Tag: Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
The Kalyanpur militant den operation occurred on July 26-27, 2016, in Dhaka, amid a wave of butcheries by al-Qaeda’s Ansar al-Islam and Islamic State (ISIS). The country was in heightened security concerns following two major attacks: the…
Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said that India will try to invade Bangladesh if the war criminal party goes to power. In that case, some 50 lakh youth will fight against India…
Members of the cultural organization Udichi were barred from holding a national anthem singing event and beaten up in Bogra by the jihadists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Inqilab Moncho on Wednesday. Independent TV carried…
২০০১ থেকে ২০০৬ পর্যন্ত বিএনপি-জামায়াত সরকারের মদতে অন্তত ৫৪টি উগ্রবাদী সংগঠন এবং ইসলামি এনজিওর আড়ালে বিদেশি জঙ্গি-মৌলবাদী সংগঠন দেশব্যাপী সন্ত্রাসী নেটওয়ার্ক তৈরি করে। সেসময় এমপি-মন্ত্রীদের নির্দেশে ও পুলিশ র্যাবের সহযোগিতায় সারাদেশে ভয়ংকর সব অপারেশন সম্পন্ন…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said that the attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus, following the August 5 changeover were politically, not religiously, motivated. During a meeting with US Senator Gary Peters on March…
The strategies and focus of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Bangladesh reflect their broader organizational goals, operational approaches, and ideological underpinnings, tailored to the…
Until 2015, Bangladesh witnessed militant attacks using improvised devices, grenades and machetes on secularists, Awami League members and the police since 2000. The Middle East-based Islamic State (ISIS), which began operations in 2015, had similar…
Islamization of Bangladesh took place several times—from 1975-96, 2001-06, 2007-08, and 2024-25—every time at the hands of the military or army-backed governments—extensively—with the media and civil society leaders going with the tide. The previous Awami…
Persistent violence against law enforcement and the judiciary by a specific group of people in Bangladesh is considered a grave crime, as it implies a concerted attack on the state machinery to change the system.…
The interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof Muhammad Yunus released Jasimuddin Rahmani, the spiritual leader of al-Qaeda affiliate Ansar al-Islam, dozens of jihadists and notorious terrorists after coming to power. Many other…
Armed militant attacks and calls for jihad have been seen regularly in Bangladesh since 1999, but there was a sudden slowdown in 2005—only after numerous fatalities—with the arrest of a top leader of the Bangladesh…
From 2001 to 2006, at least 54 extremist organizations and foreign militant-fundamentalist organizations under the cover of Islamic NGOs and with the support of the BNP-Jamaat government created a nationwide terrorist network. At that time,…