 order that issued a status quo on the possession of Jamuna Resort Ltd (JRL) till the High Court delivers a final decision in this regard.

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized around 17.1 lakh shrimp fry worth Tk 34.2 lakh from Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Moizzartek area of Patiya upazila in

The appalling traffic congestion that Dhaka dwellers suffered on Saturday and Sunday was the result of a trial of new electronic traffic signal system installed for the second time, wasting crores in taxpayers' money. In the last 11 years, the government spent Tk 37 crore on the traffic signal system in the capital.

Seven Bangladeshi nationals were rescued yesterday off the Myanmar coast after they were thrown from a fishing trawler packed with migrants heading to Malaysia, a coast guard officer said.

Mohammadpur Preparatory Higher Secondary School decides to sack cleaner Gopal for trying to sexually harass a Class-1 student and to remove school rector Zeenatun Nesa for her indecent behaviour with guardians over the issue.

Malaysia yesterday pressed Myanmar to engage in talks on Southeast Asia's boat-people influx, warning it may otherwise call an emergency meeting on the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

Bangladesh and Malaysia yesterday agreed to continue cooperation with other countries of the region and make coordinated efforts to

A mobile court of Power Development Board (PDB) in Chittagong city yesterday disconnected 14 electricity connections of 11 consumers

Bangladesh Chhatra Union yesterday announced to create "Pritilata Brigade", an all-female platform to protest sexual harassment, at all

It was called a national rally of beggars. But the crowd at the auditorium was formed by people from different walks of life. Only a few said they were actually beggars.

In a society where violence against women in private and public spaces goes unpunished, is it any wonder that sexual harassment in the cyber domain continues to be firewalled?