Of all visions accessible on this living Earth, no natural sight is more beautiful than a mother and child. If the mother and child are human (no matter what race), they are beautiful.
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Child Trafficking in South Asia Facilitated by Open Borders
Only last week a story was published about seven girls aged between 10-18 from a district neighbouring India that had gone missing but luckily were found safe by the Indian police and returned back to their families.
Child Daycare Centre Bill 2021 placed in Parliament
The Child Daycare Centre Bill 2021 was placed in Parliament on Saturday to support the children of professionals and working women as the number of nuclear families is increasing day by day.
Child marriage: Man jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj
News Desk A man has been jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj for marrying off his underage daughter. Nachol Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Upazila Executive Magistrate Sabiha Sultana-led mobile court handed down the punishment for child marriage. Police took Mohbul…
Teen abducts child for ransom to buy phone, kills him later
A teenager told a court in Panchagarh on Monday that he kidnapped and murdered a child for Tk 20,000 to buy a mobile phone at Nayekpara village of Debiganj upazila. The teen issued a confessional statement before Senior Judicial Magistrate…
Child dies in Keraniganj blast; 11 injured
A child was killed and 11 others were injured in an explosion at the residence of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader at Shubhaddya North Para in Keraniganj early Thursday.
Couple, child found dead in Gazipur
Gazipur Correspondent The bodies of a couple and their two-and-a-half month old girl child were recovered from a house in Panishail area of Gazipur city on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 28, his wife Hosne Ara, 22,…
First known US child virus death was teen ‘in good health’
The first known death of a child due to the novel coronavirus in the United States was a teenager in previously good health, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday.
Every child under ‘immediate threat’ from climate, poor diet: UN
The world is failing to protect children from the health dangers posed by climate change and poor diet, a landmark UN report said Wednesday, warning that every child is under “immediate threat”.
Child dies as Bangladesh’s north shivers in cold wave
The death of a minor boy suffering from cold-related diarrhoea came in from Kurigram as a cold wave, sweeping over Bangladesh’s northern region, intensified.
Where Imams say thru radio, child marriage is against Islam
Selibabi, Mauritania, Jan 2 2020 (IPS) – “I refused to marry off my daughter for a simple, good reason: I want my daughter to be empowered,” said Lemeima mint El Hadrami, 49. “I don’t want her to go through the…
Child brutally murdered in Sunamganj
Sylhet – A 5-year-old child was brutally murdered by some miscreants at Kezaura village in Derai upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Tuhin, son of Abdul Baser Mia of Kenaura village in the upazila. Victim’s…
Law gives child sex assault victims more time to file suits
Sacramento, Oct 14 Ecuador (AP/UNB) — California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several states in expanding the statute of limitations for victims over warnings from school districts that the…
Greta, 15 other children, complain to UN Child Rights body
New York, 23 Sept – Sixteen child petitioners – including Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Villaseñor – from 12 countries around the world today presented a landmark official complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to…
From child refugee to a president
The little girl who fled from war-torn Latvia spent more than 50 years in exile – but soon after returning she became president. Not only that, Vaira Vike-Freiberga became the first female head of a former Soviet bloc state. “My…
Massachusetts State Senate Votes to Ban Child Marriage
State House of Representatives and Governor Baker Should Act Next Nesha Abiraj, Schuette Fellow, Global Health and Human Rights abirajnesha Yesterday, the Massachusetts State Senate unanimously voted in favor of Senate Bill S.2294 to ban child marriage in the state.…
Holistic effort stressed to stop child labour
Concerted effort of all government and non-government entities has become an urgent need to prevent child labour for the greater interest of flourishing children’s physical and mental health. Many children especially coming from the poor and distressed families suffer from…
Child trafficking victim wins £85,000 over attempted rape
A Vietnamese boy has been awarded £85,000 in compensation from the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice after he was illegally detained at Morton Hall immigration center and sexually assaulted. Known as H, the boy had been trafficked by…
Forced child pregnancy and motherhood in Latin America
Research and campaigns by women’s rights advocates are beginning to focus on the problem of Latin American girls under the age of 14 who are forced to bear the children of their rapists, with the lifelong implications that entails and…
Ancient child burials found in Egypt
Four intact child burials made more than 3,000 years ago are among a series of recent discoveries near the Egyptian city of Aswan, officials say. One of the burials found by a Swedish-Egyptian team still had the linen used to…
Mother jailed for refusing to vaccinate son
A mother in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a judge’s order to have her son vaccinated. Rebecca Bredow would not let her nine-year-old be immunised after initially agreeing with…