Sumon Corraya

To the 7 Islamic fundamentalists who helped organise the 1 July 2016 massacre in which 22 people were killed, the Dhaka court reduced their sentences from a death sentence to life imprisonment

In the country's eight dioceses, more than 60,000 rosaries have been distributed to increase Marian devotion. Even in the small local Catholic community, stories of graces obtained through Our Lady's intercession are growing. Fr Manuel Gomes: "A prayer that also strengthens the bonds in families".

Violence against ethnic and religious minorities continues in Bangladesh. The latest incident saw Radhapada Roy, a well-known octogenarian Hindu poet, sent to the hospital. Members of Bangladesh’s cultural community took to the streets to demand justice, uniting Christians, Hindus, and Muslims.

Some 500 people, mostly members of the country’s religious minorities, will stop eating to protest the failure of the ruling Awami League to protect minority rights, which is driving many out of the country. For Nirmol Rozario, a Catholic, the hunger strike is a way “to defend our existence”.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 20, proved his talent during the Asian Cup. But in the meantime, some of his old posts in which he criticised mixed university environments and the freedom given to women have gone viral. The Bangladesh Cricket Board made no statement and the country's leading daily newspaper did not cover the story.

The death toll from last week’s devastating floods in Libya is estimated at 20,000, but it could rise. At least six Bangladesh migrants are among the dead. Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi cargo plane loaded with medicines, food and basic necessities left for the North African country. Bangladeshi authorities have asked their Libyan counterpart to authorise their embassy staff to search for the missing.

First visit by a Russian foreign minister to Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina calls for a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine "the consequences of which weigh on developing countries." Nuclear fuel for the Rosatom-built plant will arrive in October. But due to delays in work on the local power grid infrastructure, it is unlikely to start operating in July 2024 as planned.

A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, he passed the bar last month. Until now he had worked in smaller courts, including the one in the capital Dhaka, to help the neediest in his community attain justice. He tells AsiaNews: 'I hope that more and more young Santal will take up this career.’

The Mayer Dak organization has received 645 reports of missing people under the current government, but the real figure is likely three times higher, experts say. At an event yesterday to mark the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, relatives of those who never returned home called for justice.

The 33-year-old member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, a congregation linked to PIME, is set to leave shortly for the mission in Italy. In the farewell Mass, Fr Giacominelli highlighted the joy of working in education, which many Italian Sisters experienced in his parish of Bonpara. Her testimony is an example for other girls and young women who want to follow the same path.

Bishops, priests, nuns and over a hundred faithful participated in a seminar entitled "Journeying Together. Unity foundational value of the Church. Layman calls deepening knowledge of Fabc's mission a "new and enriching experience." Archbishop of Dhaka: family where unity is most evident.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has virtually inaugurated the program that extends the social security system to the entire population, hitherto reserved only for civil servants. All citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 will be able to join one of four different pension plans. Emigrants abroad will pay the fee in foreign currency but will receive the pension in taka once they turn 65.