Hefazat under fire for 鈥榤isogynistic鈥� remarks
Women鈥檚 rights and cultural activists on Tuesday condemned recent remarks of the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh about women and demanded punishment for those involved...
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50 citizens express concern over demand to cancel women鈥檚 reform commission
Fifteen citizens, including activists, academics, lawyers and journalists on Tuesday expressed their concern over some Islamist groups and parties鈥� demand to cancel the Women Affairs Reform Commission and called on the government to clarify its position immediately.
Hefazat expresses regret for 鈥榦bjectionable鈥� remarks
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh expressed regret for 鈥榦bjectionable鈥� remarks on Tuesday, a day after the organisation was served a legal notice over the allegation of calling members of the women affairs reform commission 鈥榩rostitutes鈥� publicly...
Hefazat served legal notice over abusive remarks
Six women, including three leaders of the National Citizen Party, on Monday served a legal notice on the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh over the allegation of calling members of the women affairs reform commission 鈥榩rostitutes鈥� publicly...
Hefazat denies involvement in beating woman鈥檚 effigy with shoes
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Sunday denied its involvement in beating with shoes a saree-clad effigy of a woman on the Dhaka University campus as video clips and photographs went viral on social media sparking debates...
Right wing rears head against women鈥檚 democratic freedom
HEFAZAT-E-ISLAM and similar right-wing groups have always appeared against the democratic freedom of women. Their opposition became more expressed after the 2024 political changeover. Their emboldened position on the issue became disturbingly apparent on May 3, when a group of men, reportedly gathered to attend a Hefazat-e-Islam rally demanding the...
Hefazat demands cancellation of women affairs reform commission, trial of Hasina
Hefazat-e-Islam on Saturday demanded the immediate cancellation of women affairs reform commission and its report, condemning it as anti-Quran...
Thousands of Hefazat-e-Islam leaders, activists join rally at Suhrawardy Udyan
Thousands of leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam gathered at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka to attend their pre-announced grand rally, to press home their five-point demand including withdrawal of cases filed against their leaders and activists immediately...
Law Adviser refutes allegations of Indian news portal
The office of Asif Nazrul, Adviser to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, has strongly refuted a report published by the Indian news portal 鈥楴ews Arena India鈥�, terming it false, defamatory, and irresponsible.
Hefazat seeks abolition of women鈥檚 affairs reform commission
The Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Sunday called for abolition of the women affairs reform commission, a day after the commission submitted its report to the interim government.
Hefazat, NCP demand AL鈥檚 trial as party for July massacre
Leaders of the National Citizen Party and Hefazat-e-Islam on Wednesday shared common demand for the trial of the Bangladesh Awami League as a party for carrying out massacre during the July-August聽mass uprising in 2024...
SHAPLA CHATTAR CRACKDOWN: ICT orders arrest of Hasina, Imran H Sarker, 3 others
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Ganajagaran Mancha spokesman Imran H Sarker and three others in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the crackdown on Hefazat-e-Islam鈥檚 sit-in at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka in May 5鈥�6 in 2013...
People suffer as Hefazat blocks Cumilla-Sylhet highway
People suffered as the leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh blocked the Cumilla-Sylhet highway in Brahmanbaria for about three hours on Wednesday...
Hefazat urges聽India鈥檚 action聽to stop disinformation against Bangladesh
Hefazat-e-Islam on Monday refrained from marching towards the office of the Indian assistant high commissioner in Chattogram, despite earlier announcement.
Hefazat-e-Islam organises rally demanding ban on ISKCON
Leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Friday held a protest rally in Dhaka demanding a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and protesting the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram.
Hefazat files genocide case against Hasina, 49 others
The Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Tuesday filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 49 others of genocide and crimes against humanity during the crackdown on its sit-in at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka on May 5-6, 2013...
City brought to standstill with severe tailbacks
Country鈥檚 leading Islamic scholars at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Tuesday from a big rally demanded trial for the killing at the rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in...
Govt urged to form commissions over killings
Rights activists, lawyers and politicians on Saturday urged the interim government to form separate commissions to investigate the BDR Mutiny carnage in 2009, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh rally in 2013 and students-led mass uprising in July-August this year...
Hasina, 33 others sued for聽 鈥榤ass killing鈥� at Hefazat rally
A case was filed on Sunday against Sheikh Hasina and 33 others on charges of mass-killing at the rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in Motijheel Shapla Chattar area on...
Hefazat鈥檚 Mamunul released on bail
Mamunul Haque, former joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, on Friday released from the Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on bail after three years...