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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 died after drowning in a pond at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday noon...
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...
The existing government education facilities for the street children in Bangladesh are both inadequate and ineffective, observed educationists, child rights experts, and activists.
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.
War has left Gaza littered with unexploded bombs that will take years to clear, with children drawn to metal casings maimed or even killed when they try to pick them up, a demining expert said.
Bangladesh is facing significant challenges in maternal and newborn care, according to latest reports released by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation...
Bangladeshi Junayed Akter is 12 years old but the toxic lead coursing through his veins has left him with the diminutive stature of someone several years younger...
Cuts in international aid could bring an end to decades of progress in fighting child mortality, and even reverse the trend, the United Nations warned Monday.
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...
Drik Picture Library organised a solidarity rally on Monday at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhanmondi of Dhaka in memory of the martyred children of Palestine...
Speakers, including academics, rights activists, labour leaders and cultural activists on Saturday demanded the government take effective steps to ensure security of women and children, trial for rape and withdrawal of a case filed against left student leaders...
THIS is disappointing that the education system still cannot ensure rights of children with disabilities. Teachers, students and parents have for long talked about the lack of infrastructural support and other resources needed for the education of children with disabilities. In early March, teachers of such non-government schools took to the streets, demanding an early...
The social welfare ministry is moving at a snail鈥檚 pace in recognising the non-government schools for children with disabilities in the country and then providing these schools with monthly payment order facilities.
The Rape Law Reform Coalition, a combine of 17 legal and rights organisations, on Wednesday suggested that amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 should introduce a broader legal definition of rape to include all individuals to curb incidents of rape and violence against women...
The Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six left political parties, and Rights activists on Wednesday urged the government to improve law and order situation and stop repression on the children and women across the country...
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...
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...
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...