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Myanmar confirmed its commitment to address child labor by ratifying the International Labor Organization’s Minimum Age Convention on June 8, days ahead of the observance of World Day Against Child Labor on June 12.

The Catholic Church's social action arm Caritas appealed for more aid for people affected by super cyclone Amphan in several coastal areas of Bangladesh.

The Catholic Church in Asia works closely with national and local government agencies, in observance of precautionary norms, in the fight against the virus, in the care of the sick. The emergency has generated an innovation in the ministry of the Church, with the widespread use of technology to streamline prayer and worship.

A group of Christian youth volunteers who offered their services to assist medical workers fight the coronavirus pandemic in Myanmar has completed their two-week service in Yangon's South Okklapa Hospital on June 6.

Members of the Young Women's Christian Association in Chittagong in Bangladesh were able to distribute relief goods to 506 poor families who were most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

A faith-based human rights organization has condemned recent attacks on Christian families allegedly perpetrated by a hard-line Hindu nationalist group in India.

Indonesia has cancelled the hajj pilgrimage this year for people in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation due to concerns over the coronavirus, the religious affairs minister has said.

Hong Kong police have reportedly curtailed a vigil for the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, citing public health concerns.

Catholic aid groups, including the Catholic Relief Services, provided help to areas most affected by Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh and eastern India.

For a month now, a group of students in Bangladesh has been distributing food to poor families and those who lost their jobs during the pandemic in the northern and southern part of the country.

Pope Francis Says: Young People to belong on care for our Common Home. The Earth is at Risk and Our Generation are now in Danger.

Pope Francis has named Bishop Shyamal Bose pastoral administrator of the Diocese of Baruipur in India on May 4.

A group of Catholic students in Bangladesh has launched a food distribution project to assist low-income families affected by the new coronavirus pandemic.

The Catholic Church in Bangladesh has initiated a fund-raising project to help people who are most affected by the global coronavirus pandemic.

Several health facilities in Bangladesh, especially in Rajshahi, are gearing up for the growing number of new coronavirus disease cases.

Responding to the invitation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam to help people affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the parish of Hai Duong set up a "Rice ATM" to facilitate the distribution of rice to those in need.

Saifuddin Sabuj, a media personality in Bangladesh and former producer of Radio Veritas Asia's Bengali Service, died on April 13 due to complications brought about by diabetes. He was 48 years old.

A group of nuns in Bangladesh has been praying non-stop round the clock for a stop to the spread of the new coronavirus disease.

A missionary priest from Bangladesh who has been working as a missionary in Santiago, Chile, has recovered from the new coronavirus disease.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh has released its guidelines for the clergy and the faithful on the observance of Holy Week liturgies and rituals amid the new coronavirus pandemic.