The International Women's Day will be celebrated in the country and elsewhere across the world on Friday with due fervour. The theme for this year's International Women’s Day is 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress', targeting economic disempowerment. Int’l Women’s Day: Monumental success of Coke Studio Bangla’s local gemsBangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar and all private television channels have lined up special programmes for the day. The International Women’s Day is observed every year on March 8 to celebrate women’s movement and struggle for equality, in the face of deeply entrenched patriarchy. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be present as the chief guest at the event to be held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium at 10 am on Friday.

Source: Daily Nation March 07, 2024 21:59 UTC