Crude Bomb Attack Targets Historic Dhaka, Bangladesh Church Ahead of Major Catholic Feast
A crude bomb attack shook the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s Tejgaon area late on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, sparking panic just days before the annual feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The 17th-century church, founded by Portuguese missionaries in 1677 and Bangladesh’s largest Catholic parish, was targeted by unidentified assailants who hurled Molotov cocktails at its gate around 10 p.m.
