Catholic woman is destitute with husband’s murder

Laili Costa, a young Catholic woman, living in the Catholic parish of the Holy Rosary church under the Archdiocese of Dhaka, became destitute when her husband Joacem Costa was shot dead by unidentified thugs in the Sadhon Para area of Dhaka.
Laili Costa said, “My husband left me and my two daughters. What he earned hardly [...]

Christian Evangelist beaten to death in Bangladesh

A Baptist youth minister and evangelist of the Free Christian Churches of Bangladesh was found seriously wounded in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, on Dhaka University’s campus, in the evening of Sept. 12, 2009.
Free Christian Churches of Bangladesh has been active for 25 years and has 320 churches and 30,500 members. The church has [...]

Newly married minority woman raped and killed by Muslim thugs

Radha Rani Halder, a newly married Hindu woman of the Shariatpur District under Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh, was raped and killed by a group of Muslim miscreants on June 27, 2009.
Ms. Halder worked for the local NGO, the Shariatpur Development Society (SDS).
Mr. Dipankar Bairagee, husband of the slain woman, said that, at about 11 [...]

Can Ban Ki-moon handle Burma

By Zin Linn
U.N. Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari visited Burma for two days last week to prepare for a trip by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the ruling junta’s state media reported. State television reported on June 27 that Gambari met with Foreign Minister Nyan Win in the capital of Naypyitaw and discussed preparations for the visit.
“The [...]

Breaking the silence: ensuring justice for women

Khulna, Bangladesh, June 26 — Various organizations and individuals have been fighting for decades to ensure justice for women and children in Bangladesh. While progress has been nominal, violence continues to be notable.
Innocent souls are crying for justice. From January to March 2009, 73 women and children were the victims of rape or attempted rape; among those, [...]