The authorities want to create an artificial lake in the Tangail area. “For hundreds of years, we farmed our land,” said Garo elder Ajoy Mree. “We will not leave one inch of land.” For the government, this is an opportunity for development.
Although the number of attacks is down, extremists are very active online. The authorities captured Mufti Shafiqul Islam, one of the founders of Harkatul Jihad Bangladesh. Extremists who surrender and start a new life get about US$ 5,800.
Founded in 1965, the technical school run by PIME has offered professional training to over 3 thousand young people. Mechanics, carpenters, automation experts who today are its best ambassadors.
The Philippine Holy Cross missionary came to what was then East Pakistan as an agriculturalist. He later discovered his priestly vocation. For Bishop Ponen Paul Kubi, “He loved the Garo and the Garo loved him.”
Fr Lintu, 34, will live his ministry in the Diocese of San José. “Christians are just 0.4 per cent of the population, but we still leave to go abroad as missionaries” to bear “witness to the faith,” he noted.
The initiative was announced in Dinajpur on the 50th anniversary of the death of the PIME missionary who was the bishop of the local diocese. He also founded a local order of nuns soon after the country’s split from India. A nun who remained unconscious for 31 days due to COVID-19 was healed after the Sisters prayed for their founder’s intercession.
Rising costs for raw materials is driving up the price of rice and other foodstuffs. Long queues form at government lorries selling essential goods at subsidised prices. Prime Minister Hasina promises 10 million assistance cards. Meanwhile, the poverty rate has reached 41 per cent.
Milon Chisim, founder and owner of Tribal Craft, received a recognition from the speaker of the Bangladeshi parliament for her contribution to development. Thanks to her organisation, hundreds of artisans have a job and earn a living.
Every month 400 Bangladeshi women and minors are victims of trafficking every month. Some 40 million children are vulnerable in the country. Talitha Kum’s local branch held a webinar to take action, provide protection, and raise awareness.
Bangladesh’s largest interfaith (Christian, Buddhist, Hindu) forum demands representation in the body responsible for next year’s election. Forum’s president Nimol Rozario, “If a party is defeated, its supporters often blame minorities,” increasing risks for the latter during the vote.
His son testified last year against a Muslim man in a rape case involving a neighbour who was attacked while she was alone in her home. Local Catholics are outraged and pained by the event. “We Christians are citizens of this country, but they persecute us because we are a minority,” lamented one protester.
The 16-station line links Uttara to Motijheel. The whole trip will take 38 minutes instead of the three-four hours it takes by bus today. Trains will start running by December this year.
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