By LiCAS.news Dhaka: The archbishop of Dhaka has urged the Catholics of Bangladesh to pray for the cause of sainthood of the late Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly who has been declared a “Servant of God.” “You keep on praying and preaching. If everyone prays with a heart full of faith,Continue Reading
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s government has approved an amendment that would allow for the death penalty in rape cases, as anger grows in the South Asian country over incidents of sexual assault. The amendment was approved at a weekly meeting of the council of ministers headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cabinetContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept. 16, 2020: India has extended various facilities to many people belonging to religious minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh, who have come to India and are staying on long-term Visas, Union Minister Nityananda Rai said here on Sept 16. The Minister of State (MoS), Home, said this inContinue Reading
Dhaka, June 30, 2020: At least 30 people have died and a dozen missing after a ferry capsized and sank in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision with another vessel, rescue officials said. The Morning Bird vessel was hit from behind by another ferry around 9:30 a m localContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on June 16 expressed shock over the hospitalization of Archbishop Moses M. Costa of Chittagong in Bangladesh with Covid-19 related issues. “The news comes as a shock because the archbishop hasContinue Reading
By Sumon Corraya Dhaka, May 21, 2020: Sister Theonilla Arakaparambil, a Maria Bombina missionary from India who served Bangladesh for 65 years, died in a Dhaka hospital on May 19. She was 84. Sister Arakaparambil was suffering from pneumonia, Sister Jaclin Gomes, treasurer of the congregation in Bangladesh, told MattersContinue Reading
By Sumon Corraya Dhaka, March 15, 2020: Father John Chinnappan, an Indian Jesuit priest, has been working in priestly formation and preaching of retreats in Bangladesh for the past ten years. The native of Thandavasamuthiram village in Tamil Nadu, southern India, shares his missionary life experience in Bangladesh. “When IContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Dhaka, August 2, 2019: Two cardinals from Myanmar and the Philippines met refugee families, relief agency personnel and government officials of a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh during their weeklong visit to Bangladesh. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, archbishop of Manila, and Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, archbishopContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario If Bangladesh can claim a strong local Church with native leadership in all its dioceses, much of the credit should go to the missionary endeavors of the Holy Cross Fathers from the United States, who served the country since 1852. Even before the Second Vatican CouncilContinue Reading
DHAKA, Oct 23: Bangladesh on Sunday, October 21, repatriated the remains of a Catholic priest who died in Italy last year but asked to be buried in the Muslim-majority country where he spent most of his life. Father Marino Rigon’s funeral was held at a village south of Mongla withContinue Reading