To create an inclusive society, we must change our mindset
We need internal reform if we are to create a society that is liveable for all.
23 August 2025, 04:52 AM
Time to end the harmful practice of child domestic work
The government has declared 43 types of work as hazardous for children—jobs that threaten their physical and mental development.
5 July 2025, 06:00 AM
We must end corporal punishment of children
Daily acts of punishment cause thousands of injuries and deaths among children each year.
24 May 2025, 06:00 AM
We need literature for all people, in all languages
In Bangladesh, visually challenged people have little access to the rich world of literature, an exclusion that limits their ability to experience the joy of storytelling.
22 February 2025, 02:00 AM
A vision for a child-friendly book fair
Are we truly creating an environment that fosters love for books among children?
25 January 2025, 07:00 AM
Protecting adolescents from the harm of social media
Studies reveal startling trends: adolescents spending over three hours daily on social media are twice as likely to face anxiety and depression.
13 January 2025, 08:00 AM
Bring back married adolescent girls to schools
Child marriage in Bangladesh hinders girls' education and lifelong opportunities.
5 December 2024, 02:00 AM
Conversation about youth mental health must evolve
In Bangladesh, 361 students, a significant percentage of whom were elementary students, succumbed to suicide between January and August in 2023.
6 November 2024, 07:00 AM
The 'village' must ACT NOW
Recently violence against children has been highlighted by print and electronic media of Bangladesh. Media usually report extreme cases of violence (abductions, killings, rapes). According to Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), 1,085 children
20 June 2016, 18:00 PM
It's not just poverty
You give dowry and I receive it, why are you bringing government into this?”said a woman in a village in Rangpur district during a discussion on women's status.
15 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Who will protect children in cyberspace?
There is a need to achieve a balance between utilisation of positive aspects of the cyber world -- ensuring the rights of children to privacy, information and expression, association -- and protecting them from abuse.
12 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Involve fathers in childcare
AROUND 80 percent of the world's men and boys will become fathers during their lifetime, and virtually all men have at least some
16 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Effective parenting has to be learnt
Most of us are still unaware that parenting can be learnt and think that it comes naturally.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Make corporal punishment of children socially unacceptable
Recently a friend of mine called to inform that his nephew (studying in class three in an English medium school in Dhaka) has been
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM