Join our Whatsapp channel DHAKA: Bangladesh’s influential coalition of the religious parties has demanded the abolition of a government women’s commission, a further indication of how hardline, religiously fuelled activism is strengthening after years of suppression. The women’s commission is part of efforts to reform systems installed during the iron-fisted rule of Shiekh Hasina, who was overthrown by student-led mass protests in August 2024. Hefazat-e-Islam, a platform of religious seminaries,