The Dhaka North City Corporation organised an Eid procession in the tradition of the Bengal Sultanate and Mughal eras today.

The Muhammad Yunus government has failed miserably in checking incidents of rape and sexual violence against women.

The administration of Malda’s Harishchandrapur- II block has come across cases where married women have applied for the one-time ₹25,000 grant paid to unmarried girls under the state’s Kanyashree ...

The Sena Dynasty (12th century) briefly ruled before Bakhtiyar Khalji’s conquest in 1203, bringing Bengal under the Delhi Sultanate. In 1352, Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah established the independent ...

Kolkata: A day after former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dilip Ghosh loses his temper amid protest by women, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday had staged an agitation outside Ghosh’s house.

this new bill increases risks for women, highlighting the urgent need for secure employment measures. The West Bengal Assembly's approval of the bill aims to remove gender bias but has sparked ...

The British had through Bengal Excise Act in 1909 imposed a ban on women working in bars. However, Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, while presenting the West Bengal Finance Bill ...

which includes key amendments to the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, most notably lifting the prohibition on women working in bars, a provision previously deemed discriminatory. The bill, tabled by ...

Big hits to release OTT platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, among others are Sky Force, Khakee: The Bengal Chapter and more. From Akshay Kumar's aerial action movie to cop drama Khakee ...

which includes key amendments to the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, most notably lifting the prohibition on women working in bars, a provision previously deemed discriminatory. The bill, tabled by Minister ...

The Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal government has introduced legislation to revoke a 116-year-old ban on bars employing women. The proposal, passed by the assembly, seeks to amend existing ...

Wednesday’s Bill said the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 was being amended “to remove the prohibition on employment of women in ON category liquor shops as such provision is discriminatory.” ...