Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday called for placing women at the heart of rebuilding the "new Bangladesh" in the post-uprising era, urging the nation to draw strength from the legacy of Begum Rokeya and the struggles she championed more than a century ago.
Speaking at the Begum Rokeya Padak 2025 ceremony at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium, Prof Yunus said women had played a defining role in the July 2024 uprising that toppled the previous regime, and that their leadership must now guide the country's reconstruction.
He described today's women as fundamentally transformed, shaped by their participation in the events of last year.
"The post-uprising women's society is the one to build the new Bangladesh," h...