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Early development of girl children top priority for UNICEF this year

Early childhood development and education of the girl child are some of the top priorities of UNICEF for the current year, says Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN and president of UNICEF’s executive board for 2020.
Bangladesh elected as the president of UNICEF Executive Board

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected as the President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the elections of the Bureau held yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York.
More TV stations come forward to amplify children’s voices

Marking the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting, four leading private satellite television channels of Bangladesh have come forward to allocate one-minute free air coverage to promote children’s issues.
Bangladesh need not worry about NRC

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India would have no impact on Bangladesh and there was no need to be worried about it.
29 million babies born into conflict in 2018: Unicef

More than 29 million children were born into conflict-affected areas last year, says Unicef.
Children are at risk due to climate change, but they are also sources of solutions

A recent report from Unicef mentions that 19 million (or one in three) children in Bangladesh are at risk from the effects of climate change.
MENSTRUATION HYGIENE MANAGEMENT

Menstruation is painful, socially awkward, quite expensive and most of the time very problematic to manage for the girls and women
Bangladesh elected VP of Unicef executive board

Bangladesh has been elected as a member and vice president of the executive board of Unicef this year.
145,000 Rohingya children going to Unicef's learning centres

More than 145,000 Rohingya children – living in Cox's Bazar camps – are now going to Unicef-supported learning centres, as a new school year begins.
8,428 babies born on New Year's Day in Bangladesh

Unicef yesterday said according to their estimations, as many as 8,428 babies would be born in Bangladesh on New Year's Day
PM receives two UNICEF awards for campaign against early marriage

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receives two international awards given by the UNICEF in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage.
Unicef gets $15.7m fund for Rohingya children, women

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has scaled up humanitarian assistance and life-saving interventions for the Rohingya children and women along with the vulnerable host population in Cox's Bazar with US$15.7 million funding received from the government of Japan.
Monsoon: 55,000 Rohingya children at risk in Cox's Bazar

Unicef has estimated that more than 100,000 people including approximately 55,000 children, mostly Rohingyas, are at risk due to floods and landslides in Cox's Bazar district which is one of the most flood prone areas of Bangladesh.
Unicef-Facebook for child-safe internet

Unicef and Facebook launch a joint initiative to create a safe digital world of internet for children in Bangladesh.
Child Marriage: Declines globally, not in Bangladesh

Child marriages still remain high in Bangladesh, although the rate is globally declining, with the largest drop in South Asia, according
Rohingya children stranded in Myanmar without parents: UN

About 100 Rohingya children are stranded in Myanmar without their parents after military operations drove 655,000 people into Bangladesh since August, the United Nations says.
48,000 Rohingya babies set to be born in Bangladesh camps

More than 48,000 Rohingya babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh this year, beginning their lives in camps and makeshift settlements where families rely on food rations to survive and live in flimsy tents made of plastic and bamboo.
‘It makes us happy’

After her parents were forced to flee from Rakhine state of Myanmar, Noor has developed friendship with many similar to her age at a tiny village of Bangladesh.
Rohingya crisis: Unicef appeals for urgent aid

Without immediate additional funding, Unicef says it will not be able to continue providing lifesaving aid and protection to Rohingya children who have fled to Bangladesh following horrific violence in Myanmar.
Japan to provide emergency $750,000 aid for Rohingyas

To strengthen the emergency water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and child protection response for the new influx of Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, the Japan government is set to provide Emergency Grant Aid of USD 750,000 for six months through the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Children hit hard by malnutrition

An estimated 7,500 Rohingya children in the squalid camps in Cox's Bazar are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, said Unicef as it launched yesterday a $76.1 million appeal for its emergency humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis.
Unicef seeks $76.1m humanitarian aid for Rohingya children

Unicef has appealed for USD76.1 million emergency humanitarian aid for Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh following ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
Unicef to open 1,300 new schools for Rohingya children

Unicef will establish more than 1,300 new learning centres for Rohingya children who have fled Myanmar violence to Bangladesh since August 25.
Shakib seeks help for Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan visits Rohingya camps in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border and urges people to help out the victims
So far 400,000 Rohingyas enter Bangladesh: Unicef

Unicef trucks filled with emergency water, sanitation and hygiene supplies for thousands of Rohingya children are headed to Cox's Bazar, with a steady stream of supplies in the pipeline for the coming days and weeks.
Barca seals massive deal with Japan's Rakuten

Spanish giants FC Barcelona sealed a massive shirt sponsorship deal Wednesday with Japanese online retailer Rakuten worth at least 55 million euros ($59 million) a year.
80% of 18-yr-olds see risk of online sexual abuse

Eight out of ten 18-year-olds believe that young people are in danger of being sexually abused or taken advantage of online, and more than five out of 10 think friends participate in risky behaviours while using the internet, a new UNICEF study shows.
Early marriage a curse

According to UNICEF, 23,000 children would not have to die if women in the country did not give birth before the age of 20.
Mourinho to manage England for a match

Jose Mourinho has previously managed the Rest of the World side for the charity event but this time will be in the dugout for the home team at Old Trafford.
Protecting the Future

Child abuse is no new story in our country. Especially after seeing various child killing incidents just this year, it has been proved to us