Around the world, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men are at risk of an osteoporosis fracture, says the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF).

Actress Lisa Ray, who put up a brave fight against cancer, says the amount of misinformation about the disease is shocking and that media needs to clear the myths and the 'fear factor' surrounding it.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has hailed Bangladesh's efforts to integrate more women in the workforce and singled it out as an

World Bank chief hails empowerment of women in Bangladesh, recognising the country as a model in women’s progress in the world. Women participation in the country's workforce has the potential of adding 1.8% to GDP over the next decade, he says.

Young Palestinian women have increasingly joined males to hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers and chant slogans as unrest has spread in recent days in the occupied West Bank.

Sections of DNA that control when women go through the menopause have been identified by scientists.

Bangladesh’s women cricket team has been given the green signal for upcoming Pakistan tour, a board official says.

Women's participation in the Bangladesh economy stands at 34 per cent, as opposed to 82 per cent for men. According to the recently unveiled World Bank report titled 'Women, Business and the Law', Bangladesh can add a further 1.8 per cent to its current GDP growth of 6 per cent annually.

Two Nepalese maids have accused a Saudi diplomat of rape and torture while they were working in his home outside the Indian capital.

Actress Shilpa Shetty says she has finished writing her book on nutrition, and that it will release in November.

Singer Britney Spears praised the female audience members at her Las Vegas concert, before making a bizarre comment to the men.

Women are paying more bribes than men for availing services at land offices, a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report says.

Authorities in Chechnya have opened the first women-only beach in the mostly Muslim region, outside the provincial capital Grozny.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges the government of dishonouring woman in the parliament, and said the ruling Awami League can never show due respect to the countrymen.

Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie, addressing the African Union summit, has called for more global support to end violence against women around the world.

BNP apologises to the country’s women over sexual assault on some women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University campuses.

Men tend to be more narcissistic than women and as a result are more likely to exploit others, a US study said after analyzing three decades of data from more than 475,000 people.