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...
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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.
Shiny and deadly, unexploded munitions a threat to Gaza children
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.
Over 100,000 child deaths, 63,000 stillbirths annually in Bangladesh: UN
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...
Battery boom drives Bangladesh lead poisoning epidemic
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...
Humanitarian aid cuts could cause more children to die: UN
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.
UNICEF welcomes govt decision to establish separate children鈥檚 courts
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...
Rally honours martyred Palestinian 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...
Trial for rape, withdrawal of case against students sought
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...
Special-need children鈥檚 right to education should be ensured
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...
No recognition for 2,697 schools for children with disabilities
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.
Rights bodies for widening rape definition
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...
End to repression on children, women demanded
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...
2 children among 5 raped in 5 dists
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...
Mancha concerned over repression on women, filing cases against student leaders
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...
Vitamin A plus campaign conducted countrywide
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...
SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: Police disperse teachers marching towards Jamuna
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...
Severe malnutrition among Rohingya children up 27pc: UNICEF
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 SP assaults journalists on Natore court premises
Suspended superintendent of police SM Fazlul Haque assaulted several video journalists on the premises of a Natore court on Tuesday...
Shishu Park must open its door to children
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...
Independent child directorate for neglected children demanded
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...
SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: Teachers continue sit-in for MPO facilities
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.
Millions of children affected by US aid halt: UN
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.
鈥業gnition of Metaphor鈥� depict stories of abused women, children
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...
