Child labour

Underlying problems such as school dropouts need to be addressed first before taking a legal route to stop child labour. Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

Call to activate upazila level monitoring committees on child labour

'About 17 lakh children are engaged in labour across the country, half of whom are girls'

Underlying problems such as school dropouts need to be addressed first before taking a legal route to stop child labour. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

‘Child labour in a country like Bangladesh is primarily a development issue, not so much of enforcement’

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

To what extent are adolescents allowed to work in Bangladesh?

There is a demand from the international community that Bangladesh sign up to the convention and does not allow under-aged people to get into employment. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Corporates

Bangladesh greeted for ratifying ILO Convention on child labour

Two starving street kids covered in dust in Arambagh area during the early stage of the lockdown. Photo: Mumit M
Bangladesh

9 in 10 children below 14 suffer violent disciplining in Bangladesh: Unicef

Photo: PR
Bangladesh

Bangladesh takes major step towards eliminating child labour

There is a demand from the international community that Bangladesh sign up to the convention and does not allow under-aged people to get into employment. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Bangladesh

No child under 14 can be employed: Cabinet

Workshop insists conclusion of child labour by 2025
Corporates

Workshop insists conclusion of child labour by 2025

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Bangladesh lacks child labour data

A boy sorts clothes as he waits for customers at his stall on a street in Sanaa, Yemen July 5, 2021. Picture taken July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Nusaibah Almuaalemi
Middle East

Yemen's children toil at dangerous work, not school

Even newspapers of international repute like the New York Times linked the recent fire incident of Shajeeb Group (a beverage company serving the local market) with the readymade garment industry. Photo: Reuters
Crime

Child labour was commonplace at Shezan Juice factory

Govt-NGOs coordination stressed for elimination of child labour 
Bangladesh

Govt-NGOs coordination stressed for elimination of child labour 

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

'Bangladesh must keep fight against child labour at top of agenda'