A gachhi collecting dates from a tree at Halisahar yesterday.

6 Jun 2018, 12:00 am0

Child marriages cost lives of 43pc moms

Staff Reporter :At least 59 per cent child marriages take place before passing their adolescence in Bangladesh and thereby breeds multifarious health burden like maternal and child mortality. As a result, 43 per cent of them face immature death due to complicated pregnancy. Director General of Family Planning Kazi Mustafa Sarwar said this while addressing a meeting at Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Bangladesh auditorium in the capital’s Mirpur on Thursday. Dhaka Family Planning Division organised the programme.Family Planning Division...

26 Apr 2019, 12:00 am