Services for children with special needs hampered
Services for the special needs children with neurodevelopmental conditions at the government Shishu Bikash Kendras across the country are facing serious disruption as its fourth phase ended in...
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Lead exposure: Steep price that children pay
I HAVE witnessed first-hand the devastating impact of environmental hazards on health and society. Yet, a few hazards pose as insidious a threat as lead poisoning, an issue that has lingered in the shadows of public health discourse for far too long despite its devastating consequences. Bangladesh ranks in the fourth position globally in terms of lead...
Gaza 鈥榟ell on Earth鈥� for one million children
The one million children in Gaza are living a 鈥榟ell on Earth鈥�, the UN said on Friday, with around 40 children having been killed there every day over the past year.
Two arrested over rape of Marma girl in Bandarban
Two men were arrested early Friday in a case filed over raping a 15-year-old girl from the Marma community of Baishari union under Naikhyangchari upazila in...
3 million UK children living below poverty line: study
A record 9.3 million people, including three million children, are facing hunger and hardship in the UK, a study said Wednesday, with the new Labour government under...
Govt committed to ensure children鈥檚 healthy growth: Professor Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the interim government, formed through a mass uprising of students-labourers-people, is firmly committed to identifying and solving the issues like negligence to children, child labour, malnutrition and child marriage that hinder the proper development of children...
105 children killed in July-Aug uprising in Bangladesh: Adviser
A total of 105 children, under 18 years of age, were killed in Bangladesh during the recent student-led mass uprising in July and August, said social welfare and women and children鈥檚 affairs adviser Sharmin S Murshid.
Heavy metals found in toys, child products from recycled plastic
Toys and other products made from recycled plastic for children contain toxic substances, including heavy metals, revealed a study on Thursday...
Flowers, toys at funeral for Thai school bus fire victims
Weeping parents laid flowers and toys on the coffins of 20 children killed in a Thai school bus inferno, along with three teachers, as five days of funeral prayers began on Thursday.
23 killed in Thai school bus inferno
A devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said Tuesday after rescuers pulled children鈥檚 bodies from the charred wreckage of the vehicle.
Ex-minister Narayan sued for abduction
A case was filed recently against former land minister Narayan Chandra Chanda for abducting two women in Khulna...
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.
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�...