Hefajat-e Islam

5 Bagerhat policemen hurt in attack by Hefajat activists: police

Five policemen, including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Mollahat Police Station, were injured in an attack allegedly by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Bagerhat this morning.

Rally at Suhrawardy Udyan / Commuters bear the brunt across Dhaka city

City dwellers yesterday suffered due to a shortage of public transport and traffic restrictions imposed on different roads centering the

Shun path of hatred

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the Alem-Ulema of the country not to take laws in their own hands provoked by propaganda on social media.

2 youths held at Shahbagh before Hefajat rally

Police detain two Hefajat activists for their alleged suspicious activities at Shahbagh intersection of Dhaka.

Proposed Reception to PM: Rift in Hefajat

Cracks have surfaced within the Hefajat-e Islam over a proposed public reception to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, prompting the Islamist group's senior nayeb-e-ameer Mohibullah Babunagari to resign.

People suffer as Tablig, Hefajat men hold rally in Mohammadpur

The residents of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur and its adjoining areas suffer due to severe traffic gridlock following a rally arranged by a faction of Tablig Jamaat and followers of Hefajat-e Islam.

Hefajat gives ultimatum for sending Kandhalvi to India by evening

Hefajat-e Islam threatens that if Maulana Saad Kandhalvi is not sent to India, “prevailing peace and mobility on roads in Dhaka might be hampered”.

Civil body stands by Sultana Kamal

In wake of the recent issue between Islamists Hefajat-e-Islam and Sultana Kamal, a group of civil society leaders have voiced to stand by the rights activist. They criticise the government's inaction and demand immediate arrest of those who threatened Sultana Kamal.

It's surrender to Islamist evil forces

Ten eminent personalities of the country in a statement yesterday said the government “virtually surrendered to religious fundamentalist forces” through removing the Lady Justice's statue from the Supreme Court premises.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

Remembering Hefajat’s mayhem

On this day three years ago, the Hefajat-e Islam men got locked in deadly clashes with law enforcers and the ruling Awami League men in Dhaka and turned the whole business district of Motijheel into a battlefield.

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