Despite the country being committed to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is shortage of information as well as obstacle in identifying appropriate indicators in this regard, speakers said at … Read More »

New draft bill, decades in the making, could also criminalise insulting the president and tightens abortion laws. Indonesia is set to pass a new criminal code that could outlaw living together outside … Read More »

Following an order on Sunday by a Jashore court, DNA test of 10-year-old rape victim and her newborn was conducted in Dhaka on Tuesday. The girl from Jashore’s Monirampur upazila gave … Read More »

The husband of a gang-rape victim was attacked in Patuakhali on Tuesday night for what he said was refusing to withdraw a case filed over the rape. The 36-year-old man suffered … Read More »

Adverts which were the first to depict menstrual blood on Australian television did not breach viewing standards, regulators say. The ads were run by sanitary pad brand Libra last month and … Read More »

Women routinely face sexual assault and exploitation in factories, many of which supply western brands. A grassroots movement is helping victims to seek justice.  Dolly Akhtar was only 16 when she … Read More »

Exam registration fees inflicted quite a financial burden on the family of Jhumur Rine when she sat for Secondary School Certificate exams in 2015. Her father, a barber, had to pay … Read More »

Child marriage must be fought holistically Child marriage continues to be a problem in Bangladesh, and the reasons for this run deep. Many families, particularly low-income families in rural areas, are … Read More »

Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Anisur Rahman led the drives to rescue the teenaged girls from being married off Six schoolgirls including a fifth-grader have been saved from child marriage … Read More »

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guideline update reaffirms that universal maternal testing and neonatal immunisation is effective against hepatitis B infection. Testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) early in … Read More »