Focus more on deradicalising ex-militants, increasing surveillance

With the so-called Islamic State trying to regroup in Syria and beyond, Neo JMB, a Bangladeshi IS-inspired group, is becoming active again.

A Chattogram tribunal today sentenced five members of the banned militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for the bomb attack on a naval base in Chattogram.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with some books on jihad and leaflets from Ajhoir village in Nachole upazila early yesterday.

Counterterrorism officials yesterday claimed to have arrested two alleged operatives of “Neo JMB” in the city's Jatrabari and Demra areas.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a woman from Biddaganj Railway Station in Mymensingh.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday arrested three people who they claim are mainstream JMB members, including a regional commander, who were “motivating and providing training to Rohingya refugees”.

Police claim to have arrested five members including two military wing leaders of outlawed militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in Bogra's Sherpur upazila early yesterday.

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested six suspected militants of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in separate drives in Rajshahi and Barisal in 24 hours since Thursday night.

The detectives detain two members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Adamdighi upazila of Bogra.

A Sirajganj court sentences four female operatives of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for five years imprisonment on charge of carrying explosive substances.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrest three suspected members of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi.

Three suspected militants, who had holed up in a flat near the Prime Minister's Office in the capital, were killed in a Rab raid early yesterday.

Two suspected Jam'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) men were produced before the Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court in the district yesterday with prayer for a seven-day remand.

A court in Chittagong yesterday jailed three operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh for 14 years in two

Militant group “Neo JMB” is still posing a security threat as its members are making efforts to carry out suicide attacks individually, said counterterrorism officials.

Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh militant Tariqul Islam Tareq was arrested in Chittagong in connection with a 2005 countrywide series bomb blast case.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced 14 members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 20 years' imprisonment in a case filed

A “JMB” militant of “Sarwar-Tamim group” is held from Dhaka’s Tejgaon area, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says.

Four operatives of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh surrendered yesterday, around 12 hours after Rab personnel cordoned off a tin-shed house in Ashulia where the militants were holed up, the crime-busters claim.