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...
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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...
HC bans PP from courts for defaming magistrate
The High Court on Tuesday banned a government law officer from appearing in courts for 20 days for making contemptuous remarks on social media against a judicial officer following an altercation in courtroom...
Pledge to eliminate child labour by 2025 appears mere rhetoric
AN INCREASE in child labour, with more than a million children engaged in hazardous work, shows the emptiness of the government鈥檚 pledge to eliminate child labour in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending all forms of child labour...
UN 鈥榓larmed鈥� at impact of Lebanon border clashes on children
The United Nations children鈥檚 agency warned on Tuesday that conflict on Lebanon鈥檚 border was taking a heavy toll on children, with thousands out of school and...
Two children die of 鈥榝ood poisoning鈥�
Two children, from two neighbouring families, reportedly died of food poisoning in sadar upazila of Gazipur Sunday night...
2 children drown in River Mahananda
Two children drowned in the River Mahananda in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district while taking...
Children at high risk amid persisting heatwave in Bangladesh: UNICEF
The unusual rise in temperatures poses grave risks, particularly to newborns, infants, and young children who are considered to be an especially vulnerable population to heat-related illnesses such as heat stroke and diarrhoea...
2 children drown in Ctg pond
Two children drowned while bathing in a pond at Chandanaish upazila in Chattogram on Monday...
Children mostly affected by heatwave
Children are among the worst affected by the ongoing heatwave, as child hospitalisation with pneumonia, asthma, breathing difficulties, and fever is on the rise in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country...
14 killed as truck rams vehicles
At least 14 people, including four children, were killed and 11 others were injured when a truck ploughed through several vehicles at the Gabkhan Bridge toll booth area under Sadar upazila in Jhalakathi on Wednesday...
Sexual harassment cases must be resolved early
SURVIVORS of sexual harassment on the University of Dhaka campus during Pahela Boishakh celebrations in 2016 still await justice as the case remains stuck in legal bureaucracy. On January 31, a Women and Children Repression (Prevention) Tribunal had to...
Sexual assault survivors see no end in 9 yrs鈥� wait for justice
The survivors of sexual assault during the Pahela Baishaikh celebration on the Dhaka University Campus nine years ago still wait for justice as the case against a lone accused over the sexual assault remains pending with...
China using 鈥榗ollective punishment鈥� against activists鈥� families
The children of human rights advocates in China are being punished for their parents鈥� activism as Beijing intensifies a crackdown on civil society, a rights group warned...
Court finds no flaws in probe
A Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal said that multiple investigation agencies properly and extensively investigated the case filed on the charges of rape and murder of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia...
The death of Amr
ON THE morning Amr Abdallah was killed, he woke before dawn to say his Ramadan prayers with his father, mother, two younger brothers and aunt, in an open field in southern Gaza...