Begum Rokeya Day is being observed on Tuesday to commemorate the life and contributions of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a trailblazer in the fight for women’s rights and education in the Indian ...

MUMBAI, (IANS) – Nearly four decades before Madhuri Dixit (courtesy Alka Yagnik) in “Tezaab” (1988), she had already made the nation count “Ek do teen…” in Raj Kapoor’s “Awara” (1951) at her career’s ...

On Begum Rokeya Day, we do more than remember a historical figure; we associate with the spirit of a revolutionary writer. We celebrate a woman who, more than a century ago, stared down the twin ...

The comment made by a Rajshahi University (RU) teacher has drawn criticism as he called Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain a “kafir–murtad” on social media. Khandaker Md Mahmudul Hasan, associate professor ...

The chief executive of Oxfam GB has been forced out by the charity's board after an independent review found "serious issues" with her behaviour and decision making. Dr Begum had faced accusations of ...

Is there another Seema Haider in Uttar Pradesh? Police have arrested a Bangladeshi woman Reena Begum and her husband Rashid Ali, who were living illegally in Mandi Dhanaura, Amroha, on Thursday.

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote a short story "Souro Jagat" (The Solar System) in the early 1900s in which Gauhar, an enlightened father of nine daughters, was determined to send his girls to the ...

Lawyers for the axed former chief executive of Oxfam GB have said she will launch legal action against the charity, claiming she was constructively dismissed. Halima Begum's solicitors said she was ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Her influence persists in Bollywood even after her name has faded from public memory, although remixes of her rollicking hits from the 1950s continue to be in circulation. Another, ...

The forced exit of Oxfam’s chief executive in the UK has sparked a row at the charity, with one prominent trustee claiming that damning leaks to the press were intended to “destroy” Halima Begum and ...