1b children exposed to three or more climate risks: UNICEF
More than one billion children face at least three overlapping climate hazards, UNICEF warned Monday, while highlighting the disproportionate impact in some regions of the world.
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Minister’s remark on university education misleading, cursory
FOR years, national education policies have suffered from the absence of a coherent, long-term vision. The education minister’s recent comments indicate that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government is more inclined to go with the wind than to undertake the policy shift needed to address the sector’s structural challenges. While addressing a workshop on the...
Quality education, not just access, is what matters
THE Education Sector Analysis 2026, presented by UNICEF, lays bare a learning crisis that threatens to undermine the country’s development ambitions. The findings are particularly alarming because they reveal that increased access to education has not translated into meaningful learning outcomes. Only half of children aged 7–14 possess foundational reading...
Learning crisis leaves Bangladeshi graduates unfit for jobs: UNICEF
Learning and resource crisis affects the education sector of Bangladesh, leaving graduates unprepared for new jobs and cost of education high, among other consequences.
Bangladesh to procure vaccines worth Tk 412.71 crore via UNICEF
The government has approved a proposal to procure vaccines worth Tk 412.71 crore through the United Nations Children’s Fund for use under the Expanded Programme on Immunisation during the 2025–26 fiscal year...
Middle East war hammering aid supply chains: UN
Even if the Middle East war stopped immediately, disrupted global humanitarian supply lines would not recover before 2027, the United Nations said Tuesday...
Tracing origins of measles outbreak
STANLEY Gwavuya, acting representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund to Bangladesh, very recently spoke to a local Bangla newspaper on the current measles situation in Bangladesh. In the interview, he said that UNICEF had repeatedly warned the interim government about the possibility of a surge in measles-related cases and deaths if there was a...
UNICEF urges steps to prevent violence against children
UNICEF representative in Bangladesh Rana Flowers called for immediate action to strengthen nationwide child and gender-based violence protection systems and prevention measures following the recent surge in violence against children.
UNICEF says procurement process behind vaccine crisis
UNICEF on Wednesday said that the vaccine shortage in Bangladesh was created not because of a funding crisis, but due to delays and indecision surrounding changes in the vaccine procurement process introduced in 2024, and that it had repeatedly warned the government about a possible vaccine outage...
National Young Health Conference 2026 held
The National Young Health Conference 2026, jointly organised by the department of public health and informatics, Bangladesh Medical University, and UNICEF Bangladesh, was held at the Super Specialised Hospital of the BMU in Dhaka on Sunday.
Many students end pry edn without basic skills
Many students in Bangladesh enter the secondary school without foundational literacy and numeracy skills, revealed a report of the United Nations Children’s Fund on Thursday.
2 contractors killed by Israeli forces in Gaza: UN
Two civilian contractors delivering water for the UN children’s fund were shot dead by Israeli troops in northern Gaza, UNICEF said on Saturday, expressing fury over the deaths the previous day...
Measles exposes health security gaps
BANGLADESH is in the grip of a lethal measles outbreak that has already claimed dozens of young lives and left thousands more infected. At least 118 children have died since mid-March 2026, while hospitals continue to be inundated with mostly young patients. The timing is particularly alarming: 2026 had been set as the target year for measles elimination in the...
1,00,000 flee South Sudan offensive into Ethiopia
An order by South Sudan’s army to evacuate the opposition-held town of Akobo earlier this month pushed an estimated 1,00,000 people to flee across the border into Ethiopia, UNICEF said Tuesday...
Japan, UNICEF partner to support Rohingya children
The government of Japan and UNICEF have signed a new agreement designed to deliver life‑saving support to Rohingya children and their families in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.
Bangladesh govt okays education in Rohingya camps via UNICEF
Bangladesh government has approved a proposal to procure education services through UNICEF to improve pre-primary and primary education for forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, commonly known as Rohingyas, living in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts, as well as Bhasan Char in Noakhali...
97pc children vaccinated against typhoid in Bangladesh: UNICEF
UNICEF in a statement on Thursday said that 97 per cent children received Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine in Bangladesh.
Political parties endorse UNICEF-supported child rights manifesto
Political parties on Monday signed a 10-point child rights manifesto that includes a pledge to increase budget, reform policies, and ensure health and safety of children of the country for their better future.
4 in 10 children have high blood lead level
Four in every 10 Bangladeshi children aged between 12 and 59 months have blood lead levels exceeding the internationally accepted safety threshold, according to a national survey released on Sunday.
City Bank, UNICEF partner to empower marginalised youth with green skills
City Bank and UNICEF recently announced a new partnership to equip marginalised adolescents and young people, particularly the girls with green and entrepreneurship skills under the pilot project, Skills4Youth, says a press release.
Street children deserve policy, not pity
CHILDREN’S suffering remains a distressing reality in Bangladesh. A 2022 survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF found that more than 3.4 million children live on the streets. The number has likely risen since. The same study revealed that nearly 14 per cent of these children consume addictive substances such as ‘dandy’, a chemical glue, often to...
Children Act 2013 should be amended: Sharmin Murshid
Social welfare and women and children affairs adviser Sharmeen S Murshid on Saturday said that the Children Act 2013 required amendments to protect children...
ICCB, UNICEF hold dialogue on pvt sector
UNICEF and International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh held a dialogue at the ICCB premises on October 9 to explore new avenues for collaboration with the private sector to advance children’s rights and sustainable development in Bangladesh, said a press release.
NU, UNICEF join hands to prepare youth for global job market
National University held a discussion on ‘strategic partnership to strengthen learning to earning’ at the conference room of the ICT building of the NU in Gazipur on Wednesday.
UNICEF lauds Bangladesh for prioritising children
UNICEF has praised Bangladesh for embedding children and young people in the third Nationally Determined Contribution, or NDC 3.0, a climate action plan under the Paris Agreement...
9 in 10 children face abuse or physical punishment in Bangladesh: seminar
A staggering 9 out of 10 children aged between 1 and 14 in Bangladesh experience physical punishment or mental abuse, often at the hands of their parents, teachers, or guardians, according to a report presented at a national seminar in Dhaka, says a press release.
Obese surpass undernourished youths, UNICEF warns
Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by ‘unethical’ marketing of junk food, outpacing undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among those age five to 19, UNICEF warned Tuesday...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh, UNICEF to train 30,000 young people
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and UNICEF had joined forces to train 30,000 young people in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and sales skills, said a press release on Wednesday...
UNICEF launches YPAG to promote child rights
Ahead of the International Youth Day, UNICEF on Thursday officially launched the Young People Advisory Group in Bangladesh, marking a major milestone in the organisation’s commitment to elevating youth voices and fostering meaningful engagement in shaping policies and programmes that affect children and young people across the country...
Safe cities for street children
IN THE crowded alleys and neon-lit corners of Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, and Sylhet, a vulnerable population often goes unseen — Bangladesh’s street children. They are the children who sleep under bridges, work at tea stalls, wash cars at intersections, and beg for survival. According to estimates by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF, there are over...