DHAKA, March 8, 2026 (BSS) - International Women's Day is being observed today across the country as elsewhere in the world. 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 organised at a women's rally arranged by the Social Democratic women's organisation 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 recognised March 8 as International Women's Day in 1975 and called upon countries to observe it.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 08, 2026 11:41 UTC