Sumon Corraya

They're all militants of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), a banned organization since 2005. In 2001 it killed 10 people during Bangla New Year celebrations. Months later they put a bomb inside The Most Holy Redeemer church (Khulna diocese), killing 10 Catholics. Other six Islamists got life imprisonment.

The girls are members of the female wing of Jamaat-e-Islami's student front. They're all university students. According to policemen, they were plotting several attacks.

Mgr Bejoy D'Cruze, president of the Episcopal Commission for Christian Unity and Inter-religious dialogue, said that "Only through a relationship of brotherhood will we be able to build a peaceful society. Without it we cannot establish justice and strong and permanent coexistence."

Over 70% of the fruit sold in the capital is treated with chemicals to keep it fresher for longer periods. A common practice is to inflate the mangoes with growth hormones, before passing them in formalin, melamine or methanol. Increase in liver problems and poisoning.

National and international NGOs describe the situation of human trafficking at a workshop. In most cases, the victims end up in prostitution, or are used in organ trafficking.

The Christian Family Counselling Centre is located at the home of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception, a female congregation associated with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME). "I did not know what to do to cope with my family's crisis," a Catholic woman said, but now she is happy.

CORR -The Jute Works ( CJW ), an association of Caritas Bangladesh, organizes workshops and training courses to promote the empowerment of women. Since 1973 nearly 5 thousand women have benefited from this. The testimony of Haricha Begum, 38, and Margaret Peris , 57.

The Association of Bangladesh Catholic Doctors (ABCD), which is affiliated with the local Bishops' Conference, organised a mobile clinic in the Diocese of Mymensingh. "We live in the woods and there are no hospitals nearby," said one local. In the country, there are only five doctors and two nurses per 10,000 people.

Most students get highest exam score. Our Lady of Fatima Girls' High School ranks eighth. "Our school teaches us discipline, honesty and faithfulness. That is why our school is best," says one student.

The country celebrated Mother's Day by awarding 36 women who have educated their children to succeed despite the difficulties. The woman, a Catholic, says: "Poverty has not stopped us, but the key to the successful outcome of my 6 children has been their moral education ."

The national director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies publishes a message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations: "false values, consumerism and love of luxury are the barriers between man and the call of God. We must defeat this system".

The Commission for Family life in the Diocese of Rajshahi organised a daylong seminar on reproductive health, primarily for teenagers. "In the future, they will form family, so they need to have some basic tips about reproductive health," the event's organiser said.