International Women's Day will be observed on Sunday across the country, as elsewhere in the world, with the theme "Digit ALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality". The United Nations has been observing the day as International Women’s Day since 1975. On February 28, 1909, the first international women’s conference was organized at a women’s rally arranged by the Social Democratic women’s organization in New York under the leadership of German socialist leader Clara Zetkin. Clara, a German politician and one of the architects of the German Communist Party, later proposed at the second International Women’s Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1910 that March 8 be observed annually as International Women’s Day. United Nations formally recognized March 8 as International Women’s Day in 1975 and called upon countries to observe it.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 07, 2026 11:59 UTC