Dhaka, July 25 (IANS) Partnerships must be built on transparency, accountability and balanced negotiation, a report has highlighted while citing Bangladesh’s growing engagement with China. It argued that the key question is whether Bangladesh will protect its national interests with equal clarity, confidence and foresight.According to a report in Bangladesh’s newspaper, Daily Sun, the ties between Dhaka and Beijing have entered a new phase following Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman…
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Dhaka, July 20 (IANS) Amid rising concerns over child abuse in Bangladesh, official helpline data revealed that the government-run child support service 1098 received 101 abuse-related calls from January to June 10, while emergency helpline 999 recorded 33 complaints of workplace child abuse until May, local media reported on Monday.Citing a survey titled ‘Situation of Child Domestic Workers in Dhaka City’ conducted by Dhaka-based Action for Social Development (ASD), Bangladesh’s leading Benga…
Dhaka, July 6 (IANS) At least nine people, including women and children, were killed after heavy rainfall triggered landslides in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar on Monday morning, local media reported. Among the nine victims, eight were killed in separate landslides at different Rohingya camps in Ukhiya Upazila, while another person died in Cox’s Bazar municipality. Five of the victims were reportedly children.In the early hours of Monday, a landslide struck the house of Rohingya refugee 44-year-old M…
Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League expressed grave concern over the arrest of former lawmaker and party leader Laila Parveen Sejuti after reportedly securing bail from the High Court, stating that the development has sparked renewed debate over the state of the rule of law in the country.The statement came after former Member of Parliament Sejuti was shown to be arrested in a murder case filed with Satkhira Sadar Police Station, despite having obtained bail from the High Court in …
Dhaka, June 14 (IANS) As many as four children have died due to symptoms-like measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours until 8 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected measles -elated deaths to 652, local media reported. The latest four fatalities were identified as suspected measles deaths, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the number of suspected measles deaths has increased to 560, while the nu…
Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an escalating measles outbreak, another child has died from the symptoms of the disease on Friday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 643 since March 15 this year, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death was reported in the 24 hours leading up to Friday morning.The latest death from the disease was identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB reported.Repor…
Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) Child labour has increased in Bangladesh over the past six years, with nearly 1.2 million additional children joining the workforce since 2019, as per the latest Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2025, local media reported on Friday. The report revealed that 9.2 per cent of children aged between 5 to 17 years are currently involved in child labour, witnessing a rise from 6.8 per cent in 2019. The latest rise comes despite Bangladesh’s commitment to end child labour a…
Dhaka, June 11 (IANS) Three more children died due to measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours until 8 am on Thursday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths in the country to 642, local media reported. The latest three fatalities were identified as suspected measles deaths, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the number of suspected measles deaths has increased to 550 while the number of laboratory-confirmed measl…
Dhaka, June 9 (IANS) As many as eight children have died from measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 639 since March 15 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media reported. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning.Among the latest fatalities, all were identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB r…
Dhaka, June 9 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an escalating measles outbreak, three more children have died from the symptoms of the disease on Tuesday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 631 since March 15 this year, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning.Among the latest fatalities, all were identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB repo…