Marium was only 10 years old when she faced the horrors of sexual violence in 2018..
The one-stop crisis centres are supposed to provide comprehensive support to women and children victims of violence, offering healthcare, police assistance, legal aid and other services.
The family of Md Shahjahan, a 24-year-old hawker from Dhaka’s New Market area who was killed in the capital the same day Abu Sayed died in Rangpur, is demanding swift justice and appropriate compensation for his death.
For the first time in Bangladesh’s history, five female lawyers have been appointed as justices in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
For the first time in Bangladesh's history, five female lawyers have been appointed as justices in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
When protests against the quota system in government jobs erupted in Bangladesh during June and July, students believed they were standing up against a system they saw as discriminatory.
On July 18, Dhanmondi-27 had become one of the flashpoints when protesters took to the streets to enforce the “complete shutdown” called by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
Aparajita Sangita, a young filmmaker and advocate for women’s rights, is still trying to overcome the shock of a traumatic encounter at the Panthapath signal in Dhaka last week.
Although Sustainable Development Goals target ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children by 2030, Bangladesh is yet to go a long way in this regard.
The rate of caesarian deliveries has increased almost eight-fold in Bangladesh. In 2004, the rate stood at four percent. However, a recent analysis revealed that the rate was found to be 33 percent in 2017-18.
Violence against children not only obstructs the growth of children but also contributes to slowing down a country’s economy and social development, said child rights experts.
Hazera Begum never got married or had any biological children. Yet, she is the “ammu” (mother) to 40 children, who once struggled for their identities, for what their biological mothers do for a living.
Back in 2017, a baseline survey conducted by Kapasia Upazila Family Planning Office (UFPO), Gazipur found that more than 90 percent of the mothers-to-be of the subdistrict were unaware of the maternal and neonatal danger signs, the idea and importance of antenatal and postnatal care or keeping their medical records during pregnancies, the importance of knowing their own blood groups, and keeping contact of potential blood donors or an ambulance.
After her husband lost his job at a pharmacy in 2017, Leuza Akter Kristy’s family plunged into a struggle to put food on the table.
Last month, when 22-year-old Mitu Dhar was struggling to make her newborn stop crying at a private hospital in Dhaka, as she couldn’t produce enough milk for him, her family members got desperate to get some artificial milk for the baby.
Eighteen-year-old Falguni (not her real name) is the eldest of 40 siblings. After passing her HSC exams with a GPA of 4.08, she has made her “ammu” immensely proud.
Hazera, the mother of 40 children, has been proud of her oldest daughter who recently passed the HSC exam, and now dreams of doing something big and leading a life full of dignity.
A recent study on the prevalence of Hepatitis B and C virus among the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar has found that more than one in five Rohingya adults have Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
