Develop children as worthy citizens: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for grooming children with the knowledge of science and technology to make them worthy citizens as they could conquer the moon in the future...
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Three children, including two brothers, drown in Padma
Three children, including two brothers, drowned while bathing in the Padma River at Bhaduria Dangi under Chartarapur union in Pabna Sadar upazila on Monday...
When children are seen as enemy
IT WAS a sombre, quiet ceremony when the names of more than 10,000 children who were killed in Gaza were read out in Berlin. The memorial ceremony took place...
Frustration grows as Rohingya youths face grim reality
Over half a million Rohingya children are growing up in Bangladesh camps amid frustration, without hope for the future, and with fears of being drawn into extremism...
Air pollution linked to 2,000 child deaths a day: report
Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said on...
UN sees tripling of children killed in global conflicts in one year
Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall civilian fatalities swelled 72 per cent...
Corporal punishment to discipline children must stop
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...
90pc children experience violent discipline
An alarming 9 out of 10 children aged 1-14 years face violent discipline each month by caregivers, affecting over 45 million children in...
Child victims of war spiked in 2023 amid Gaza, Sudan crises: UN
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached 鈥榚xtreme levels鈥� in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday...
Actions to save women, children from extreme weather demanded
Women鈥檚 rights activists and urban planners at a discussion on Monday called on city mayors to take measures to protect women and children from extreme weather in Dhaka...
A call to end child labour
IN WILLIAM Blake鈥檚 touching poems 鈥楾he Chimney Sweeper鈥� from his collections Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, he paints a sad picture of child labour during the Industrial Revolution. Blake describes little children, covered in soot, crying out 鈥榳eep, weep.鈥�...
Fresh perspective needed to end child marriage
ADVOCATES for preventing child marriage, both within the government and in society, are understandably frustrated. Despite the national policy setting 18 as the legal age of marriage for girls, the Child Marriage Restraint Act being passed in 2017, and the adoption...
Lake Vista Park and children in Gaza
ON A Saturday, I decided to visit Lake Vista Park, located in Wisconsin鈥檚 Oak Creek city, for a quick escape from monotony at home. We drove for 20 minutes to reach the Michigan lakeshore...
1 in 4 children face 鈥榮evere鈥� food poverty: UNICEF
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...
Bangladesh requires 215 years to eliminate child marriage: UNFPA
The country will require 215 years to eliminate child marriage as per the current rate of reduction of child marriage in the country, said the United Nations Population Fund...
Ukrainians mourn children killed in Russia鈥檚 invasion
Ukrainians on Tuesday were mourning the hundreds of children killed since the beginning of Russia鈥檚 invasion, hours after a fresh attack left two children wounded in the war-scarred Donetsk region...
Children unfed all day, thousands for one toilet in Gaza: Oxfam
Palestinians displaced by the Gaza war are living in 鈥榓ppalling鈥� conditions, with children sometimes going for a whole day without food and thousands sharing...
MCRI, Incepta Pharmaceuticals partner to protect children from rotavirus
Murdoch Children鈥檚 Research Institute and Incepta Pharmaceuticals, based in Bangladesh, embarked on collaboration on Monday, aimed at bringing life-saving innovation to the global healthcare landscape...
Russia targeting children in anti-war dissent crackdown: AI
Russian authorities are increasingly targeting children and their families as punishment for opposing the Kremlin and its invasion of Ukraine, Amnesty International said on Friday....
6.70 lakh children to get vitamin A capsule
Six lakh and 70 thousands children will be provided vitamin A plus capsules at 1,827 centres of the Dhaka South City Corporation on June 1...
MIU holds seminar on child rights, prevention of sexual abuse
A seminar on child rights, sexual abuse, trafficking and protection was held at the conference room of the Manarat International University in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan on Sunday...
Daylong rain causes suffering to city people聽
Thousands of people from all walks of life, mostly school going children and office goers suffered immensely from water stagnation in the capital on Monday due to heavy rainfall following the cyclone Remal...
Two children drown in Chuadanga pond
Two children drowned in a pond at Shakharia village of Jibonnagar upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday morning.
Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan鈥檚 children
The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the...
Japan changes law to allow joint custody after divorce
Japanese lawmakers enacted legislation on Friday that allows the option of joint custody of children after divorce......
Number of children fleeing Latin America soars: UN
More than 30,000 children have crossed the perilous Darien Gap jungle in four months on the path to a better life in the United States, a number...
Fair, impartial investigation demanded
A group of eminent citizens on Tuesday demanded fair and impartial investigation into the death of child domestic help Preeti Urang...
Women, children 56pc of Gaza war dead: UN
Women and children make up at least 56 per cent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said on Tuesday, amid controversy over the toll based on numbers from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza...
Violence against children and our laws
VIOLENCE against children remains a pervasive issue in Bangladesh, affecting countless children from all backgrounds. This violence manifests in...
鈥楶otu鈥� to hit local cinemas today
Music director and composer Ahmmed Humayun鈥檚 maiden silver screen directorial venture titled 鈥楶otu鈥� is scheduled to hit cinemas today...