Caritas Bangladesh (Bengali: কারিতাস বাংলাদেশ) is a Catholic charitable organization in Bangladesh. It is a member of Caritas Internationalis and governed by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh.
Caritas Bangladesh was founded in 1967 as the eastern branch of Caritas Pakistan. After the 1970 Bhola cyclone, it was re-organised and renamed as Christian Organisation for Relief and Rehabilitation (CORR). It became a national organisation on January 13, 1971.[1]
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After the independence of Bangladesh, it was re-registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in 1972. It was renamed Caritas Bangladesh in 1976. On, April 22, 1981, Caritas was registered under the NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh.[2][3]
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