Sumon Corraya

Members of the Bangladesh Rifle attacked their officers four years ago over unpaid wages. The uprising triggered the reaction of the regular army, which culminated in 160 deaths: 140 soldiers and 20 civilians. A court convicts 263 people on lesser charges, acquits another 271.

A Christian youth association set up a field surgery to help Badhun village residents. Doctors from a private facility in Dhaka contributed to the initiative. Every year, 80,000 people go blind in Bangladesh because their eyes are not examined in time.

Pratibeshi is the digital version of the first Catholic paper in Bengali (Bangla). The initiative is designed to spread the Gospel message and the Church's teachings via new media.

The teacher, 68, taught at St Joseph High School in Bompara for 42 years. Founded in 1963 by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, the school celebrates its golden jubilee this year. His students remember the teacher as an "honest and creative" man who raised the school to top spot in the district.

For the Feast of the Sacrifice, thousands of Muslims, especially women, choose to buy cattle on the Internet. Specialised sites allow consumers to buy with credit cards or bank credit. For one businesswoman, "This way, I save time and do not have to deal with shopkeepers."

The madrasah was run by Hefajat-e-Islam, an Islamic fundamentalist group that has been very active in recent months. Amid the rubbles, police found homemade bombs and explosive material. A 25-year-old student died as a result of the explosion; six others were injured.

The Court has deemed the member of parliament Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury guilty of crimes against humanity during the war of independence. He is the first member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to be tried by these courts: previously only Islamic party leaders been convicted.

Yesterday, a hundred people held a demonstration in Dhaka to demand justice for the victims of the attack against a local Protestant church. In Nepal, a week of special prayer is held for the Christians of Pakistan.

For the past three days, garment workers have been on strike to demand a minimum monthly salary of 8,000 taka (US$ 100). "With the 3,000 taka (US$ 40) that I take now, I cannot [. . .] buy medicine for my mother," a young worker said. Collapsed buildings in the Tazreen Fashion and Rana Plaza cases revealed the inhuman conditions in which more than 2 million garment workers live.

He is one of the leaders of the Islamist party, this according to the Supreme Court, which upheld his conviction for crimes against humanity. Last February, an international war tribunal had sentenced him to life imprisonment, a ruling Mollah had appealed.

According to human rights activists, those arrested are the latest cultural and political victims of the clash between Islamic fundamentalists and the government. Under current law they face from 7 to 14 years in prison.

The victim, Johnny Gomes, was involved in a dispute with a cousin, who might be the killer. Urban growth in Gazipur is causing frequent reprisals.