A Dhaka court place three suspected Islamist militants on a six-day remand in connection with yesterday’s crackdown at an alleged militant den in Dhaka’s Mirpur.

In a 15-hour crackdown in a militant den on the capital's Mirpur, detectives yesterday seized 16 improvised grenades, other ingredients, including power gel enough to make over 200 bombs and grenades, and a suicide vest, police said. Six youths, aged between 20 and 30, were said to be arrested during the raid at two apartments on the top floor of a six-storey building in Shah Ali area. Two of them are key operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and the four others are suspected militants, detectives said, but did not disclose their identities.

In key raid in Dhaka’s bustling Mirpur suburb, cops bust a militant den and seize huge quantity of improvised grenades, plastic explosives and suicide vest. Seven – 3 of them confirmed as JMB militants – are detained after failed attempt to scare away cops by blasting the grenades.

Suspected militant of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) held over the attack on an Iskcon temple in Dinajpur is said to have confessed his role in the attack.

Suspected JMB man, arrested in Dinajpur temple attack case, admits that he shot Italian pastor and doctor Piero Parolari, detectives claim.

Police find Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh’s link to the killing of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi and five recent incidents of attacks in Rangpur and Dinajpur, the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Rangpur range), says.

The National Investigation Agency of India files its second supplementary charge sheet in the Burdwan bomb blast case, slapping fresh charges against 28 accused including a JMB man for waging war against Bangladesh.

An operative of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who opened fire on Japanese national Kunio Hoshi, makes judicial confession about his role, a top police official says.

A Dhaka court places three suspected members of banned militant outfit JMB on a five-day remand in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Detectives arrested them in Uttara of Dhaka.

Detectives arrest four activists of militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with foreign currencies and passports at Uttara in Dhaka.

Siegfried O. Wolf, a professor of political science at the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, said that foreign intelligence agencies did withhold sensitive information from Bangladesh, fearing that it could be misused. The country is in the grip of extreme political polarization, he said, and there is factionalism and rivalry among security agencies.

Detectives arrest an alleged organiser of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Chittagong unit.

Five alleged members of banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Pabna chief have been arrested over the murder attempt on Pastor Luke Sarkar. They said to have confessed plotting to stir up instability in the country.

A Chittagong court grants 15 days remand for four JMB activists in three cases filed under arms, explosive and anti-terrorism acts.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says banned militant outfit JMB is trying to surface again but failed due to government’s strong vigilance.

A man, whom police identified as the commander of Chittagong unit of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, is killed in a grenade explosion hours after his arrest with firearms and ammunition, according to the law enforcers.

Detectives detain five suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and recover nine grenades from their possession in Chittagong.

Rab-14 arrests a close aide of executed JMB leaders Shayekh Abdur Rahman and Siddiqur Rahman alias Bangla Bhai in Gazipur.

Law enforcers claim arrest of an adviser of the notorious Bangla Bhai, ex-chief of the now banned militant Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

Law enforcers claim arrest of two militants of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Natore Sadar upazila.