This is an accepted version of this page Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, (born July 26, 1983) is a fugitive Bangladesh Awami League politician.
He was one of the youngest organising secretaries of Awami League and was credited for managing the party in important districts such as Gazipur, Faridpur, Kishoreganj, Shariatpur, Gopalganj, etc.
The government plan includes producing skilled manpower, focusing on specialized universities and the importance of moral values in schooling.
[24] On 9 April 2021, Chowdhury said that the Bangladesh government might reconsider and cancel recognition of the highest degree from the Qwami Madrassa Board if the teaching of extreme religious interpretation is not regulated and basic academic standards are not met.
[26] One of the controversy in the proposed new curriculum was inclusion of third gender rights, reproductive health and mandatory science and maths education for all up to the age of 16.
Staunchly secularist Mohibul defended inclusion of contents promoting rights of third gender and transgender people in textbooks after facing intense criticism from religious and political groups.
[29] Religious and right wing political parties along with some academics have demanded revision of the new curriculam as Bangladesh is a predominantly muslim country.
[31] An NBR report found out that he embezzled university funds and ran an illegal tobacco business worth crores of takas.
[33] The Anti-Corruption Commission found evidence of more than Tk 211.20 crore worth of suspicious transactions in various of his bank accounts and amassing significant wealth beyond his known sources of income.
[41] Nowfel has been implicated in a murder case related to the death of a college student, Tanvir Siddiqui, during quota reform protests in Chittagong.
[42] The case, filed by the victim's uncle, accuses Nowfel, along with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 32 others, of orchestrating an attack on peaceful protesters on 18 July 2024.
[43] During the protest, unidentified assailants allegedly attacked students with firearms and other weapons, resulting in Tanvir being shot and later dying in the hospital.
[58] In November 2020, during nationwide violent and fatal protests in Bangladesh led by Islamic fundamentalist groups like Hefazat-e-Islam, Islami Andolan and others, opposing the construction of sculptures and demanding demolitions in the wake of the building of a sculpture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Mohibul warned extremist elements that his "Awami League government has the capacity to be inclusive by embracing you (rioters) along the shoulder, but if you cross the limit and continue to cause havoc, my government also has the capacity to twist your necks and eliminate you.