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...
Child labour remains a pressing crisis globally. According to estimates by the ILO and UNICEF, as of 2024, around 138 million children were engaged in labour, with approximately 54 million involved in hazardous tasks that endanger their health and development. Agriculture continues to account for the majority of cases, representing 61 per cent of all child labour...
While a new report shows a sharp decline in child labour in the Asia-Pacific region, the situation in Bangladesh is not the same...
The UNICEF, World Health Organisation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a joint press release raised serious concerns that nearly half a million (5,00,000) children in the country miss full immunisation...
Some 3,500 migrant children have died or gone missing in the past decade trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy, UNICEF estimated on Tuesday, comparable to one child per day...
The UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Health Organisation on Monday said that Bangladesh's progress in maternal health could be at risk due to announced and potential funding cuts by key development partners.
The UNICEF on Monday welcomed the government of Bangladesh鈥檚 recent decision to establish separate children鈥檚 courts, marking a significant step toward ensuring a child-friendly justice system that upholds the rights and well-being of children...
The number of Rohingya children needing emergency treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Bangladesh鈥檚 refugee camps has surged by 27 per cent in February 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund...
A POLICY attention on ensuring access to basic sanitation facilities has left other relevant concerns such as faecal waste management and water and sanitation infrastructure maintenance unattended for decades. Experts, entrepreneurs, academics and development partners at a conference in Dhaka on February 25 called for addressing gaps in sanitation facilities. They have...
THE phrase 鈥榯oday鈥檚 children are tomorrow鈥檚 future鈥� rings increasingly hollow in the wake of UNICEF鈥檚 recent report, 鈥楲earning Interrupted: Global Snapshot of Climate-Related School Disruptions in 2024鈥�. Education is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of national progress, yet the growing frequency of extreme weather events 鈥� intensified by...
The United Nations International Children鈥檚 Emergency Fund has urged the interim government to take a strategy to build a lead-free Bangladesh as findings from a research show...
Environmental activists in coastal town Kuakata of Patuakhali district organised a rally on Saturday, campaigning against lead pollution...
Youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Monday said that there was no alternative to expand sports nationwide to eliminate child marriage and child labour...
UNICEF said Saturday that it had launched an emergency tender for mpox vaccines to help countries hardest hit by the recent outbreak of the disease...
The United Nations International Children鈥檚 Emergency Fund has issued a warning that over two million children in eastern Bangladesh are at risk as the worst floods in...
UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell has said that over the past 12 months, they have been 鈥榠ncreasingly concerned鈥� about the security situation in the camps and reports of child rights violations...
The United Nations鈥� children agency UNICEF confirmed on Saturday that more than 65 children were killed during the recent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Bangladesh that...
Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year 鈥� or more 鈥� than their grandparents did, the UN said Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences...
Canada is supporting Bangladesh in improving primary healthcare systems for women, children, and adolescents through a partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA...
More than 20,00,000 people, including over 7,72,000 children, have been affected by flash floods in north-east region of Bangladesh.聽
Bangladesh witnessed more than 2,35,000 deaths, including over 19,000 deaths of children under five, due to air pollution in 2021, according to the...
Air pollution is increasingly impacting human health and is now the second leading global risk factor for premature death, according to the State of Global Air report published in partnership with the UN Children鈥檚 Fund...
THIS is concerning that children are still routinely subjected to corporal punishment and there is absence of an enabling environment for child development. On the first-ever International Day of Play observed on June 13, UNICEF published a study, estimating that about 330 million children regularly endure psychological aggression...
An alarming 9 out of 10 children aged 1-14 years face violent discipline each month by caregivers, affecting over 45 million children in...
Two in every three children in Bangladesh under the age of five live in child food poverty, according to UNICEF鈥檚 report, 鈥楥hild Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood.鈥�....
More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in 鈥榮evere鈥� food poverty, UNICEF has warned 鈥� meaning more than 180 million are at risk of...
UNICEF country head in Bangladesh Sheldon Yett in a statement on Wednesday condemned the killing of a Rohingya teacher in Cox鈥檚 Bazar camp.
As Cyclone Remal hit the coastal areas of Bangladesh, over 8.4 million people, including 3.2 million children, are at high health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety risks, according to UNICEF...
UNICEF has announced Muhammed Aziz Khan as the incoming chair of the UNICEF International Council, succeeding the inaugural chair, Maria Ahlstrom-Bondestam...