Bangladesh not on track to end child labour by 2025
While a new report shows a sharp decline in child labour in the Asia-Pacific region, the situation in Bangladesh is not the same...
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World still had 138m child labourers in 2024: UN
Nearly 138 million children were still working in the world鈥檚 fields and factories in 2024, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that given the slow pace of progress, eliminating child labour could be delayed by 鈥榟undreds of years.鈥�...
Allocations for gender budget, women-children affairs drop
An allocation of Tk聽2,60,767 crore has been proposed for the gender-relevant budget and Tk聽5,078 crore for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the financial year 2025鈥�2026, both marking a decrease from the FY 2024-25...
Five children drown in 2 dists
Five children drowned in three separate incidents in Lakshmipur and Sherpur on Saturday.聽
Law to protect rights of child domestic workers demanded
Government and non-government representatives on Tuesday called for the urgent enactment of a specific law to protect the rights and ensure the safety of child domestic workers, highlighting a major gap in the current legal framework...
Rohingya children receive 667 tonnes of dates from KSA
Saudi Arabia鈥檚 humanitarian arm the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre donated 667 tonnes of dates to support Rohingya children in Bangladesh...
Govt should have strategy to stop death from pneumonia
PNEUMONIA having been a reason for the death of more than 12,000 children aged under five, which comes down to more than a child every hour, appears gravely worrying. The disease kills more than one in 10 children under five. In 2018, the disease, which is caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi leaving children fighting for breath, was responsible for more than 13 per cent...
Pneumonia kills one child every hour in Bangladesh
According to a survey, pneumonia kills more than one in ten under five years children in Bangladesh as it is one of the leading killer diseases.
Combating child rape in light of global models
BANGLADESH has once again found itself in the global spotlight following the shocking cases of child rape in Magura and Munshiganj in March. The horrific abuse and subsequent death of an 8-year-old child have sparked nationwide outrage...
Higher budget for women, children with disabilities sought
Rights organisation Nari Unnayan Shakti has called for increased national budget allocation and the introduction of a separate budget for women and children with disabilities...
Legal protection of domestic workers is a must
DOMESTIC workers, mostly women and children, continue to work without any legal and policy protection in Bangladesh. A 12-year-old who was allegedly raped by her employer and is currently being treated at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital brings to light the issue of a legally unprotected workplace for domestic workers. This is, however, not an isolated incident. In...
21 sued for beating girls on launch in Munshiganj
The police on Sunday filed a case against 21 people with Munshiganj Sadar police station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act allegedly for beating two girls in a launch anchored at Munshiganj launch terminal on Friday...
Focused policies, plans needed to address child poverty
A PERSISTENT high rate of child poverty and a widening gap between child poverty rates between rural and urban areas and different parts of the country are concerning. A General Economics Division study, The urban-rural dichotomy: a comparative analysis of child poverty in Bangladesh, says that the national average child poverty rate is 16.49 per cent, with an...
Child poverty rate 16.49pc
The national child poverty rate is 16.49 per cent with a significantly higher rate in the rural areas, according to a General Economics Division study...
Two children drown in Chandpur
Two children drowned in ponds in two separate incidents under Faridganj in Chandpur on Wednesday...
MAFA students bag awards at the 32nd World Children鈥檚 Picture Contest
Students of the Mostafiz Academy of Fine Arts (MAFA) have won eight prestigious awards at the recently held 32nd World Children鈥檚 Picture Contest, says a press release.
Israeli strikes kill 16 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency on Sunday said Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory killed 16 people, including at least three children...
Commercial sexual exploitation of children
THE exploitation of children in any form represents one of the gravest violations of human rights. In Bangladesh, a country proud of its cultural richness, social resilience and progressive strides in education and gender equality, the reality of commercial sexual exploitation of children is a disturbing contradiction. Hidden in the shadows of urban centers, ports, brothels...
Half a million children in Bangladesh miss full immunisation: UNICEF, WHO, Gavi
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...
Orphan care demands community and compassion
ORPHANED children in Bangladesh remain among the most vulnerable segments of society. Yet, despite the urgency of their situation, they are often overlooked in national statistics and policy planning. The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019 notes that approximately 4.1 per cent of children in Bangladesh live without parental care. However, this figure barely...
US deports 3 American children: rights groups
Three American children aged two, four and seven 鈥� one of whom has a rare form of cancer 鈥� have been deported from the United States alongside their undocumented immigrant mothers, campaigners announced on Saturday.
Four charged with Magura girl rape, murder
The Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against four individuals accused of the death of an 8-year-old girl after rape in the district in early March this year...
BMU鈥檚 implants help over 900 hearing-impaired children speak
Around 1,000 individuals, including over 900 hearing-impaired children, who received cochlear implants at Bangladesh Medical University can now hear and speak, empowering them to lead independent lives and actively contribute to society rather than being dependent on it...
Protecting children from heat wave
AS THE scorching summer heat approaches, Bangladesh braces for extreme weather. Already grappling with the impacts of climate change, the country faces a growing risk threatening millions, particularly its most vulnerable populations 鈥� children. These young ones often suffer the most when temperatures soar, exacerbating health risks, disrupting education, and...
Israeli air strikes kill 11 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes in the early hours of Wednesday killed at least 11 people, including women and children...
Thousands of child migrants killed in decade of Med crossings: UN
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...
Two children drown in pond
Two children died after drowning in a pond at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday noon...
Comprehensive support for street children a must
A SERIOUS lack of education for street children in Bangladesh, as child rights campaigners have pointed out on the occasion of International Day for Street Children, is worrying. The Bureau of Non-Formal Education and the Shishu Kalyan Trust programmes cover only 39,415 children against the total of 3.4 million street children. The Shishu Kalyan Trust also provides stipends...
Edn facilities for street children meagre聽
The existing government education facilities for the street children in Bangladesh are both inadequate and ineffective, observed educationists, child rights experts, and activists.
Thousands of children raped in DRC in 2 months: UN
The UN condemned on Friday the widespread rape of children in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where thousands were reportedly subjected to sexual violence in the first two months of 2025.