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...
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.
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 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...