Amra Sabai Raja under way at Zainul Gallery
The fourth children鈥檚 painting exhibition 2024 titled Amra Sabai Raja organized by Kashful art school is under way at the Zainul Gallery of Dhaka University.
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Social work and child protection
CHILDREN, the future of a nation, are often vulnerable and at risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. In the early 20th century, child protection laws often focused on preventing child labour and...
6m children in SE Asia affected by Yagi disaster
Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly six million children across Southeast Asia, the UN said Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster rose...
Princess of Wales makes tentative return to work
Britain鈥檚 Princess of Wales has taken a first step towards returning to her work on the early-years development of children, a week after announcing she had completed chemotherapy...
Three missing children鈥檚 bodies recovered, another missing
The bodies of three children, who went missing while taking bath in the Brahmaputra river on Wednesday in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram, were retrieved from the river on Thursday...
Malaysia police rescue 400 children from care home abuse
Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of children from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused and have arrested scores of people in large scale raids, police said on Wednesday...
Children and autocracy
BANGLADESH鈥橲 鈥榮econd independence鈥�, as colloquially referred to, was achieved on August 5, 2024. As freedom from bondage usually comes at a cost, the days leading to...
Kenya school dorm fire kills 17 children
At least 17 young children were killed and 70 missing after a fire ripped through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, officials said Friday, leaving...
Two children injured in knife attack at Czech school
Czech police said two children were wounded in a knife attack by a pupil at a school in the western city of Domazlice on Tuesday.
65 children killed during protests: UNICEF
The United Nations鈥� children agency UNICEF confirmed on Saturday that more than 65 children were killed during the recent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Bangladesh that...
Why children killings won鈥檛 be probed by int鈥檒 body: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain why the killings of children by gunshot from helicopters during the Student Movement Against Discrimination would not be...
Probe into violence against children demanded
Human rights activists and researchers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold probe into incidents of killing, injury and detention of children during the street protests since the middle of July for reform of the quota system in government jobs...
Extreme heat exposure on the rise for millions of kids: UN
Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year 鈥� or more 鈥� than their grandparents did, the UN said Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences...
Ukraine orders evacuation from several towns
Ukraine on Sunday announced the mandatory evacuation of children and their guardians from areas in the Donetsk region, where Russia has been claiming advances...
No children killed in student protests: HM
The home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Saturday said that no children were killed in the violence centring the student protests for public job quota reforms.
Bangladesh violence leaves at least 32 children killed: UNICEF
At least 32 children were killed in Bangladesh during the quota reform protests in July with many more injured and detained, said UNICEF regional director for...
Official Gaza death toll is a lie
THE death toll in Gaza is way too low by every imaginable metric. We need to be stressing this 鈥� all the more so when Israel鈥檚 apologists are vigorously engaged in a disinformation campaign to suggest that the figures are inflated...
Another commission sought over deaths of 4 children
A writ petition was filed on Wednesday seeking a High Court directive on the government to form a judicial inquiry commission to find out the cause of deaths of four children during the student quota reform movement...
Govt must honour and heed demands for justice
THE government is still showing an unwillingness to bring those responsible for the death of more than 200 students and people, including at least 16 children, mostly in indiscriminate police firing during the student protests to justice. The government is still continuing with the wholesale arrest of students and people in cases of 鈥榲andalism and violence鈥�...
Writ petition seeks judicial inquiry into deaths of 4 children inside their homes
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking its directive to identity those responsible for the deaths of four children inside their homes during the recent unrest and to form a judicial probe commission in this connection.
39 police officers injured in unrest after 3 girls killed in UK
The United Kingdom prime minister, Keir Starmer, said those responsible for the violence that left police officers injured in protests after a mass stabbing that left three children dead would 鈥榝ace the full force of the law鈥�.
16 children killed, scores injured during deadly protests in Bangladesh
At least 16 children, including nine students and a preschooler, were killed and scores of others were injured in violent clashes during recent student protests for quota reform in...
Many killed, hurt at home, workplaces during deadly protests in Bangladesh
Many ordinary people, including children, were killed and wounded at home and workplaces in allegedly indiscriminate firing by the security agencies on roads and in residential areas to disperse the clashing protesters from different locations in the capital as student protests for quota reform turned violent...
Rumour that claims 35 children missing in 48hrs found baseless: DMP
Since Saturday morning, a claim that 鈥�35 children have been reported missing in 48 hours鈥� has been circulating widely on Facebook, causing panic among parents. However, police have dismissed the claim as a 鈥榖aseless rumour.鈥�...
Play-based learning enhances children鈥檚 cognitive development: research聽
An extensive research conducted by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh shows that play-based child-rearing programmes significantly enhance...
Children showcase artistic talent in national exhibition
Children have showcased their artistic talent participating in the Second National Children鈥檚 Painting Exhibition under way at the Sheikh Russel Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shishu Academy in the capital...
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...
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...