The Women Slate

13/10/2025

গুড নাইট

02/10/2025

02/10/2025

Coco Gauff defeats Eva Lys to reach China Open semifinal

02/10/2025

26/09/2025

মতভেদ রাজনীতির স্বাভাবিক নিয়ম। মতপার্থক্য সত্ত্বেও একসাথে দাঁড়ানোর শক্তিই আমাদের আসল শক্তি।

Rarely do we have the chance to represent Bangladesh on the world stage across party lines. Honoured to be a part of this moment, where unity takes precedence over difference, and where we show the world that our shared responsibility to the people comes first.

22/02/2025

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10/08/2024

Arifa Jahan Bithi, a former cricketer and coach, was dismissed from her position as manager of the Rangpur Divisional Women's Cricket Team for supporting the students and the family of Martyr Abu Sayed.

18/06/2024

105-year-old great-grandmother received a standing ovation and a master's degree from Stanford

STANFORD, California -- At age 105, Virginia Hislop has lived a full life with two children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She has devoted much of her life to education and has served on school and college boards in central Washington, where she lives.

Despite her success, she says something was missing.

"From time to time, I wished I had finished and gotten my master's (degree)," Hislop said. "Part of it was the fact that I've been a college director for a good number of years and I didn't have the advanced degree that some of the other ones did."

Hislop had taken the required classes at Stanford University but had not yet submitted a master's thesis when the U.S. entered World War II in 1941.

"The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor," Hislop explained.

She quickly married her college sweetheart before his Army deployment. She assisted in the war effort then focused on her family but never finished her thesis.

"Fast-forward 83 years -- we don't have a thesis requirement anymore so she's actually satisfied the requirements for Master of Arts in the Graduate School of Education," said Daniel Schwartz, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education. "So, 83 years later, we're honoring this woman who has done so much."

Sunday afternoon at the education department's commencement ceremony, fellow graduates and Hislop's family, many of whom live in the Bay Area, gave her a standing ovation as she walked onto the stage with a little support from her cane.

"So much gratitude. She's believed in all of us and cheered us on all the way through and we get to cheer her on now. It's pretty cool," said Elizabeth Jensen, Hislop's granddaughter. "I feel like this is the crowning glory of her amazing career. This is her lifetime achievement award."

Hislop received her master's academic hoop and her diploma.

05/06/2024

Bangladesh: Woman dies in police custody, family alleges torture

A 40-year-old woman has died in police custody in Jessore, prompting her family to accuse the law enforcers of “brutally torturing” her following her arrest.

Afroza Begum, a resident of Nawapara of Abhaynagar upazila, died while being taken to Jessore General Hospital around 11:30am on Sunday.

Afroza's elder son, Munna Molla, said: "At the instigation of some locals, ASI Silon Ali, Shamsul Haque and Constable Rabeya Khanam came to our house after midnight. They arrested my mother along with the yaba tablets they had brought with them and tortured her.

“Police took Tk1.8 lakh and demanded another Tk2 lakh in bribe. They killed my mother by torturing her in police custody over that. I want justice for this incident,” he added.

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