Bangladesh

Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace of the Rajshahi in Bangladesh celebrated international prayer and awareness day in partnership with the Talitha Kum International Network to offer pastoral care to victims of human trafficking.

Catholic diocese of Barisal in Bangladesh wants justice for a 94-year-old man allegedly murdered using narcotic substances on January 31.

The Pontifical Mission Society (PMS) in the Diocese of Rajshahi in Bangladesh celebrated Holy Childhood Day for the children at Good Shepherd Cathedral Church on January 30.

Bangladesh's Dhaka archdiocese joined Christians worldwide to pray for ecumenical unity. Dhaka archdiocese held an ecumenical prayer service at Tejgaon Holy Rosary Church to mark the 'Week of Prayer for Christian Unity' on January 19.

Bangladeshi leaders praised Christian efforts culminating in the country's independence and post-war efforts to rebuild the nation on December 11.

Bangladesh Tariqat Federation held an inter-religious dialogue to foster unity, peace and harmony at Lakeshore hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka, last week.

Sister Mary Proshanto of the Associates of Mary Queen of the Apostles, popularly known as SMRA, released the book “Go to Saint Joseph” on Sept. 17, 2021.

A group of Christian writers and journalists in Bangladesh, a predominantly Muslim country, held a meeting in Dhaka on September 17 to define their role in society amid the pandemic.

The Diocese of Rajshahi in Bangladesh called for “responsible stewards” during its 19th diocesan pastoral assembly on September 12 and 13.

The 89-year-old nun of the Sisters of Charity of Sts. Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa has been working for many years among the poor and the needy, especially by educating children.

A Catholic bishop in Bangladesh reminded educators to always promote human values during a seminar ahead of the opening of schools this year.

The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh’s Dinajpur region opened the observance of the “Season of Creation” with prayers on September 2.

The Catholic Church in Bangladesh marked the 44th death anniversary of Theotonius Amal Ganguly, a Servant of God, at St. Mary's Cathedral Church in Dhaka on Sept. 2, 2021.

For her “passion and life-long devotion to the scientific profession,” Dr. Firdausi Qadri, 70, is honored with this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, dubbed as Asia’s counterpart of the Nobel Prize.

The Family Rosary Ministry Team of Bangladesh’s Rajshahi diocese organized a one-day seminar on the Holy Rosary at St. Paul’s church in the parish of Katadanga last week.

A Catholic nun was reported hurt in an attack in the municipality of Bonpara in the district of Natore in Bangladesh's northern Rajshahi division.

Caritas Bangladesh, the social action arm of the Catholic Church in the country, held a training seminar for teachers on ethics and morals in Caritas's Rajshahi regional office on August 18 and 19.

Human rights and minority groups in Bangladesh staged a demonstration last week to protest alleged abuses and torture of minorities in the country.

The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi region marked “National Mourning Day” on August 15 by distributing food to street children and the elderly.

An Italian missionary priest who established cooperative credit unions in parishes across Bangladesh died on Wednesday, August 11, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 77.