child rights
Arrest of 17-year-old: Juvenile justice must prevail
The protection of juvenile rights should remain a non-negotiable aspect of maintaining the integrity of the legal system in Bangladesh.
Troubled: Mental health challenges of our school children
Unfortunately, a child suffering from mental health issues is often told, “get over it” or “it’s all in your head.”
Childhood devoid of play
Government must address children’s lack of playtime, dwindling playgrounds
Ensuring child rights: Social protection schemes are crucial
Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian social reformer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Malala Yousafzai in 2014, talks to the The Daily Star about the global child rights situation during his visit to Bangladesh on January 14-18.
Bollywood, sex education, and teaching consent
I found out last Sunday that Ajay Devgn taught my husband about consent.
Break the trend, invest more in children
Too many children in Bangladesh miss out on a childhood and live precarious lives as they are forced to drop out of school, take up hazardous work, or enter into child marriage.
Where is the law and humanity for children working in domestic settings?
Around a month ago, protests broke out in Uttara after the body of a 12-year-old child named Boishakhi was recovered from a home in Sector 3, hanging from the ceiling fan.
Editorial / Enforce the law on child labour
Despite the law prohibiting the employment of children, many brick kiln owners across Cumilla's Chauddagram upazila employ minors to do hazardous work.
Modern Slavery and Child Labour / Asia's unacceptable record
Out of the 40 million victims of modern slavery worldwide, almost two thirds—25 million people—are exploited in Asia and the Pacific. Making the region host to the largest number of victims of modern slavery today.
Tortured over trivial matters
Physical assaults on children continue across the country despite protests by child rights activists, laws against corporal
Do not lower marriageable age of girls
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has recommended that the women and children affairs ministry refrain from taking any legislative measures to lower the girls' minimum marriageable age below 18.
Child brutalised once again!
Yet again, we are confronted with the appalling news of 12-year-old boy tied to a tree and beaten mercilessly by more than one person, apparently as 'punishment for theft'.
Dhaka BCL leader, who ‘beat dead’ teenage boy, killed in ‘gunfight’
Arzu Mia, chief of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Lalbagh unit who allegedly beat dead a teenage boy in Dhaka, has been killed in what Rab says gunfight.
Justice elusive to abused children
The one-stop crisis centres (OCC), formed in 2001 to facilitate medical treatment, police assistance, social services, legal assistance and counselling for women and children who were victims of repression, have reportedly been reduced to providing medical services only.
Yet another child killed in brutal torture
Nearly a month into the killing of Rajon, another 13-year-old boy has been allegedly tortured to death in Khulna.
Petty causes, demonic crimes, a way out
The surge in sadistic crimes before and after the Eid has given us some bone-chilling realisations about where our society is headed.
Children of Privilege
It happens everywhere in the world. Our sons and daughters feel entitled to what we have earned in our lifetime.
Child Labour Day
Underage children working in developing countries has been a harsh reality for many years and Bangladesh is no exception.