Witnesses said he was wearing earphones and couldn't hear bystanders' warnings

The proportion of the budget allocated to children-focused programmes does not fully address the magnitude of the challenges.

They long for a city free from sound and air pollutions. They desire a city with footpaths suitable for walking and playgrounds near their doorsteps. They also want to preserve the ecosystem.

A senior official of the Save the Children Bangladesh has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital after he was hit by a truck in the capital’s Jurain area on Saturday.

Save the Children celebrates its 100th year of making the world a better place for children.

Bangladesh has made the highest progress in the South Asian region in terms of ensuring safe and happy childhoods, but inclusive education remains elusive, according to a report by Save the Children.

More than 48,000 Rohingya babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh this year, beginning their lives in camps and makeshift settlements where families rely on food rations to survive and live in flimsy tents made of plastic and bamboo.

A website has been launched in Dhaka city with a view to curb commercial use of sexual exploitation of children in Bangladesh.

A week after Ecuador's devastating earthquake, President Rafael Correa has said the number of fatalities has risen to 646.

More than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years, the EU's police intelligence unit says.

The World Health Organization is set to announce that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone has beaten an epidemic that killed almost 4,000 of its people and plunged the economy into recession.

Pakistan's interior minister says the government was ready to throw out more foreign aid groups, a day after Save the Children were expelled for "working against the country".

Save the Children states that reports claiming Cristiano Ronaldo had donated £5million to the charity to help aid efforts in Nepal are "false" reports The Independent.

About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsizes off Libya, survivors tell aid group Save the Children. Italian coast guard rescues 144 people and launches air and sea search operation in hopes of rescuing others.

Terming it a "calamity", Vanuatu's president calls for international help after Cyclone Pam ripped through the Pacific archipelago