Tag: Bangladesh
Songs of praise: Rohingya sing Myanmar anthem 5 years after exodus
Young people with no prospects also provide rich pickings for human traffickers who promise a boat ride leading to a better life elsewhere
Ethnic minorities missing from census, say Bangladesh activists
Census results in July said those minorities amounted to 1.65 million people, one percent of the national total of 165 million
Oblates missionaries start yearlong celebration of 50 years of work in...
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate congregation arrived in Bangladesh on July 29, 1973
Ravaged by floods, Bangladesh pitches plan to adapt to climate effects
Reeling from dire floods in June, Bangladesh is set to approve a long-term plan to protect itself from the worst climate effects
Without land, Bangladesh’s Manta people live – and die – on...
Eroding Bangladeshi rivers stole their land - and now climate change and overfishing threaten the life they have built on water
Bangladesh: The financial challenge of building churches
Aid to the Church in Need has financed the construction or renovation of almost 60 churches and chapels in the country
Catholic prelate appeals for help for flood victims in northeastern India
Flooding is a common occurrence in Assam, but this year’s disaster is considered to be the worst in local memory
Pope Francis names new bishop for Bangladesh
Father Emmanuel Kanon Rozario, vicar general of the Diocese of Rajshahi in Bangladesh, is the new bishop for the Diocese of Barisal
Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh’s garment-driven economic boom
Environmentalists say growth has come at an incalculable cost, with a toxic melange of dyes, tanning acids and other dangerous chemicals
59 dead, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh, India
The flooding forced Bangladesh's third-largest international airport in Sylhet to shut down on Friday