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The Salvation Army has launched a new anti-child labour campaign that turns the language of luxury fashion on its head to ...
Despite constant insecurity and complex health challenges, Dr Gerald Riordon focused on building strong and respectful ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday on the deteriorating impact of humanitarian funds cutbacks on the education crisis ...
They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing ...
DHAKA, June 21, 2025 (BSS) - Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmin S Murshid today said collective efforts from everyone, including family, society, media, industry and the ...
Sharmeen said the previous government set a terrible precedent by changing the definition of a sensitive social issue like child marriage, lowering the age of marriage from 18 to 16 ...
Imagine your child being forced to work in treacherous conditions for extensive amounts of time, earning little to no pay.
The findings were shared at a media consultation on the challenges and aspirations of disadvantaged children, organised by Caritas Bangladesh at the Dhaka Reporters Unity.
Bangladesh will amend its labour law by November, introducing tougher penalties for child labour, said Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain on Wednesday.
While a new report shows a sharp decline in child labour in the Asia-Pacific region, the situation in Bangladesh is not the same. The broader child labor rate (detrimental forms of work) remained ...
Sen. Josh Hawley urged Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to open a child labor investigation into Tyson Foods on Tuesday after receiving a whistleblower report.