Int'l Women's Day today (8-3-2018)

FE Team | Published: March 07, 2018 22:50:49 | Updated: March 08, 2019 00:19:58

A female worker sharing a joyous moment during daylong drudgery at Keraniganj off the capital on Wednesday. International Women's Day 2018 is being observed across the world today to recognise the contribution of all women. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam

International Women's Day will be observed today (Thursday) across the country as elsewhere in the world with a call for ensuring women's participation in all spheres of the national development to build a prosperous country, reports UNB.
On the eve of the day, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages, greeting all women across the world.
In their messages, they said the day's theme 'Samoy Ekhon Nareer: Unnayane Tara, Badle Jacche Gram-Shahore Karma Jibon Dhara' is time befitting in the current perspective and wished success of all programmes of the day.