Child abuse
Woman arrested for pouring hot water on girl for saying 'murubbi, murubbi, uhu'
Police arrested a sixty-year-old woman from Chattogram's Anwara upazila last night for pouring boiling water on a twelve-year-old girl. .The attack occurred at Waijarbari under Juidondi union on Wednesday..The accused, Sayera Khatun, allegedly attacked the girl, who is an orphan, for
Children must be protected from abuse and torture
We have become a society in which children have become a tool to satiate the filthy desires of the stronger
One, two, three of social deceptions
What people like Milton Samaddar and Tipu Kibria show us about society.
Recognising possible signs of abuse in pre-schoolers
Here are important details that serve as red flags and must not be disregarded by parents or caregivers.
Is a policy directive enough to stop school bullying?
This isn't the first time that regulations and directives have been issued by education authorities regarding bullying. The question is if and how the new directive can make a difference.
Bangladesh’s persistent child abuse woes
Why have we done so little to ensure safety and dignity of our future generations?
Rape and death of child domestic worker must be probed
Money and influence cannot be allowed to win over justice
Child sexual abuse: When home is also not a safe place
Sexual abuse can be the most traumatising experience a child has to go through. The memory of how helpless they felt, to be too young to raise their voices haunts them for the rest of their lives;
National Girl Child Day: No country for our daughters
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.
Girls beaten cruelly at Barisal orphanage (video)
Amid nationwide outrage over beating dead a 13-year-old boy Rajon, two Barisal orphanage girls have been subjected to cruel corporal punishment by the institution’s health assistant and its video leaked on the internet.
Protesters demand Rajon killers to hang
Protestors across Bangladesh demand the death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounts over the sickening lynching which was captured on video and then went viral.
Kamrul admits beating Rajon
Expatriate Bangladeshi Kamrul Islam, who appears to be the main culprit responsible for beating dead 13-year-old Rajon, confesses to his role in the killing.
Opinion: When beasts are unleashed in humans
What kind of perversion of the mind turns a person into an inhuman beast? What kind of society have we created that we allow such horrible things to happen to children, to women, to the physically or mentally disabled, to anyone who is in a position of powerlessness?
Sexual assault in school
WHAT is as deplorable as the sexual assault and the attempted rape on a minor at a higher secondary school recently is the way the school authorities have handled the matter.