Day 3

FEBRUARY | 2024

Bangladesh

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

965,467 Rohingya refugees live in the Kutupalong refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar. They fled Myanmar when the Junta attempted to cleanse them ethnically. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHRC) pays for the upkeep of the refugees and supplies food through the World Food Program (WEP). Reports of extortion, assault, sexual harassment, and intimidation by the Bangladeshi Camp Police are now coming up. The situation is becoming worse with refugees considering a return to Myanmar or taking the risky sea journey to Indonesia. This blatant disregard for fundamental human rights and security, along with the lethargy to take adequate action against the perpetrators of the Bangladesh government, is shocking.

Pray for God to raise His Children high up in Bangladesh’s judiciary to intervene and stop the mistreatment of the Rohingya refugees (The Bible, Psalm 10:15).

Pray for the exposure of all criminal behavior by camp police. Pray for God’s divine intervention to instill compassion in Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees (The Bible, Psalm 14:6). 

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Bangladesh is the world’s leading textile and beef supplier. Geographically, it lies in the delta region formed by the confluence of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra river systems. Once predominantly Hindu, Bangladesh now hosts the fourth-largest Muslim population in the world. During the Independence Partition from the British Empire in 1947, Bangladesh was birthed as East Pakistan. In 1971, aided by India, Bangladesh was partitioned from Pakistan. Today, it is densely populated, and institutional corruption threatens its economic growth. Ranked 30 in the Open Doors Persecution List in 2023, Bangladeshi Christians face difficulties in the community and in conducting their personal lives. The rise of extreme Islamic groups and “government-approved” disappearances continue to terrorize the 938,000 Christians in Bangladesh.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Abdul Hamid
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Sheikh Hasina
POPULATION
166.3 million
CHRISTIANS
0.4%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
Unknown
DOMINANT RELIGION
Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
30
REFUGEES
232,485
LIFE EXPECTANCY
70.94 yrs
LITERACY RATE
56.8%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
31.5%