children

Dr Sajal Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Children's psychological development needs urban green playspaces in Bangladesh

At a press conference marking 'World Children's Day 2024' and 'World Children's Week’ on 6 Oct. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

70% of children in Bangladesh face discrimination: Kochi Konther Asar

Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmin S Murshid a press conference at the Secretariat on 6 Oct. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

105 children killed in July-Aug uprising: Adviser Sharmin Murshid

Photo: Collected
Health

One in three children are short-sighted: study

Although floods severely hinder children’s development, sufficient attention is not given to this aspect. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Panorama

The far-reaching impact of floods on Bangladeshi children

A Palestinian student walks between the rubble, as war disrupts a new school year, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Fear of 'lost generation' as Gaza school year begins with all classes shut

Mohammed Abu al Qumsan holds birth certificates of his 4-day-old twins. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Four-day-old twins killed in airstrike as father went to get birth certificates

Govt has no data on 32 children's death right now: Statement 
Bangladesh

Govt has no data on 32 children's death right now: Statement 

File photo of the High Court division building of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Photo: Collected
Court

Writ seeks HC directive for probe into children killed in quota protest violence

Rescuers work at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital that was damaged during a Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 8, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
World+Biz

Russian missile attack kills 29, hits children's hospital, Ukraine says

Screenshots of the claims of children going missing on social media. Collage: UNB
Bangladesh

A viral rumour? No evidence of 35 children missing in 48 hours, police say

Dr ABM Abdullah speaks at a seminar at the Bangladesh Shishu Academy auditorium on 29 June. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Integrated programmes needed for development of children's mental health: Experts

Palestinian girl Fulla Al-Laham, 4, who was wounded in an Israeli strike that killed 14 family members, including her parents and all her siblings, lies on a bed as her grandmother sits next to her, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 14 October 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Hamas-Israel war

21 children are set to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May