Thousands of Christians gather at Bangladesh’s famed shrine despite anxiety of election violence February 10, 2026By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Thousands of pilgrims have gathered at St. Anthony’s shrine in Bangladesh’s Archdiocese of Dhaka, despite anxiety and fears of violence, ahead of national elections in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, as they pray for peace in Bangladesh and the world.
Thousands of Catholics gather at shrine of Fatima Rani in Bangladesh November 4, 2025By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: Marian Devotion, News, World News Thousands of pilgrims have gathered at the shrine of Fatima Rani — or Mary, Queen of Fatima — at St. Leo’s Church in the Baromari hills of the Diocese of Mymensingh in northern Bangladesh, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the locally famed pilgrimage site.
Catholic Church mourns deaths in Bangladesh military plane crash July 23, 2025By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: News, World News In Bangladesh, grief and shock gripped the capital, Dhaka, after a military jet crashed into Milestone School and College on July 21, killing at least 31 and injuring more than 170.
First Christian lay-led hospital in Bangladesh will tend to the poor with special fund March 30, 2025By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News The Charity Fund of Divine Mercy Hospital was launched March 24 in the capital city of Dhaka to provide medical care to the poorest patients in Bangladesh.
Christian woman hospitalized after attack; Christians demand rights in Bangladesh January 10, 2025By Stephan Uttom Rozario Catholic Review Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Christians and Indigenous minorities protested publicly against the beating of a minority woman and the burning of her house in Gobindganj, in the northern Gaibandha district of Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
Indigenous Christian village in Bangladesh burned to the ground on Christmas December 30, 2024By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News An Indigenous Christian village was burnt to the ground on Christmas Eve in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
Talitha Kum trains nuns, youth against human trafficking and forced marriage in Bangladesh November 9, 2024By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage with its new training program.
Christians seek a public holiday on Easter Sunday in Bangladesh November 3, 2024By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: Easter, News, Religious Freedom, World News Amid signs of changes and more religious inclusivity in the country, church leaders in Bangladesh called for Easter Sunday to be a public holiday.
