child torture

95 children killed, 138 raped in 4 months

At least 95 children were killed and 138 minor girls raped from January to April this year, according to a report of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).

7-yr-old killed in Narayanganj for trying to 'steal' mango

Picking mangoes from neighbours' trees by pelting them with stones is part of fond childhood memories for many. But for the family

Editorial / Student in shackles!

It seems like a story out of a psychological thriller – too horrific to be true.

Editorial / Child domestic worker set on fire

The news of 12-year-old Purnima, being set alight by her employer and then left in a warehouse without any medical treatment...

Tortured Kids / Families now threatened

Families of the two tortured children received threats of “eviction” from their houses at Chowbaria village in Poba upazila two days after filing of a case over the torture.

Three children tortured

A man tied three children to a straw stack for five hours for “stealing two potatoes” from his field in Kangaish village of Hajiganj upazila

Cops fly tonight to bring back Kamrul from KSA

A police team is departing for Saudi Arabia tonight to bring back Kamrul Islam, the prime accused in the murder case of 13-year-old Rajon.

Rakib murder: 3 accused charged

Police press charges against three of the accused in the 13-year-old boy Rakib killing case.

Boy beaten to death at Hazaribagh, BCL leader held

A teenage boy is beaten to death in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area allegedly by a local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader and his associates.

May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016

95 children killed, 138 raped in 4 months

At least 95 children were killed and 138 minor girls raped from January to April this year, according to a report of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).

May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016

7-yr-old killed in Narayanganj for trying to 'steal' mango

Picking mangoes from neighbours' trees by pelting them with stones is part of fond childhood memories for many. But for the family

April 23, 2016
April 23, 2016

Student in shackles!

It seems like a story out of a psychological thriller – too horrific to be true.

February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016

Child domestic worker set on fire

The news of 12-year-old Purnima, being set alight by her employer and then left in a warehouse without any medical treatment...

February 16, 2016
February 16, 2016

Families now threatened

Families of the two tortured children received threats of “eviction” from their houses at Chowbaria village in Poba upazila two days after filing of a case over the torture.

January 16, 2016
January 16, 2016

Three children tortured

A man tied three children to a straw stack for five hours for “stealing two potatoes” from his field in Kangaish village of Hajiganj upazila

October 11, 2015
October 11, 2015

Cops fly tonight to bring back Kamrul from KSA

A police team is departing for Saudi Arabia tonight to bring back Kamrul Islam, the prime accused in the murder case of 13-year-old Rajon.

August 25, 2015
August 25, 2015

Rakib murder: 3 accused charged

Police press charges against three of the accused in the 13-year-old boy Rakib killing case.

August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015

Boy beaten to death at Hazaribagh, BCL leader held

A teenage boy is beaten to death in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area allegedly by a local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader and his associates.

August 7, 2015
August 7, 2015

Minor beaten brutally for trivial reason in Laxmipur

Amid the growing concern over deaths of children in torture across the country, a minor boy is beaten by some people over trivial reason in Kamalnagar upazila of Laxmipur.