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.

The surge in sadistic crimes before and after the Eid has given us some bone-chilling realisations about where our society is headed.

Underage children working in developing countries has been a harsh reality for many years and Bangladesh is no exception.