6 drown in 3 districts
Six people 鈥� three students and three children 鈥� drowned in separate incidents in Chapainawabganj, Gopalganj and Chattogram districts between Saturday and Sunday...
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BotTala Actors鈥� Studio premieres 鈥楪ulliver鈥檚 Travels鈥�
BotTala Actors鈥� Studio premiered its children鈥檚 theatre production titled 鈥楪ulliver鈥檚 Travels鈥� at Naat Mandal of Dhaka University on Saturday...
Louisiana sues Roblox over child safety
The US state of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit accusing Roblox of facilitating the exploitation of children, prompting the online game platform to reject the claim as 鈥榰ntrue鈥� on Friday...
UNICEF launches YPAG to promote child rights
Ahead of the International Youth Day, UNICEF on Thursday officially launched the Young People Advisory Group in Bangladesh, marking a major milestone in the organisation鈥檚 commitment to elevating youth voices and fostering meaningful engagement in shaping policies and programmes that affect children and young people across the country...
Issues govt should shore up to contain lead poisoning
THE findings of a study report that about 98 per cent of the children living in Dhaka are exposed a high level of lead poisoning, which can cause memory loss, a headache, depression and the loss of intelligent quotient, is worrying. The study that the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh along with the Stanford School of Medicine of the...
Withdrawal of project of public interest not an option
THE government鈥檚 discontinuing its support for the national academy for children with special needs at a time when there are barely any facilities to ensure access to education for children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders is disconcerting. The Planning Commission on August 4 decided to close the academy on the grounds that the implementation of the...
Govt to close project on nat鈥檒 academy for autistic children
The government is going to close an education ministry project to establish a national academy for the children with autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities...
Less public financing, even lower use
PUBLIC health system stands at a crossroads. For a country that has made significant strides in maternal and child health and lowered infectious disease burdens, a deep contradiction now threatens to jeopardise further progress: the paradox of low public financing coupled with low budget utilisation. In plain terms, not only is Bangladesh spending too little on health...
NZ woman arrested after travelling with child in suitcase
A New Zealand woman was arrested on Sunday after travelling on a bus with a two-year-old girl trapped in her luggage...
Govt defends prog as incentive for children from low-income families
The government primary scholarship examinations will work as a financial incentive for the children from low-income families for continuing their education, said the primary and mass education ministry in a statement on Saturday...
Cut in global funding in education
A SIGNIFICANT number of underprivileged children continue to suffer from what is now recognised as learning poverty 鈥� particularly in developing foundational literacy and numeracy skills 鈥� despite the government鈥檚 considerable annual investment in primary education through the Primary Education Development Programme and additional efforts by...
Authorities should meet needs of people with disabilities
TWO-THIRDS of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities having no access to education points to the neglect and systemic barriers that the children continue to face. A survey report, made public on July 29, also finds that four-fifths of adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities remain excluded from employment opportunities. The study, conducted in July 2023鈥揓uly...
The Gaza Riviera
ISRAELIS do not see the images of skeletal corpses of Palestinian children who they have starved to death as a curse. They do not see the slain families they gun down at food hubs 鈥� designed not to deliver aid but lure starving Palestinians into a massive concentration camp in the south of Gaza in preparation for deportation 鈥� as a war crime. Israelis do not look at...
Children art camp held in Barishal
A daylong art camp titled 鈥楶atar Chhabi鈥� was organised in Barishal on Saturday, which featured artworks of 50 students of Paschim Rajiher Government Primary School at Agailjhara upazila in the district...
4 children drown in Noakhali, Narsingdi
Four children, including two minor cousins, drowned in separate incidents in Narsingdi and Noakhali on Sunday...
Sumud and children of Palestine
A NATION that maims, kills and starves men, women and children is unlikely to survive. Also, leaders of nations who have aided in those atrocities will likely face the same fate...
Extreme heat threatens child growth
BANGLADESH has made significant progress in reducing childhood stunting over the past decade, thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and public health initiatives. However, a new and silent threat is emerging that could jeopardise these hard-won gains: climate change. Recent research has highlighted a troubling link between extreme heat and stunted...
652 malnourished children die in Nigeria in 6 months: MSF
More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months after failing to receive proper care as foreign aid dries up, a medical charity has said.
Quarter of children in its Gaza clinics malnourished: MSF
Doctors Without Borders charity said Friday that a quarter of all young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women screened at its clinics in Gaza last week were malnourished, blaming Israel鈥檚 鈥榩olicy of starvation鈥�.
Quota for freedom fighters鈥� grandchildren dropped
The education ministry on Thursday published the college admission guidelines for the current academic year, dropping quota for the grandchildren of the freedom fighters...
BMU holds seminar on childhood adversity
A seminar was held with publication of research results titled Childhood Adversity and its Health Impact at the Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Pretend play area for pre-primary classes
WE HAVE all seen children dress up as their heroes or pretend to be doctors, teachers, or other professionals during playtime. What seems like simple fun is actually something far more significant. It is how children make sense of their world, acting out experiences, ideas, or stories. Imagination, which lies at the heart of children鈥檚 role play, is even more vital than simply acquiring knowledge...
21 children killed from malnutrition, starvation in Gaza
The head of Gaza鈥檚 largest hospital on Tuesday said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault...
Anxious parents face tough choices on AI
When it comes to AI, many parents navigate between fear of the unknown and fear of their children missing out...
BAF JET CRASH: Guardians desperately search for missing children
Desperate guardians on Tuesday continued to search for their children missing after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara, Dhaka on Monday.
Malnutrition reaches new heights in Gaza, children most affected
As malnutrition surges in war-torn Gaza, tens of thousands of children and women require urgent treatment, according to the UN, while aid enters the blockaded Palestinian territory at a trickle...
Bangladesh to align revised labour law
Bangladesh would revise Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 to align with international standards as part of efforts to eliminate child labour, said Labour and Employment Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman on Monday...
Navy arrests child abuser, seizes illegal nets at Manpura
As part of ensuring law and order and curbing crimes, Bangladesh Navy arrested a man over abusing a male child and seized illegal nets from a warehouse at Manpura in Bhola on Friday night...
Safe cities for street children
IN THE crowded alleys and neon-lit corners of Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, and Sylhet, a vulnerable population often goes unseen 鈥� Bangladesh鈥檚 street children. They are the children who sleep under bridges, work at tea stalls, wash cars at intersections, and beg for survival. According to estimates by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF, there are over...
Nutri-CAP model improves health of pregnant women, children in slums: ICDDR,B
The ICDDR,B has said that it has developed an integrated health programme that was effectively helping pregnant women, adolescent girls and young children living in the country鈥檚 urban slums...
