Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group turned out on the streets of Dhaka to oppose a plan to enshrine equal rights for women. The protestors claimed the proposal would violate religious laws.

Hefazat-e-Islam yesterday announced a 12-point declaration, demanding the dissolution of the Women’s Affairs Reform ...

Islamist groups that are becoming influential in Bangladesh are up against the interim government’s proposal for women's ...

In a growing emergence of Islamic extremism in Bangladesh, thousands of leaders and activists of the radical Islamist group ...

Islamist group in Bangladesh protests legal reforms for Muslim women, threatens nationwide rallies if demands not met.

Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to denounce proposed recommendations ...

Thousands of supporters of an influential Bangladeshi Islamist group on Saturday rallied here demanding abolition of a government instituted women related commission, saying its draft recommendations ...

They have also recommended tax exemptions and rebates in the upcoming national budget for technology transfer and machinery imports in the agricultural processing sector ...

Thousands of Bangladeshi Islamists rallied in Dhaka on Saturday, one of their biggest public shows of strength in years as ...

Bangladesh's Islamists, suppressed for years, are preparing for upcoming elections, promising to implement sharia law if they ...

"It [AL] is a terrorist organisation, not a political party. We will continue our movement till Sheikh Hasina is hanged," says the NCP leader ...