Agency Name: | Ministry of Religious Affairs |
Native Name A: | ধর্ম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় |
Type: | Ministry |
Seal: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Bangladesh |
Headquarters: | Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka-1000 |
Budget: | (2024-2025) |
Minister Type: | Adviser |
Minister1 Name: | A F M Khalid Hossain |
Minister1 Pfo: | Adviser |
Deputyminister Type: | Minister of State |
Chief1 Name: | Muhammad A. Hamid Jamaddar |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
Child2 Agency: | Bangladesh Hajj Office |
Child3 Agency: | Islamic Foundation Bangladesh |
Child4 Agency: | Hindu Religious Welfare Trust |
Child5 Agency: | Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust |
Child6 Agency: | Christian Religious Welfare Trust |
The Ministry of Religious Affairs (bn|ধর্ম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়) (abbreviated as MoRA) is the ministry responsible for religious events, buildings, and Hajj in Bangladesh.
The ministry is responsible for the management of Hajj and Umrah in Bangladesh.[1] [2] Biswa Ijtema is also managed by the ministry.[3] The ministry gained some attention after using Arabic script to discourage public urination; since few Bangladeshis understand Arabic, anything written in Arabic is presumed to be sacred and not to be urinated on.[4]