child trafficking

National Girl Child Day: No country for our daughters

Although Sustainable Development Goals target ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children by 2030, Bangladesh is yet to go a long way in this regard.

Mo Farah wins UK plaudits after revealing true past

Olympic great Mo Farah won praise from across Britain's political spectrum Tuesday after the shock revelation that he was illegally trafficked as a child to the country and forced to work in domestic servitude.

Mo Farah says he was trafficked to UK, forced to be a child servant

Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked to Britain at the age of nine from Djibouti and forced to work as a child servant, he has revealed, saying his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.

Mother Teresa charity home 'sold babies' in India

Indian authorities says today they have sealed a home run by Mother Teresa's religious order and charged a nun and one other person with baby trafficking.

Editorial / Trafficked Bangladeshi children in India

A news report in this paper has caught our attention. An open letter signed by 38 Bangladeshi children stuck in a safe-home in West Bengal asking the prime minister for safe conduct home is both touching and alarming at the same time.

Return of 'trafficked' Indian boy in legal limbo

The repatriation of Sonu, the “trafficked” Indian boy, hangs in the balance due to legal obligations.

'Bangladeshi Bajrangi' / His troubles pile up

Jamal Ibne Musa, dubbed the real-life “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” for his efforts to reunite an Indian boy with his family, is now facing police harassment for that very cause.

‘Bangladeshi Bajrangi' / Noble effort spells trouble for family

The efforts of reuniting a trafficked Indian boy with his family continue bringing on sufferings to Jamal Ibne Musa, who is dubbed the real-life “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, and his family.

Reel to real

Remember last year's Bollywood blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan? Where its protagonist tries to take a mute six-year-old Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family?

September 30, 2022
September 30, 2022

National Girl Child Day: No country for our daughters

Although Sustainable Development Goals target ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children by 2030, Bangladesh is yet to go a long way in this regard.

July 12, 2022
July 12, 2022

Mo Farah wins UK plaudits after revealing true past

Olympic great Mo Farah won praise from across Britain's political spectrum Tuesday after the shock revelation that he was illegally trafficked as a child to the country and forced to work in domestic servitude.

July 12, 2022
July 12, 2022

Mo Farah says he was trafficked to UK, forced to be a child servant

Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked to Britain at the age of nine from Djibouti and forced to work as a child servant, he has revealed, saying his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.

July 5, 2018
July 5, 2018

Mother Teresa charity home 'sold babies' in India

Indian authorities says today they have sealed a home run by Mother Teresa's religious order and charged a nun and one other person with baby trafficking.

August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016

Trafficked Bangladeshi children in India

A news report in this paper has caught our attention. An open letter signed by 38 Bangladeshi children stuck in a safe-home in West Bengal asking the prime minister for safe conduct home is both touching and alarming at the same time.

June 5, 2016
June 5, 2016

Return of 'trafficked' Indian boy in legal limbo

The repatriation of Sonu, the “trafficked” Indian boy, hangs in the balance due to legal obligations.

June 2, 2016
June 2, 2016

His troubles pile up

Jamal Ibne Musa, dubbed the real-life “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” for his efforts to reunite an Indian boy with his family, is now facing police harassment for that very cause.

May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016

Noble effort spells trouble for family

The efforts of reuniting a trafficked Indian boy with his family continue bringing on sufferings to Jamal Ibne Musa, who is dubbed the real-life “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, and his family.

May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016

Reel to real

Remember last year's Bollywood blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan? Where its protagonist tries to take a mute six-year-old Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family?

September 12, 2015
September 12, 2015

10 children rescued at Banashree, 3 held

Police rescue 10 children from a flat at Banashree in Dhaka and detained three persons for their alleged involvement in child trafficking.

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