child deaths

Children at risk of pneumonia as winter approaches

With the advent of winter, physicians have urged parents to stay extra cautious to keep their children safe from pneumonia.

Child suicide on the rise

The number of children dying by suicide has increased in recent years largely due to what experts believe a lack of awareness among family members and teachers about the stress in adolescence.

Body formed to probe exchange of newborn girl with dead boy in Ctg

A three-member committee is formed to investigate the incident of exchanging a baby girl with the body of a boy by a Chittagong clinic.

Careless childcare

With a heavy heart, Rokhsana Akter, 21, began making preparations for the funeral of her five-day-old girl, also her first child.

Editorial / Nine children die of measles

Last week when we learnt about the death of nine children in a remote area of Sitakunda in just four days, we were alarmed.

Editorial / Exposed live wires on the roads

Last year a woman and a child died due to electrocution when a puddle on the road came in contact with an exposed live wire during rain.

Editorial / Another child beaten to death

The barbaric killing of 12-year-old Alauddin, a worker at a bakery in Lakshmipur, Noakhali, allegedly at the hands of his employer and co-workers, leaves us feeling helpless and angry.

Deaths in toxic paracetamol: 6 officials jailed

A Dhaka court jails six owners and employees of the now-defunct BCI (Bangladesh) for 10 years for producing lethal paracetamol.

November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022

Children at risk of pneumonia as winter approaches

With the advent of winter, physicians have urged parents to stay extra cautious to keep their children safe from pneumonia.

December 6, 2018
December 6, 2018

Child suicide on the rise

The number of children dying by suicide has increased in recent years largely due to what experts believe a lack of awareness among family members and teachers about the stress in adolescence.

April 19, 2018
April 19, 2018

Body formed to probe exchange of newborn girl with dead boy in Ctg

A three-member committee is formed to investigate the incident of exchanging a baby girl with the body of a boy by a Chittagong clinic.

April 19, 2018
April 19, 2018

Careless childcare

With a heavy heart, Rokhsana Akter, 21, began making preparations for the funeral of her five-day-old girl, also her first child.

July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017

Nine children die of measles

Last week when we learnt about the death of nine children in a remote area of Sitakunda in just four days, we were alarmed.

August 10, 2016
August 10, 2016

Exposed live wires on the roads

Last year a woman and a child died due to electrocution when a puddle on the road came in contact with an exposed live wire during rain.

May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016

Another child beaten to death

The barbaric killing of 12-year-old Alauddin, a worker at a bakery in Lakshmipur, Noakhali, allegedly at the hands of his employer and co-workers, leaves us feeling helpless and angry.

August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015

Deaths in toxic paracetamol: 6 officials jailed

A Dhaka court jails six owners and employees of the now-defunct BCI (Bangladesh) for 10 years for producing lethal paracetamol.