The interim government on Monday approved in principle a draft bill to amend the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000, incorporating necessary changes, including the introduction of a tribunal to deal with child rape cases.
At least five new incidents of rape came to light since Sunday following the filing of police cases in Jashore, Lalmonirhat, Sirajganj, Cumilla and Narsingdi with the victims aged as young as five...
The Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, in a statement on Sunday expressed concern over increasing countrywide repressions on women and children and also filling cases against student leaders...
The National Vitamin A-plus campaign was conducted across the country on Saturday with feeding over 2.26 crore children under 5-year age to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality...
Magura鈥檚 eight-year-old rape victim died of cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka...
The police dispersed a section of teachers of non-government schools for the children with disabilities in the Kadam Fountain area in the capital on Wednesday after the teachers blocked the road on their way to the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna...
DNA samples from three accused in the case over rape of an eight-year-old girl in Magura were collected on Tuesday night for testing...
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...
Suspended superintendent of police SM Fazlul Haque assaulted several video journalists on the premises of a Natore court on Tuesday...
THE Dhaka Shishu Park has been closed for children since 2019 for renovation and is unlikely to open its doors by 2026. The modernisation plan, initially taken by the liberation war affairs ministry at a cost of Tk 265.44 crore for the Liberation Monument project in Suhrawardy Udyan, was supposed to begin in January 2018...
Child rights activists at a discussion demanded an independent 鈥楥hild Directorate鈥� for protection, development, and implementation of rights of neglected children in the country...
A section of teachers of non-government schools for the children with disabilities, including autism spectrum, from across the country continued their sit-in programme in the capital for the 9th day running on Monday demanding Monthly Payment Order facilities.
The UN children鈥檚 agency UNICEF said Friday that it was studying the impact of drastic US aid cuts, with millions of children already affected by the funding freeze imposed last month.
Young artist Md Zahurul Islam has portrayed the stories of abused women and children in his first solo exhibition titled Ignition of Metaphor under way at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka...
Staff members of 35 government-run centres of Shishu Bikash Kendra demanded salary arrears and regularisation of the care service for children with special needs across the country...
THE quality of childcare profoundly influences a child鈥檚 development, shaping cognitive abilities, social skills, and emotional well-being. A nurturing environment fosters essential competencies such as communication, collaboration, and...
The Friends in Village Development Bangladesh, with technical support from the Plan International Bangladesh and funding from Radiohj盲lpen, has recently hosted an advocacy workshop under the 鈥楶revention and Response of Child Protection Concerns through Timely Initiative with Child Engagement鈥櫬� project at Saint Martin Hall of Hotel Uniresort in Cox鈥檚 Bazar....
The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.
The Airport railway police arranged for a woman鈥檚 childbirth at the platform in Dhaka on Monday...
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...
Nurture Nest, a child development centre run under the supervision of Bangladesh Psychiatric Care Limited, was launched at a programme at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Wednesday...
THE digital revolution has transformed societies worldwide, creating opportunities for communications, education and economic growth. However, as the virtual world expands, it also brings challenges...
A three-day event celebrating children鈥檚 creativity titled The Kids Time Fair began on the Shishu Academy premises in Dhaka on Friday.
Thirty-three million children鈥檚 education was disrupted in Bangladesh in 2024 as the children were among the worst affected globally for climate events, according to a United Nations International Children鈥檚 Emergency Fund report.
Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year 鈥� roughly one in seven students, the UN children鈥檚 agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was an 鈥榦verlooked鈥� aspect of the climate crisis.
URBAN centres, especially in Dhaka, face a significant rise in cold-related illness. The most vulnerable segments, the children and the elderly, bear the brunt, causing overcrowded hospitals and overextended healthcare system...
The High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board鈥檚 chairman and the Satkhira Palli Bidyut Samity manager to pay Tk聽10 lakh within a month to father of 10-year-old Raqibuzzaman as treatment costs after the child lost his right hand and leg due to electrocution in May 2021...
COMPLAINTS of economic violence against women have, as statistics with the National Helpline Centre for Violence against Women and Children suggest, increased for four years, with 460,358 calls having been received in 2024, which account for more than a half of all the calls, 939,700, in connection with violence against women of any forms received that..
