Child labour

Child labour

Illustration showing a young boy engaged in child labor carrying bricks, while a group of children walks to a nearby school, with a map of Bangladesh highlighting the Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions.

Rajshahi, Rangpur lead in highest child labour prevalence

Division-wise percentage of children aged 5 to 17 years engaged in child labour

Integrated effort key to ending child labour and protecting consumers: CAB president

Integrated effort key to ending child labour and protecting consumers: CAB president

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

School closures push Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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