The move follows mounting criticism over the arrest of Assistant Professor Mahmudul Haque of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Begum Rokeya University ...

A Rangpur court on Sunday granted bail to Begum Rokeya University teacher Mahamudul Haque who was arrested in a murder case filed over the death of a grocer during the anti-discrimination student ...

Judge Marzia Khatun of Rangpur Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court granted him bail this evening (22 June) following a hearing ...

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999), two icons in Bangla literature and culture, were not kins but kindred spirits. February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 ...

Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain or Begum Rokeya was a 19th Century feminist writer, educationist and social reformer. Born in what is today Bangladesh to a wealthy Muslim family, Begum Rokeya defied her ...

When we hear the name Begum Rokeya, the image many Bangladeshis have is of an eminent, bespectacled woman wearing a saree. We have heard her name numerous times, seen her face multiple times, and ...

Begum Rokeya was once described as a “Spider Mother” (makar-mata or makarsha janani) in her biographical account but there is nothing sinister in this metaphor.

Awami League president and leader of the opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina, in a message, remembered the contribution of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain to the advancement of women in the ...

Written in 1905 by a Bengali educator and reformer called Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain or Begum Rokeya, Sultana’s Dream is the first known example of feminist science-fiction by a non-white writer.

Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain or Begum Rokeya was a 19th Century feminist writer, educationist and social reformer. Born in what is today Bangladesh to a wealthy Muslim family, Begum Rokeya defied her ...