Human Rights Watch (HRW) also called on the government to ditch a proposal to lower the legal marriage age for girls from 18 to 16, which it said undermined the prime minister's recent pledge to end ...

DHAKA (March 5 2026) - More than 1,000 girls in Bangladesh have avoided marriage and stayed in education after receiving income-generating support from Save the Children, including being given goats ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since 17-year-old Rehana was a child, she dreamt of supporting her family. An only child to parents struggling to make ends meet ...

Parliament passed the Child Marriage Restraint Act on Monday night, replacing a law dating back to the British colonial period. Parliament passed the Child Marriage Restraint Act on Monday night, ...

In a landmark case, Khushboo, forced into marriage at 12, successfully annulled her marriage through a court battle. With social activist Kriti Bharti's help, she challenged regressive customs under ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of girls are at risk if the Bangladeshi government goes ahead with a proposal to lower the age of marriage to 16, Human Rights Watch warned on Monday.

Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage with its new training ...

(CNN) — Since 17-year-old Rehana was a child, she dreamt of supporting her family. An only child to parents struggling to make ends meet in Bangladesh, she says, “I always thought, I have no brother, ...