At least one in every six dengue death victims this year in Bangladesh is a child, while children account for nearly one-fifth of the total hospitalisations with the mosquito-borne viral fever, according to official data.
Harassment of women and children and fraud and blackmail on social media and different online platforms were becoming a rising concern, speakers said at a workshop in Rajshahi on Saturday.
Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the government to take strong legal action to stop the commercial sexual exploitation of children...
Children depicted their imagination on walls in a nine-day solo interactive art exhibition titled 鈥楢 Drawing Room鈥� that concluded at La Galerie of Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka in Dhanmondi on Wednesday...
Government and non-government representatives have called for a united social effort to prevent violence and exploitation against children, stressing that the country鈥檚 future depends on their safety and wellbeing, says a press release.
Children living in Korail slum have depicted their everyday life and surroundings in a five-day group art exhibition titled 鈥楧esired Korail鈥� under way at Nook Dhaka at Banani in Dhaka...
Southeast Bank PLC has recognised academic achievements of 53 meritorious students, who are children of the bank鈥檚 employees, said a press release...
Three children drowned in a pond at Panjarai village of Kargaon union under Nabiganj in Habiganj on Wednesday...
Britain on Wednesday announced new sanctions against Russian officials and youth organisations linked to what London called Moscow鈥檚 policy to 鈥榙eport, indoctrinate and militarise Ukrainian children鈥�...
The head of Save the Children described in horrific detail Wednesday the slow agony of starving children in Gaza, saying they are so weak they do not cry.
THIS is worrying that incidents of sexual violence and rape are increasing. The Bangladesh Women鈥檚 Council reported a rise in gender-based violence in 2024, with the majority of the victims being girl children. There is an alarming surge in child marriage too. In 2024, about 20 cases of child marriage were reported whereas in the first six months of this year, the number is...
A survey by a woman rights organisation has revealed that in 2024, a staggering 60 per cent of the girl children who faced violence were victims of rape...
Neighbours, volunteers and parents escorted children to the first day of the new school year across Washington on Monday, vowing to protect students from Donald Trump鈥檚 deportation drive.
Armed with colourful oars, rowers pack into long boats in western Indonesia, paddling furiously in front of race crowds swelled by the viral success of a young boy famous for his dancing at the front of the traditional vessels...
Turkey鈥檚 First Lady wrote to her US counterpart Melania Trump on Saturday, asking her to show the same concern for Gaza鈥檚 children as she has shown for those of Ukraine.
Theatre troupe Bibartan Dhaka鈥檚 child wing have staged Rabindranath Tagore鈥檚 鈥楻other Roshi鈥� at the studio theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy...
CHILDHOOD, from birth to eighteen, is the single most formative period in human life. It is during these years that the foundations of physical, cognitive, social, emotional, motor and linguistic development are laid. Research suggests that up to 90 per cent of brain development, along with socio-emotional and linguistic skills, occurs before the age of three. These...
The rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the country has continued to drop over the past five years, raising concerns over children鈥檚 health and the nation鈥檚 future...
AS BANGLADESH moves deeper into the digital age, the internet has become both a playground and a battleground for the country鈥檚 young users. A recent study by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University found that 59 per cent of rural children aged 11 to 17 who access the internet had faced cyber harassment or digital abuse 鈥� ranging from online...
Six people 鈥� three students and three children 鈥� drowned in separate incidents in Chapainawabganj, Gopalganj and Chattogram districts between Saturday and Sunday...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The government is going to close an education ministry project to establish a national academy for the children with autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities...
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...
A New Zealand woman was arrested on Sunday after travelling on a bus with a two-year-old girl trapped in her luggage...
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...
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...