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Bangladesh Trained 46,248 Women in Skills Including ICT and Freelancing. The Better Question Is Who Got Paid
The ASSET project reports that 13,895 women have confirmed employment or self-employment after vocational training. That outcome-focused reporting is useful—but Bangladesh still needs to show how women in ICT and freelancing specifically convert digital skills into sustainable income.
Women Hold Nearly Half of Agent-Banking Accounts. They Own Barely One in Nine Agents
Women’s participation in Bangladesh’s agent-banking system is growing rapidly: female-owned agents increased sharply over the last year, and women hold almost half of deposit accounts. But ownership remains far below Bangladesh Bank’s 50% target.
Shaheda Mustafiz Was Coding Before Bangladesh Had a Computer-Science Pipeline for Women
Bangladesh’s first woman programmer entered technology when computer science was barely available as a local academic path. Five decades later, her career in banking automation, software exports and women’s technology training offers a reminder: today’s startup ecosystem was built by people working before there was an ecosystem.
Women Entrepreneurs in Chattogram Get a Route Into Alibaba’s Global Marketplace. Listing Products Is Only the Beginning
Chittagong Women Chamber and Springfield Corporation, Alibaba.com’s Bangladesh channel partner, have signed an agreement to connect women entrepreneurs with international buyers and digital-export tools. The opportunity is real—but exporting requires logistics, compliance, pricing and buyer trust beyond simply opening an online account.
Bangladesh Opens a Fair With 1,000+ Innovations. Women Innovators Should Not Be Invisible in the Numbers
More than 100 innovators and startup founders are showcasing over 1,000 ideas at Bangladesh Innovation Fair 2026, which opened in Dhaka today. The government wants to move inventions from laboratories to markets. One useful measure of that ecosystem will be whether it tracks who gets investment—including women founders and researchers.
Bangladesh Calls Them E-Services. 68% of Women Still Face an Offline Step
A new Centre for Policy Dialogue study finds that only 31.9% of surveyed women could complete government e-services entirely online. For the remaining 68.1%, at least part of the process still required paperwork or offline interaction—raising questions about whether Bangladesh’s digital public services are truly designed around women’s lives.
Deepfakes, Sextortion and Doxxing: Why Women’s Digital Safety Is Becoming a Legal Test for Bangladesh
A multiparty advocacy forum wants Bangladesh’s Cyber Security Act amended to explicitly address technology-facilitated gender-based violence, including deepfakes, cyberstalking and sextortion.
South Asian Initiative Looks to AgriTech and Digital Markets to Grow Women-Led Rural Businesses
A SAARC workshop involving Bangladesh-based organisations is exploring how technology, finance and organised markets can help women turn agriculture and livestock activities into scalable businesses.