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Jatiya Mohila Songstha
Jatiya Mohila Songstha is a statutory government organization responsible for improving the living conditions of women in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka. Prof Mamtaz Begum is the chairperson of the Jatiya Mohila Songstha and a recipient of Begum Rokeya Padak in 2014. History Jatiya Mohila Songstha traces its origins to the Nari Punorbashon Board, which was established in 1972 to rehabilitate women who were raped in the Bangladesh Liberation war, known in Bangladesh as Biranganas (heroine). It was renamed Mohila Sangstha on 17 February 1976. The Mohila Songstha was turned into a statutory organization on 4 May 1991. It is headed by a chairperson who heads the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Mohila Songstha. It is under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs ( bn, মহিলা ও শিশু বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Mahilā ō śiśu biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa'') is the gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum Rokeya Padak
Begum Rokeya Padak, named after Begum Rokeya, is a Bangladeshi national honour conferred on individual women for their exceptional achievement. The award is given by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. The award recognises the pioneering contribution of an individual in empowering women and raising women's issues. Each awardee receives a gold medal weighing 25 grams of 18-karat gold, a certificate of honour, and a sum of cash. The amount of the cash reward was tk 2,00,000 from May 2017. Next it was increased to tk 4,00,000 from November 2019. Award winners As of December 2020, 61 awards had been presented: * 1995 – Shamsunnahar Mahmud * 1996 – Sufia Kamal and Nilima Ibrahim * 1997 – Nurjahan Begum * 1999 – Angela Gomes and Setara Begum (Rahman) * 2001 – Hena Das, Maliha Khatun and Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir * 2002 – Akhtar Imam and Zohra Begum Kazi * 2003 – Taiyaba Majumder and Maleka Ashraf * 2004 – Begum Husna Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nari Punorbashon Board
Nari may refer to: People Given name: *Nari (Korean name), including a list of people with the name *Nari Contractor (born 1934), Indian cricketer *Nari Gandhi (1934–1993), Indian architect *Nari Hira, Indian film producer * Nari Kusakawa, Japanese manga artist *Nari Ward (born 1963), Jamaican artist * Nari (poet), pen name of Kurdish poet Mela Kake Heme (1874–1944) Surname: *Marcela Nari (1965–2000), Argentine historian Places * Nari district, Afghanistan *Nari, India, a town *Nari, Purba Bardhaman, a census town in West Bengal, India * Nari, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran * Nari, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Nari, Silvaneh, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Nari, Mardan, Pakistan, a village *Nari, Punjab, Pakistan a town in *Na Ri District, a district in Vietnam Other uses *Nari (son of Loki) or Narfi, a Norse god *Typhoon Nari (other), three tropical cyclones *Nari (creature), a creature featured in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birangonas
''Birangana'' ( bn, বীরাঙ্গনা, lit=war heroine) is the title awarded by the Government of Bangladesh to women raped during the Bangladesh Liberation War by the Pakistan army and their local collaborators. History On 16 December 1971 Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan through the Bangladesh Liberation war. There was mass rape during the Bangladesh Liberation war with an estimated 200,000-400,000 women were raped by Pakistan Army and their collaborators. On 22 December 1971 the Government of Bangladesh declared women who had been raped ''Birangana'' or war-heroine. President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman asked Bangladesh to "''give due honour and dignity to the women oppressed by the Pakistani army''" and called them his daughters. Yet many of them committed suicide, a section of them left the country to work as servants abroad, and a great many were killed in the hands of the unskilled mid-wives during abortion. This prompted the government to set up ''seba sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Women And Children Affairs
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The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs ( bn, মহিলা ও শিশু বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Mahilā ō śiśu biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa'') is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for the formulation of policies that promote the institutionalization and development of women and children issues. Directorates * Department of Women Affairs * Jatiya Mohila Songstha *Bangladesh Shishu Academy * Joyeeta Foundation * DNA Laboratory Directorate References Women and Children Affairs Women in Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Agencies Of Bangladesh
, image = Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg , caption = Government Seal , date = ( 1st Government) , state = Bengali Republic , address = Bangladesh SecretariatDhaka , appointed = President of the Republic , leader_title = Prime Minister , main_organ = Cabinet of Bangladesh , ministries = 58 Ministries , responsible = Jatiya Sangsad , url bangladesh.gov.bd The Government agencies in Bangladesh are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Bangladesh. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions. Some of the work of the government is carried out through state enterprises or limited companies. Legislative * Jatiya Sangsad ** Office of the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad ** Sangsad committees ** Parliament Secretariat * Sangsad Television * Sangsad Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Establishments In Bangladesh
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
