International Women's Day will be observed on Wednesday across the country as elsewhere in the world with the theme Digit ALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.
Different women, social and political organisations have taken separate programs to observe the International Women's Day.
On the eve of the day, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages, greeting all women across the world.
Marking the day, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs will organise a procession at 2:30pm. The procession will start from the central Shaheed Minar and end on the Bangladesh Shishu Academy premises.
According to the ministry, the seminar scheduled for this year will be held later as tomorrow is a public holiday on the occasion of the holy Shab-e-Barat.
Processions, rallies and cultural programs will be held under the arrangement of the Jatiya Morcha Samajik Protirodh Committee at Central Shaheed Minar around 2.30pm on March 9.
Health and Hope Hospital will arrange a discussion on 'Breast and Cervical Cancer' around 11:30 am in the city's Panthapath area tomorrow.
The National Press Club (NPC) will hold a special discussion at Jahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall on JPC premises at 3pm on March 9.
The Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) has taken various programs throughout the day.
The programs include holding a procession at 10am on Wednesday, unveiling of the annual Women's Day compilation or souvenir 'Konthoshor' and organizing a discussion at 11 am.
The Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendro and Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum will arrange a procession along with a discussion on the occasion of International Women's Day.
The discussion titled 'Projukti O Udvabonitey Somvabonar Bangladesh Gori, Nari-Purusher Somota, Samprity O Souhardo Bojay Rakhi' will be held on JPC premises at 10am on March 9.
Besides, the well-known theatre troupe Swapnadal will stage a play named Helen Keller at 7pm at Studio Theater Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Swapnadal will also honour actor and theatrer activist Jayita Mahalanobish with 'International Women's Day Sanmanana 2023' for her contributions to theatre.
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year.
After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day on February 28, 1909 in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Women's Conference suggested that a Women's Day to be held annually.
After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there.
The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.