Bandura Holy Cross High School, a pioneering Church-run school in Dhaka archdiocese, celebrated the centenary of its foundation with a three day festival last weekend.

About 14,000 alumni and current students attended the event along with their families, including several hundred flying home from abroad, on January 12-14 at Bandura in Nababgonj sub-district, 44 km south of Dhaka.

The school was founded by the Holy Cross Congregation and in particular by American Holy Cross missioner Father John Jack Hennessy on January 8, 1912, with 157 students. At present  the school has 1,550 students.