With 124 children murdered and 308 abused in 2025, the nation’s once-stable protection framework has been replaced by a bloody culture of impunity.
Since the seismic political shifts of mid-2024, the country has spiraled into a lawless vacuum where the primary victims are not politicians or activists, but children. According to a damning media-monitoring report by the child rights organisation Shishurai Sob, 2025 recorded at least 124 child homicides across the country – an average of nearly 11 innocent lives extinguished every single month. Girls suffered disproportionately: 63 were killed compared to 59 boys (with two cases undetermined). The youngest and most defenceless bore the brunt – 64 victims, over half the total, were aged 0-6 years. Dhaka division led the horror with 38 cases.
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