Child labour

Begum, a 35-year-old mother of seven children, who is marrying off one of her daughters, following the funding shortage which shuttered thousands of school in the refugee camps, poses for a picture, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Rohingya Crisis

School closures push Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work

Monday marks the eighth anniversary of that displacement, when more than 700,000 Rohingya crossed into Bangladesh in a matter of days, turning the area into the world’s largest refugee settlement

Social Welfare and Women and Child Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid during a debate competition in the capital on 21 June 2025. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Child labour and economic morality cannot go hand in hand: Adviser Sharmeen

Most working children remain in informal employment, often facing long hours and poor working conditions. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Bangladesh not on track to eliminate child labour by 2025: ILO, Unicef

Deprived of education, proper nutrition and any semblance of safety, the children working at Dhaka’s landfills often become trapped in a cycle of generational poverty. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

Childhoods scrapped away in search of scraps

Despite prevailing belief in rural communities that child labour can be financially beneficial, the conditions in which children are forced to work are often cruel, robbing them of their childhood. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

Forced to work, denied a future: The battle against child labour in Bangladesh

Child operates sewing machine, which might be very risky for them. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Study flags child labour in Bangladesh’s RMG, industry leaders call it baseless

According to a new survey, more than 25% of leather workers in Bangladesh are children. Photo: The Independent
Bangladesh

More than one-fourth leather workers are children: survey

Speakers at a workshop on eradication of child labour held at a hotel in Chattogram. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Govt plans to declare child labour-free districts

A child waste picker sits on top of his collection for the day. There are are over 10,000 waste pickers in Chattgoram, with more than 50% aged between 8-16. The photo was taken from the Fishery Ghat area of the Karnaphuli River recently. Photo: Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Number of children in hazardous jobs fell, yet challenges persist: Study

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Bangladesh pledges ending child labour: Speakers

Protecting children from child labour and ensuring they have access to education is not just a matter of fulfilling their fundamental rights; it is also crucial for the country's long-term development. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Bangladesh

Development orgs call for action as child labour surges in post-Covid era

77,203 more children turned bread earners in nine years: BBS
Bangladesh

77,203 more children turned bread earners in nine years: BBS

Photo: Touseful Islam
Thoughts

Dug-up roads and a divide too deep