ICONE hosts programme for working women, their children

Information Centre on Nuclear Energy (ICONE) in Dhaka organised a special event for the female employees of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) on Saturday. The event was part of the programmes dedicated to the International Mother’s Day, said a prèss release. Md Abdur Razzaque,

Encourage children to take up sports to become good citizens : PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday underscored creating opportunities for sports, exercise and cultural activities for everyone saying these are inevitable elements for building a nation. “Sports, exercise and cultural activities are inevitable for a nation,” she said while addressing a programme to hand over National Sports Award 2013-2020 virtually from

Agami shares Eid happiness with Dalit Community kids in Netrakona

Agami Netrakona Chapter (ANC) organized an Iftar party and distributed Eid Gifts to the Dalit community children in Shararitu, Netrakona to sharing Eid happiness with them. Civil society members, cultural activists from different organizations, student leaders, ANC volunteers, and other officials attended the programme. Abdur Rahman Khan, Director of Field Operation of

Daraz Spreads Happiness to Children through “Sneher Eid Upohar”

Lifting up the Ramadan spirits of positivity, Daraz Bangladesh, has organized an event in collaboration with DNCC titled “Sneher Eid Upohar.” The event took place on Tuesday in the DNCC office auditorium, where DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam distributed 14,000 new clothes to the underprivileged children. On the occasion, children ranging in age

Collaborative efforts to end child marriage underscored

Collaborative efforts of all the government and non-government organizations concerned has become crucial to halt child marriage. Restriction of child marriage has also become the demand of time for the sake of protecting maternal and neonatal health everywhere in the society. The views were expressed at a view-sharing meeting on preventing child

BKash to disburse Labour Ministry’s stipends to children

In a bid to eradicate hazardous child labour through non-formal education and skill development, Ministry of Labour and Employment will disburse stipends to the risk-ridden children through bKash. In this regard, an agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the country's leading MFS provider bKash at

No child under 14 can be employed: Cabinet

The Cabinet today decided that none under 14  years could be recruited to work, approving the proposal of ratifying ILO  Convention-138 which restricted employment of any child below 15. The Cabinet suggested that considering the socioeconomic condition of any  country, the age limit of work entry should be 14 years. The approval

Let them grow up playing in the open

Children in Dhaka – and in fact in almost all cities in the country – are in such a state that is similar to the state of a caged bird. Growing up within the four-walled concrete infrastructure, they do not find an open environment to have their physic develop stout