Despite some progress, child malnutrition remains a serious threat
Reduced donor funding threatens the quality of services
Govt must adopt a zero-tolerance approach to this scourge
Prevent early pregnancies, address healthcare manpower shortage
Poverty and insecurity are key drivers of this practice in char areas
Why parents to resort to child marriage?
Latest BBS data reveals staggering increase in incidents
At least 41.6 percent of young women in Bangladesh were married before they had turned 18, reveals the latest government survey.
Continued failure of relevant authorities is unacceptable
Why do we never question the psychological impact on children stuck between two parents in an unhappy marriage?
Bangladesh is facing huge population and development related challenges owing to high prevalence of child marriage, early pregnancy, and sluggish progress in family planning and poor youth unemployment, said experts yesterday.
