The number of child labourers has increased in Tangail as poverty forces their parents to send them to work for earning livelihood.
According to a recent study of Society for Social Service, a local non-government organisation, more than 52,000 children below 12 years are doing various odd jobs for earning their bread at twelve upazilas in Tangail.
The study says the number of child labourers is increasing day after day. The number has already increased 7,000 in the current year while it was about 45,000 in last year.