Incidents and Statements involving JMB : 2005-2012

2012

December 19: Police arrested six suspected militants of JMB from Munshiganj District town's Dakkhin Courtgaon bus stand.
December 12: A Rajshahi court sentenced a cadre of JMB, identified as Abdur Rahim alias Nasim, to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for conducting a series of bomb blasts in Rajshahi in 2005.
December 2: RAB arrested five top-level militants of JMB in Dhaka city's Mirpur area on charges of allegedly plotting to foil the ongoing War Crimes Trial by destabilising law and order.
November 28: Rajshahi District court sentenced seven cadres of banned militant outfit JMB to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in an August 17, 2005 synchronised bomb attacks case.
November 9: RAB arrested two associates of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, leader of the banned Islamist outfit JMB from Baghmara sub-District in Rajshahi District. The arrestees were identified as Mostafizur Rahman Montu and Mojnur Rahman Mollah. RAB said the duo was arrested in a raid on the charge of resuming JMB operations and was accused in a number of cases.
October 16: RAB arrested a militant belonging to JMB from Nokhopara village in Bagmara sub-District of Rajshahi District. The arrested militant was identified as Yaad Ali Mondol (48).
September 27: Five cadres of JMB were sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in connection with a case filed for a series of bomb blasts in Rajshahi District in 2005. The convicted are Jakir Hossain, Liakot Hossain alias Harez, Amanullah alias Aman, Abdur Rahim alias Nasim and Zillur Rahman Shaheen.
September 26: RAB arrested an aide to JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai at Baghmara sub-District in Rajshahi District. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Kuddus (44) an alleged collaborator of the Pakistani occupation forces during the country's Liberation War. RAB said Kuddus is accused in five cases including murder and extortion charges.
September 25: RAB arrested two militants of JMB in Bagmara sub-District of Rajshahi District. The arrestees were Abdul Mannan (51) and Abdul Mannan Khondoker (50). They were close associates of the executed JMB leader Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai. RAB arrested them while raiding the area on information that some fugitive JMB activists have returned to villages and are trying to reorganise the outfit.
September 20: A leader of banned Islamist militant outfit JMB was arrested in Atrai sub-District of Naogaon Dsitrict by the RAB. The arrestee is Lutfar Rahman, a Madrassa teacher and better known as Lutfar Professor. Lutfar was accused in eight cases of murders, tortures and extortion in Bagmara sub-District of Rajshahi District.
September 19: Three cadres of banned Islamist militant outfit JMB were arrested in Baghmara sub-District of Rajshahi District. The arrestees are Mohammad Shamsuddin (44), Towhidul Islam (38) and Ismail Hossain (48).
September 10: A Dhaka court indicted five members of militant outfit JMB in Prof Humayun Azad murder case. On February 27, 2004, JMB militants stabbed the 56-year-old Humayun Azad, a teacher of Bangla department of Dhaka University, near the Atomic Energy Commission office on the university campus while he was returning home from Ekushey Book Fair. The accused are Salehin alias Salahuddin, Hafiz Mahmud alias Hasan, Anwarul Alam alias Anwar, Mizanur Rahman alias Minhaz and Nur Mohammad. Among the accused, Nur Mohammad is on the run while others are in jail.
August 29: A special tribunal in Habiganj District recorded deposition of four prosecution witnesses in three cases over the 2005 synchronised bomb attacks. The accused, including the banned outfit JMB chief Moulana Saidur Rahman, his son and a section chief AHM Shamim, operatives Azizul Islam Gazi, Hafez Hujaifa, Mohammad Belal Hossain, Salah Uddin, and Shafiqul Islam, were present in court. The judge fixed October 31 for recording deposition of the other witnesses.
August 12: A Dhaka court sentenced three leaders of JMB to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment on charge of possessing grenades and explosives. The convicts are Mohtasim Billah alias Bashir, 'commander' of JMB Dhaka zone, and two ehsar (fulltime) members of the outfit, Momin Bhuiyan alias Mizan and Md Moyeen Uddin alias Moyez who were arrested on February 20, 2009 along with two grenades and huge explosives.
July 23: RAB arrested Mahtab Khamaru (45), a key leader of outlawed militant group JMB from Talgharia village in Bagmara sub-District of Rajshahi District. Khamaru was a regional commander and the second-in-command of JMB in 2004, when its leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai was operating in the region.

The Police arrested one cadre of JMB from Nejampur station area in Nachole sub-District of Chapainawabganj District. The arrestee was identified as, Abdul Gofur (55), son of late Mokbul Hossain of the area.
July 19: SFs arrested four suspected members of the banned JMB along with books on militancy from Sector-10 of Uttara in Dhaka city.
July 18: According to a report by the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, two Bangladeshi banks, the IBBL and SIBL, have alleged links with terrorist financing. Taking advantage of the weak internal governance of the US branch of HSBC, the two banks have allegedly been routing funds to different international networks suspected to have terrorist links. HSBC's Financial Intelligence Group provided information that the chief of a Bangladeshi Islamist terrorist outfit JMB Shaikh Abdur Rahman maintained accounts with IBBL.
June 28: The RAB personnel arrested two cadres of the outlawed JMB from the villages in Bagmara sub-District of Rajshahi. The arrested were identified as Abdul Mannan (50) and Azadul Islam (30).
May 14: The Police submitted two new charge sheets to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court against five cadres of the JMB for the 'killing' of Humayun Azad, a Dhaka University professor and renowned writer. The charge sheets were supplementary ones as the previous ones were for the 'attempt-to-murder' charges while the new ones have linked 'murder' under the Explosives Act.
March 13: The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced a leader of JMB, Mamunur Rashid alias Zahid, to death for detonating a bomb at Gazipur District Police superintendent's office in February 20, 2009 in which 16 people were injured. He was arrested on the same day.
March 5: RAB arrested two leaders and a member of the banned JMB, identified as Mohammad Asaduzzaman 'chief' of JMB Khulna divisional unit, Mohammad Wahab, 'head' of JMB Savar zone and JMB member Anwar Hossain from different parts of Dhaka City. RAB also seized several JMB publications and leaflets from the possession of the arrestees.

Commander Mohammad Sohail, Director of RAB's Media and Legal Wing said all three were fugitives in the series bomb attack cases of 2005.
January 9: A close aide of executed JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai was arrested at Uttara area of Dhaka City. He has been identified as Emadadul Haque Uzzal (40). Police also seized from his possessions several publications of the banned organisation and some books giving instructions on how to make bomb and operate firearms like AK-47. Nisarul Arif, Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Division stated that, "The theme of many of the publications is motivating people to wage jihad and form suicide squads".

It has been reported that leaders and activists of banned JMB are trying to reorganise giving priority to collecting funds from their wellwishers and building communication with grassroots activists. Quoting detained Abu Talha Mohammad Fahim alias Bashar, a son of detained JMB chief Saidur Rahman, officials of RAB said the reorganisation attempt was taken at the directives of JMB acting 'chief' Sohel Mahfuz who is reportedly in hiding.
January 8: RAB personnel arrested a son of detained JMB chief Maulana Saidur Rahman, identified as Abu Talha Mohammad Fahim alias Bashar (21) and one of his accomplices, Mohammad Abdul Alim (23), from Achintola Bahrampur village in Rajshahi District.

2011

November 30: A trial tribunal in Rajshai sentenced seven activists of banned militant outfit JMB to life term imprisonment for killing Awami League leader Shahadat Hossain Master in 2009.The convicts are were identified as Shamsul Islam, his brother Ansar Ali, Ashraful Islam, Amzad Hossain, his son Mamunur Rashid, cousin Abdur Razzak and Ansar's son Tuton.The tribunal, however, acquitted three JMB men -- Shamsul's son Bidyut and Masud and Shahriar Ali.
November 26: RAB arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit JMB in Dhaka city and neighbouring Dhamrai area. According to RAB officials, all three detainees, identified as Faruk Hossain alias Kosai Faruk, Abul Hossain and Mohammad Abdul Gaffar are accused in the August 17, 2005 serial bomb attacks across the country.
November 20: A suspected cadre of banned outfit JMB was arrested by the Police at Tambulpur Masterpara village in Rangpur District. The arrestee was identified as Saiful Islam. Police said that Saiful, a teacher of Shibdebchar High School, was involved in regrouping the JMB cadres and sympathisers in the area. Police also seized a number of books on jihad and bomb-making materials from the arrestee.
October 14: RAB personnel arrested a cadre of the banned militant outfit JMB from Kamarbari area in Rajshahi District. The arrestee was identified as Motiar Rahman Bachchu.
September 25: Khulna Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced two cadres, identified as Abdur Rakib alias Nuruddin (22) and Matiur Rahman alias Masud (23) of banned Islamist outfit JMB to six years rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer more six months of RI. They were convicted in connection with the case filed for serial bomb blasts at different spots in Jessore District on August 17, 2005.
September 23: Police arrested five suspected JMB cadres along with 10 CDs and a few Jehadi books from Aramnagar Kamil Madrasa in Sarishabari sub-district of Jamalpur District.
September 21: Police arrested two relatives of JMB militants on charges of bringing mobile phones at Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for helping the two militants (Mohammad Hossain and Abdul Malek) accused of August 21, 2004 Grenade Attack case. The arrestees were identified as Rashid Ahmed and Okalat Hossain.
September 8: A high alert was sounded by the West Bengal Police throughout the State after a Central intelligence input indicated that five militants of the JMB had crossed over to the State recently from Bangladesh to carry out terror attacks. "We received an input from our counterparts in the Centre that five militants of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen terror outfit have sneaked into West Bengal a few days back through the porous border in Malda District. The militants have subsequently split up in three groups and headed in different directions to carry out terror attacks, possibly in crowded marketplaces or court premises or at important installations like airports or railway stations," a senior State Intelligence Branch official said on September 9.
September 6: RAB-5 and Police in a joint drive arrested a member of banned militant outfit JMB, identified as Mohammad Quamran Ali Pramanik (50) in Atrai sub-district of Naogaon District.
September 3: Rapid Action Battalion-8 (RAB-8) personnel arrested a majlish-e-sura (the central governing body) member of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Sohag Talukdar, from his house in Nalchhiti sub-district of Jhalakathi District on September 3. He was a fugitive accused in a sedition case, said Monirul Alam, Commander of RAB-8, at a press briefing at Barisal Headquarters of RAB.
August 31: A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a cadre, identified as Faruq Hossain (28) of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) at Kathbaula Bazar in Muktagachha sub-district of Mymensingh District.

Major Iftekhar, Commander of Crime Prevention Company (CPC) of RAB-9 said two cases were lodged against Faruq in 2005 with Fatullah Police Station in Narayanganj District under Explosives Act and Special Power Act.
August 17, 2011: The HC bench of Justice A.H.M. Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also directed the Government, to form a high-powered committee immediately to investigate allegations of Amini's involvement in militancy and links to JMB, al Qaeda and Taliban networks. The HC also asked the Government to probe whether the national flag is hoisted and the national anthem is played at madrassas (Islamic Seminary) controlled by Amini. If it is not done at these madrassas, the Government has to ensure that it is done, the court said.
August 16, 2011: Law enforcers believe outlawed JMB, which came to the limelight for its synchronised bombing across the country on August 17, 2005, has almost no strength left to carry out any subversive activities. The network of the militant outfit has totally collapsed with the arrests of its members of all tiers in massive crackdowns and its strength has almost waned, says SFs. However, they add that JMB still has its roots, but there is hardly any chance of rearing their heads since they are under strong vigilance.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel Ziaul Ahsan, intelligence wing director of RAB, said that the banned outfit has again started some activities in some Northern Districts including Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Thakurgaon. However, the activities are limited to recruitment of members and fund collection, he added.

The cases for August 17, 2005 serial bomb blasts by JMB cadres at 10 places in Dinajpur town are yet to see verdict. After deferment of the hearing in the case for 23 times since announcement of the first hearing date on June 22 in 2008, the Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court of Dinajpur has fixed the date on September 4. Besides, the alleged mastermind of the serial bombing in the District Mohammad Afzal Abedin, member of JMB, and former President of Dinajpur unit of ICS, is still absconding.
August 4: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three JMB militants in Dhaka. The detainees are Moklesur Rahman Sumon (32) of Jamalpur District, Anwar Zahid alias Setu (30) of Chuadanga District and Raihan (30) of Mymensingh District. Sumon and Setu who were arrested in Badda and Agargaon (Dhaka City) respectively, were the fugitive accused in the August 17, 2005 series bomb attack cases. In the cases, Sumon is a co-accused of executed JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman and his second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai. Raihan was arrested in Mirpur (Dhaka City) and is one of the seven accused in Rafiq Master killing at Muktagachha in Mymensingh District on July 9, 2007.

However, the first court of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajshahi District acquitted 12 militants of JMB in a case filed for torturing a teenage boy in Bagmara (same District) during the rise of militancy in 2004. The Tribunal said the charges against the accused could not be proved. Public Prosecutor Sayeda Morjina Khatun said, "Most of the witnesses seemed afraid to testify against the militants." Yet some of the statements of the witnesses were strong enough where the judge could have used his judicial mind to give a verdict against the accused.
July 27: An alleged associate of the executed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Siddikul Islam alias Bangla Bhai was arrested by the Police from Goalkandi area in Rajshahi District. The arrestee was identified as Mamun Muhuri and as one of the close associates of Bangla Bhai during his militant activities in Rajshahi in 2004. Harunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Bagmara Police Station, said they had obtained information that Mamun was reorganizing JMB in Rajshahi.
July 2: A JMB cadre, identified as Abdul Munnaf (37), was arrested in Wapda area of Faridganj subdistrict of Chandpur District.
June 30: The Prime Minister has said apart from banning five organisations for militant activities, the Government is closely watching some other suspected organisations. She stated, "that acts of militancy and terrorism will not be allowed on the soil of the country". The five banned militant organisations are Shahadat-e-al-Hikma Bangladesh, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh [(JMJB), an Islamist vigilante outfit that espouses the ideals of the Taliban], Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI-B) and Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh.
June 2: Two cadres of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), also charge sheeted accused in five cases for August 17 bomb blasts in Satkhira in 2005, were released on bail granted by the District and Sessions Judge's Court at Satkhira. Trial of the five August 17 series bomb blast cases has been delayed as the prosecution failed to produce either the accused or the witnesses before the court for long.
May 24: Court in Sylhet, recorded the deposition of an officer of Islami Bank in the Explosives Case filed after the arrest of the then outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) 'Chief' Sheikh Abdur Rahman on March 2, 2006, reports Daily Star. However, Sheikh Rahman was later hanged in a case for murder of two judges in Jhalakathi District.

Among the accused, current JMB 'Chief' Moulana Saidur Rahman, Sheikh Rahman's close aide Moyezul Islam Chowdhury alias Sona alias Hridoy, his wife Chameli Begum alias Sabina Yasmin, Sheikh's bodyguard Abdul Aziz alias Hanif and Sabbir Ahmed alias Dulal, were produced in the Court.
April 11: A court in Kurigram sentenced top leader of Allar Dal, Matin Mehedi (former top Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh leader), and three of his associates, accused in the case for serial bomb attack in Jhenaidah District on August 17, 2005 to 20 years rigorous imprisonment. The three associates of Matin Mehedi are 'Kurigram commander' Monwar Hossen Biplob, 'Kurigram Sadar Sub-District commander' Anwar Hossen and member of the outfit Jobed Ali.
March 29: Security Forces (SFs) arrested two Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants, identified as Shamin Mahfuz (40) and Mohammad Ismail (36), from the Kalapara area in Thanchi sub-district of Bandarban District. A cache of explosives, a number of jihadi and militant books along with other things were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants. Further, another JMB militant, identified as Mahmud Hassan (30) of Pathartola village in Sadar sub-district, was arrested from the Pabna town. According to official sources, Mahmud Hassan's uncle Mahedi is one of the top leaders of JMB.
March 16: Three militants of Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were sentenced to jail in the case for serial bomb blast on August 17, 2005 at four spots of Narail town in Narail District according to Daily Star. JMB militant Saifuzzaman Probal was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined BDR 20,000, in default, to suffer three more years in jail. The court also convicted JMB militants Ruhul Quddus and Hafez Mahmud alias Rakib Hasan and sentenced each of them to 14 years rigorous imprisonment each and fined BNC 10,000 each, in default, to suffer more two years in jail. Four other accused acquitted of charges are Ziaur Rahman, Abdul Aziz Shikder, Syed Arafat and Mamun Gazi.
March 10: Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant, Ashikul Islam Sajjad (25) of Mollapara village (Kushtia District), was arrested from Bahadurpur village under Bheramara sub-district of Kushtia District. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered arms and ammunition along with organisational books and leaflets from the possession of the arrested militants. Following his confessional statement, RAB members took Sajjad to the remote char area (riverine sand and silt landmasses) of Kazipur sub-district of Sirajganj District and recovered a locally made LG, 10 bullets, 8 live bombs and a few training papers and documents from under the earth at Charburungi.
March 3: In the case for explosives substances filed after the arrest of JMB ‘chief’ Shaikh Abdur Rahman (hanged in another case later) and his accomplices and recovery of explosives from a house here in 2006, could not be recorded as the last prosecution witness did not turn up. However, the two accused, Shaikh Rahman’s close aides Moyezul Islam Chowdhury alias Hridoy Chowdhury and Abdul Aziz Hanif were produced before the court which refixed the date for deposition on April 25, 2011.
February 28: Police arrested an aide of JMB top leader Siddikul Islam alias Bangla Bhai from Sadhanpur in Natore Sadar sub-district of Natore District. "The arrestee, Sahadat Hossain (50), was one of the main associates of Bangla Bhai," Officer-in-Charge Abdus Sattar of Naldanga Police Station said. Bangla Bhai along with JMB ‘supremo’ Shaekh Abdur Rahman and four other top militant leaders was executed in 2007 for killing two judges in Jhalakathi.
February 11: Rapid Action Battalion personnel arrested two cadres of the JMB from a rented house in Alokdia area of Sirajganj District. The arrestees were, identified as Mohtasin Billah and Al-Amin Hossain.
February 7: Chief of HuJI-B Mufti Abdul Hannan was produced in the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate amid tight security in the case for bomb attack on Khulna Ahmadiyya mosque in 1999. Moulana Obaidul Huq Abdullah, younger brother of JMB chief Sheikh Abdur Rahman was also brought to the same Court.
February 3: Security Force personnel arrested a JMB cadre from Kamarbari village in Bagmara sub-division in Rajshahi District. The arrestee, identified as Abdur Razzak, had an arrest warrant against him for allegedly torturing a citizen.
January 10: A Court in Pabna District sentenced the former ‘commander’ of JMB of Pabna District, Nurul Islam Kawsar, to 10 years' of imprisonment for August 17, 2005 series bomb blast in Pabna District. The Court also acquitted two JMB militants, Mukul Hossain and Hasmat Ali, from the charges.
January 6: Islamist militants have threatened to kill Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and blow up a high-security prison in north-eastern Chittagong city if their associates are not released from the prison within a month. The jailer of the prison in Chittagong port city received a letter containing the threat, with its sender calling himself a member of the Jama'atul JMB. "She (Hasina) survived this year's August 15 but she will not be alive in future as she will also be blown to smithereens," the letter said in an oblique reference to August 15, 1975 when her father and the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated along with most of his family members."
January 5: The JMB threatened to blow up Chittagong District Central Jail and Court Building. A letter, claimed to have been signed by two militants of the JMB reached jailor, Rafiqul Quader, by post on January 5. The outfit threatened to bomb the jail and the Court building if its detained militants were not released in a month’s time, Quader told. Strict security measures have been taken inside as well as the jail premises following the threat. ‘We are on high alert,’ Quader added.
January 3: The RAB personnel arrested four militants of the JMB from Dhaka’s Kalabagan area. The arrestees are S.M. Abdul Goni (25), Abu Huraira Bin Aman alias Shams (22), Mohammad Shahnewaz Al Maruf (22), and S.M. Ashrafuzzaman (30). RAB recovered three laptop and three desktop computers, seven mobile phone sets, some publications on JMB, a motorbike, huge number of CDs and a cash amount of BDT 68,000 from their possession.

2010

December 28: Shamim Hossain, a JMB militant, who was arrested during the Chittagong District JMB den raid by the Police on December 27 was placed under three day remand by Chittagong District Court. According to the Police sources, the instruction manual recovered by the Police from the JMB den compiles a set of guidelines for underground militants reorganising the terror outfit.
December 26: Police personnel neutralised a militant hideout and arrested an alleged militant belonging to JMB, at Alipur Hospital Gate area under Hathazari sub-district of Chittagong District. According to the Police sources, one JMB militant, living as tenant at a building, managed to flee the scene while hurling a bomb at Police. Police later recovered four bombs and a number of Jihadi books from the spot.
December 1: Police Obaidur Rahman Ibne Abdullah, brother of Sheikh Abdur Rahman, the executed kingpin of JMB from Islampara area of Gopalganj District. He was placed before the District Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Justice Dilip Kumar Bhoumik on December 2 and the Court sent him to jail.
November 27: An anti-militancy unit of RAB arrested a leader of the JMB, identified as Saju Miah alias Saju (25), from Kurigram District. Sources say that Saju, a close aide of the former JMB chief Matin Mehedi, is a Gayree Ehsar (a part-time member). A Kurigram Court sent Saju to District jail after being produced before the judge.
November 25: A Dhaka Court sentenced two militants of JMB to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for using explosives during a robbery in 2005 at the Brac Bank Limited under Kotalipara sub-district in Gopalganj District.
November 23: An anti-militancy unit of RAB arrested a leader JMB, identified as Abul Kashem, (25) from Kurigram District. Abdul is a 'Gayree Ehsar'-- a part-time member-- of JMB, said RAB officials.
November 13: Three cadres of JMB, released from Satkhira jail on November 11 after High Court (HC) granted them bail, were arrested again at the jail gate on November 11, reports Daily Star. They all are the charge-sheeted accused in five cases for serial blasts in Satkhira town on August 17, 2005.
November 4: Four suspected militants of JMB were arrested with nine handmade bombs and publications of the banned militant outfit at a hotel in Tongi of Gazipur division of Dhaka. Intelligence officials of RAB said the militants were closely linked to other JMB militants trying to regroup on the outskirts of Dhaka to carry out subversive activities.
October 27: The Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal started trial of seven accused militants belonged to JMB in Habiganj serial blasts case in August 17, 2005. Of the accused, JMB chief Maulana Saidur Rahman and his son Shamim, were produced in the Court while Salah Uddin and Shafiqul Islam alias Nazim are still at large.
October 6: Five militants of JMB arrested in Katiadi sub-district of Kishorganj District in May 2010, were charge-sheeted in a case filed under Anti-terrorism Act, and submitted the charge sheet to the District and Sessions Judge's Court.
October 3: Dhaka ‘divisional chief’ and two ehsar (fulltime) members of JMB were arrested in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka. The militants were arrested with eight petrol bombs, 1.5 kilogram bomb-making materials, two identity cards and some tools, said Commander M. Sohail, Legal and Media Wing Chief of RAB.
September 15: In a draft report handed over to the Government, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the world's lone anti-money laundering organisation, warned that Bangladesh faced a significant risk of money laundering and some risk of terrorism financing. The report, inter alia, also observed that some outfits designated by the UN as terrorist groups like Al Haramain (Bangladesh Branch), Global Relief Foundation (GRF), JMB and HuJI-B are active in Bangladesh, posing a serious threat for the country. The report also said that JMB cadres have publicly claimed of receiving funds from Saudi Arabia.
September 13: Police personnel arrested a German expatriate, identified as Faruk Ahmed Aruj (53) for his alleged link with JMB from village Elangi of Kotchandpur sub-district in Jhenaidah District. He had been staying in Germany since 1985 and working there as a manager of a fast food chain. He was produced in Court on September 15 and the Court granted a three-day remand to quiz him.
September 6: Police arrested Moktar Hossain (35), an active cadre of the JMB along with arms from a night coach bus at Daulatdia ghat of Rajbari District. Police said, acting on a tip-off, they conducted a drive at the Dhaka bound night coach from Jessore District city at about 2.00 A. M. and arrested Moktar Hossain along with a US-made pistol, one bullet and two magazines.
August 31: A Nilphamari District court sentenced nine militants of outlawed JMB to life term and 20 years' rigorous imprisonment under Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act in two separate cases. The RAB also recovered one locally made pipe gun, a pipe gun firing pin, four bullets, power gel, detonators and different electronics and bomb making materials from them. Later two cases were filed against them on 7 February, 2006, one under Arms Act and the other under Explosive Substances Act.
August 20: A close associate of the executed JMB kingpin Bangla Bhai, identified as Sultan Miah (26) was arrested in a drive by the Police in Mymensingh District. Police said he is wanted in two cases. One of the cases was filed under the arms Act with Muktagacha Police Station in 2009. Charge sheets were pressed in both of the cases against Sultan, said duty officer of the Police station Sub-Inspector Ziaul Haque.
August 19: RAB arrested a close associate of the executed JMB second-in-command Bangla Bhai, identified as Hemayet Uddin Himu, from Atrai sub-district in Naogaon District. Hemayet Uddin Himu is a regional commander of JMB, the RAB sources said. However, at a press conference at RAB-5 headquarters, Himu disclosed that the Government supported the JMB in 2004. Police and Government officials used to accompany Bangla Bhai's armed group when he led operations for murder, torture and extortion in Naogaon, Himu said. He also said Bangla Bhai and his militants used Government vehicles while abducting people and taking them to camps for torture or sending the corpses to hospitals or Police camps.
August 18: The JMB acting chief Bhagne Shahid confessed his involvement in an attempt to kill professor Humayun Azad in February 2004. Metropolitan Magistrate A.K.M. Emdadul Haque recorded Shahid's confessional statement and ordered to send him to jail. Mostafizur Rahman, inspector of CID and investigation officer of the case, said Bhagne Shahid revealed another new name involved in the attack.
August 16: A Nilphamari District Court sentenced four militants of JMB to seven years rigorous imprisonment in an Arms case. According to the Police, a case was filed with Jaldhaka Police Station against the four under Arms Act. Charges were pressed against them on January 17, 2009. After examining the witnesses, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ansar Ali pronounced the verdict.

The SFs fear a backlash from JMB despite detaining the top brass of the banned militant outfit in recent months. The RAB and Police officials said the JMB is still a concern for them as some dedicated operatives are active in the organisation. Some of the militants have training on making high-powered explosives like belt bombs.
August 10: A Dhaka court sentenced the wife of executed JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and two JMB cadres to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment each for possessing explosive substances. The convicts are Fahima alias Farzana, Salahuddin alias Saleheen and Asaduzzaman Chowdhury alias Panir.

Bogra District Judge gave life sentence to five cadres of JMB for the 2005 Bogra serial blasts. Bogra Additional District and Sessions Judge Nitai Chandra Saha also fined the Islamist militants BDT 20,000 each in default of which they will have to spend two more years behind bars.
August 9: Security agencies have warned that cadres from the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) may have infiltrated into India through the Northeastern States, particularly Assam with the aim of sabotaging Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi on August 15. JMB is currently on the run from Security Forces (SFs) in Bangladesh.
August 3: A Dhaka court placed acting chief of JMB Anwar Alam on a four-day remand in connection with a case on an attempt on life of Prof. Humayun Azad. He was earlier shown arrested in the case for his alleged involvement with an attempt to kill Prof Humayun Azad.
July 25: Meanwhile, two militants of JMB were jailed each for 20 years in a 2003 bomb blast case by a Dinajpur District Court.
July 23: The detained JeI leaders Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojahid and Delwar Hossain Sayedee were shown arrested in a case filed against JMB leaders in connection with anti-state activities. Detective Branch personnel prayed before the Metropolitan Magistrate's Court seeking to show the top JeI leaders arrested.
July 21: The acting Chief of JMB Bhagne Shahid alias Nazmul was shown arrested in connection with a case filed for making an attempt to kill late Professor Humayun Azad on February 27, 2004. The order came following a petition of CID Inspector Mostafizur Rahman, also the investigation officer of the case, for showing Shahid arrested in the case.

The Dhaka court sent JMB chief Moulana Saidur Rahman to jail. He was produced before it on completion of a three-day remand in a case filed with Kadamtoli Police Station for subversive activities.
July 19: The detained JMB leaders Anwar Alam alias Bhagne Shahid and Jamai Rafiq said that JMB is now without a chief and sura (Advisory) committee. Detective Branch officials said, during interrogation JMB acting Chief Bhagne Shahid claimed that the outfit has became without a chief in the face of massive drives against JMB activities. DB officials said they had placed Shahid face-to-face with detained JMB chief Saidur Rahman during the interrogation.
July 18: Five arrested cadres of JMB confessed to their involvement in serial blasts on August 17 in 2005 and other criminal acts before a Gaibandha court under Section 164 on July 18.
July 18: During an interrogation by the Detective Branch of Police, the detained acting JMB chief Nazmul alias Bhange Shahid told interrogators that he and executed JMB military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny were there when JMB cadre stabbed eminent author Prof Humayun Azad in front of Bangla Academy in February, 2004. Nazmul told interrogators that they had also issued several death threats over telephone to Azad to stop, what they claimed, his anti-Islamic writings and opinions.
July 16: The detained JeI leaders Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojahid and Delwar Hossain Sayedee might soon be shown arrested in a case filed in connection with the recovery of nine grenades from a JMB origin den in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area on June 24. A top official of the Detective Branch of the Police said they would seek a court order within a day or two to show the trio arrested in the case based on JMB chief Saidur Rahman's information.

Khulna District Police arrested Jalal Fakir, 30, a cadre of the JMB and an Imam of Bogi Jame Mosque under Sharankhola sub-district of Bagerhat District on charge of attempting to kill his wife Ayesha Akhter, 24. According to police, Jalal attacked Ayesha as she protested his link with JMB. Ayesha is now fighting for life at Khulna Medical College and Hospital as she sustained serious head injuries.
July 15: JMB has destroyed all the explosives it had in northern region, claimed detained outfit leader Anwar Alam. Police suspect Anwar Alam alias Nazmul alias Bhagne Shahid might have huge explosives and firearms stashed in the region. Anwar, the acting JMB chief, told police during an interrogation that they had announced northern region as an area free from bomb-making factories, interrogators said.
July 14: The detained acting chief of the JMB Anwar Alam disclosed to the investigators that JMB has a hit list of 12 top political figures, mostly ruling party leaders, to kill. "We've received a hit-list of 10 to 12 important persons including top political figure. We're verifying the information…the people on the list are very important in the Government and we don't want to disclose their names without being absolutely sure," Superintendent of Police of Bogra Humayun Kabir told.

The detained chief of JMB and former Habiganj unit JeI ameer (chief) Saidur Rahman disclosed the JMB link with JeI. He said that he took the help of JMB as per the Jamaat ameer's directive. And Saidur differed with the statement of JeI leader Nizami’s allegation saying that he was never suspended from Jamaat. He said when his son AKM Shamim was arrested on September 7 in 2005; he was present atHabiganj Jamaat office and discussed the next course of action with the party leaders.
July 13: Three detained JeI leaders were brought face to face with JMB chief Saidur Rahman for interrogation at the Detective Branch office in Dhaka. The interrogators were questioning them to see if Saidur's statements regarding the "four-party alliance backing in militant activities" add up.
July 12: The Police arrested the acting chief, Vagne Shahid alias Nazmul, and 10 other cadres of the JMB from Bogra, Joypurhat and Gaibandha Districts. Police also recovered huge amount of bomb-making materials, a revolver and books on jihad from their possession. In a separate drive, Joypurhat District Police arrested five cadres of the JMB from Panchbibi sub-district while they were holding a meeting at a JMB member's house.
July 11: Chapainawabganj District Police arrested a JMB cadre, Golam Rasul (52), at Shimulia village under Atrai sub-district in Naogaon District.
July 7: A Dhaka court sentenced two associates of Bangla Bhai, the executed second-in-command of banned Islamist outfit JMB, to 37 years of rigorous imprisonment each for possessing arms and ammunition. According to the prosecution, a team of RAB arrested Bangla Bhai along with Rouf and Chand Miah from a house at Rampura in Muktagachha of Mymensingh District on March 6, 2006.

The Interrogators are interrogating detained JeI trio Nizami, Mojahid and Sayedee on the information divulged by detained JMB chief Saidur Rahman. Saidur, former Jamaat Chief of Habiganj District, said at least 25 Jamaat high-ranking field operatives are actively involved with JMB and that Jamaat provides physical and small arms trainings to its health department members.
July 3: The Police interrogated two detained JeI leaders, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and Delwar Hossain Sayedee, keeping in view the JeI’s links with the JMB. Sources said that Saidur told interrogators that there are at least 25 JeI Rokan [highest position in the party's primary level] members who are concurrently holding posts in JMB.
July 2: The Police said that detained JeI Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid would be brought face to face with JMB chief Saidur Rahman for interrogation in connection with the killings of intellectuals in 1971, to verify Saidur's claim that Mojahid had often boasted at JeI meetings that he was one of the masterminds behind the brutal murders of the intellectuals.
June 24: The CID of the Dinajpur District submitted two separate charge sheets to Joypurhat Judicial Magistrate court against 60 JMB cadres in an arms loot case in August 2003.
June 22: A Dhaka court sentenced two leaders of JMB to 32 years' of rigorous imprisonment for the serial bomb blasts on the Mymensingh court premises in August 2005.
June 5: The Detective Branch of the Police arrested a top leader of the JMB identified as Shahed bin Hafiz, from Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area. Shahed was a member of the JMB's first Majlish-e-Shura (highest decision-making body). "Shahed was appointed as one of the six shura members at a meeting in which executed JMB chief Shaekh Abdur Rahman was appointed as the amir," said DB Chief Rafiqul after primary interrogation.
June 1: The court gave a five-day remand to JMB chief Maulana Saidur Rahman and his two accomplices after they were produced before it on completion of their six-day remand. The two others were Abdullahel Kafi and his wife Ayesha Akhter. The couple told an investigation officer (IO) that all their activities were running under the leadership of its chief Saidur before his arrest.
May 31: A court in Khulna District sentenced seven members of militant Islamist outfit JMB to seven years rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in the serial bomb blasts on August 17, 2005.
May 18: The Rapid Action Battalion arrested five JMB cadres when were holding a secret meeting beside a mosque at Chariakona in Katiadi sub-District in Kishoreganj District. They were identified as Arif (25), Kamal (25), Humayun Kabir (28), Mowlana Masud (30) and Mujahid (16).

In Chapainawabganj, a court order to free a JMB cadre on bail was deferred till June 23 after the Public Prosecutor filed a prayer to cancel the order. He was identified as Yousuf Ali (25) of Shibnagar Kaithapara under Shibganj sub-District in the District.
May 15: The Police arrested a fugitive JMB cadre, Biplob, from his residence at Jagodishpur Bariahati village under Nolganda sub-District in Natore District. He was a close aide to Bangla Bhai and was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment in an arms case. Police said he was also wanted in a number of criminal cases, including two for murder. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Noldanga Police Station Obaidul Haq said Biplob was earlier sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in an arms case. Besides, two cases were filed against him with Baghmara and Noldanga police stations for killing two people in 2004, the OC said.
May 10: RAB arrested two JMB militants in Mymensingh. They were identified as Mohammed Abdul Hannan (23) and Mohammed Tuel (25).
May 3: Police arrested two JMB militants, A.T.M. Ali (50) and his son Jamal Uddin (26), at Shafikpur of Raninagar sub-district of Naogaon District. They were close associates of Siddique ul-Islam alias Bangla Bhai.
April 22: Police arrested a JMB cadre, Hamidul Haque Babu (38), from Bamonitola village of Atrai upazila (sub-district) in the Chapainawabganj District.
April 13: A Habiganj court, deferred charge-framing against seven JMB cadres in four of the five cases for serial blasts in Habiganj town as one of the militants, Salah Uddin aliasSalehin of the banned outfit could not be produced before the court from Kashimpur Jail.
February 3: At least 12 more former cadres of the JMB, hiding in Uttara and Gazipur in Dhaka, are suspected to have been on the hit list of the Islamist outfit.
February 1: JMB cadres stabbed a former JMB operative, Rashidul Islam, to death in the Uttara Khan area of Dhaka.
January 28: A court in Rajshahi District sentenced two JMB militants to death for killing Rajshahi University teacher Muhammad Yunus in 2005.
January 5: Members of the RAB arrested an ehsar (full time member) of JMB, identified as Yousuf Ali from Shibganj sub district in the Chapai Nawabganj District.

2009

December 15: Three JMB cadres, including its Chittagong divisional ‘commander’ Javed Iqbal, were sentenced to imprisonment in Chittagong in a case under Explosive Substances Act.
November 22: A JMB militant, identified as Golam Mostafa alias Manik, was arrested in front of Panchagarh Sadar Hospital in Thakurgaon District. Police said Golam Mostafa was involved in a serial blast in Nilphamari on August 17, 2005 and is wanted in a case filed with Nilphamari Sadar Police Station in this connection.An Afghan war veteran, identified as Abu Motaleb alias Matu alias Majnu, was arrested by the Police from the Motijheel area of capital Dhaka following information from arrested Pakistani nationals and LeT militants Mohammad Ashraf Ali Zahid and Syed AbdulKaiyum alias Sufian and Mohammad Monwar.
November 21: Police arrested 14 JMB militants from a house near the District truck terminal in Jhenidah District. From the house, owned by a primary school teacher Malek Joarder, Police also recovered nine mobile phone sets, copies of Quran and Bible, Islamic booklets and a copy of the first information report of the August 21 grenade attack on Awami League rally.
November 4: The RAB personnel arrested two JMB militants, identified as Shimul and Sultan, along with two pistols at Jessore-Benapole road in the Sharsha sub-district of Jessore District.
November 1: A RAB team arrested the second wife of the chief of the JMB and his sister-in-law from their rented house at Mayakanon area under Sabujbagh Police Station in capital Dhaka, though the JMB Chief managed to escape.
October 28: Police arrested six JMB militants during a raid at a JMB leader's house under Raninagar sub-district in the Naogaon District.

A Bogra District court sentenced five JMB militants to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. The court also fined them BNR 20000 each and if they failed to pay this amount, they will have to serve two more years in jail.
October 27: With the help of Bandarban sub-division Police, the Naikkhangchhari Police arrested four JMB militants from two hotels in the town. The arrestees were identified as M. Afsar Selim, Shahidul Islam, Abul Bashar and Nurul Afsar.
October 26 : RAB arrested six JMB militants, including two majlish-e-shura (the highest decision-making body) members and neutralised their hideouts in Narayanganj, Jamalpur, and Bagerhat Districts. The two top leaders, identified as Mehedi Hasan alias Abeer, who was in charge of JMB's Khulna division, and Zahirul Islam alias Zahid alias Badal, who was in charge of Dhaka division (north), were arrested from a house at Borpa of Rupganj area in Narayanganj District. Separately, following up on information provided by the two arrestees, the RAB launched operations at different places in Jamalpur District and arrested Hasan Sheikh, anehsar (full-time worker) member who was in charge of Jamalpur District, and gayre ehsar members Abdul Mazed and Akhtaruzzaman alias Shuruz Master, along with four Compact Discs and some books on jihad. Further, RAB personnel also arrested an ehsar member, who was also in charge of Bagerhat District, identified as Akbar alias Al Amin, from Mollahr Hat area in the same District.

In a joint operation by the RAB and Police, two more JMB militants, identified as Akbar Ali Munshi and Daud Hossain Sheikh, were arrested at Gaola Union in the Bagerhat District.
October 20: The Matiranga Police arrested a suspected JMB militant, identified as Mohammad Shamsu Mia, from Shantipur area in the Khagrachari District.

A court in Chittagong District sentenced five JMB militants to eight years' rigorous imprisonment each in the August 17, 2005 serial bomb blast case filed in Cox's Bazaar after hearing 24 witnesses.
October 19: Three JMB militants were produced in a court in the Khagrachhari District and sent to jail after a scheduled hearing. The three JMB militants were identified as second in command of Chittagong division Mohammad Abdur Rahim alias Zahid alias Saifullah (25), DelwarHossain (40), and Mohammad Yunus Miah (20).
October 12: A court in Netrakona sentenced three JMB militants to 39 years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) each for bombing in the town on August 17, 2005. The convicts were identified as Kawser Ahmed alias Yunus, Kawser Alam Sumon and Amanullah. Netrakona Additional District and Sessions Judge Ekramul Haque Chowdhury also fined them BNR 20,000 each, in default, to suffer one year RI more.
October 11: A court in Chittagong District sentenced four JMB militants to five years rigorous imprisonment each in an explosives case filed with the Cox's Bazaar Police Station. The convicts were identified as JMB Chittagong divisional chief Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, explosives expert Zahidul Islam alias Boma Mizan, Ayub Ali alias Abu Jar and Naimuzzaman alias Shohag. Judge Shafiqul Karim of the Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal also penalised each with a fine of BNR 5000 in default of which they will have to serve another year's imprisonment. With this verdict, the JMB Chittagong ‘divisional chief’ Mohammad has so far been awarded 229 years' imprisonment.
October 5: Five JMB militants were sententenced to 14 years Rigorous Imprisonment in a case under the Explosive Substances Act in Kishoreganj District. According to the prosecution, a team of RAB personnel raided Satuta village on July 17, 2007 and arrested Dwin Islam, Harun, Hannan and Hussain along with 15 home-made grenades and six packets of power gel. The RAB subsequently arrested Shafiqul, the ‘regional commander’ of the JMB, in Mymensingh.

25 other JMB militants, including three capital punishment awardees, were produced before four courts in Mymensingh District.They were produced before the courts for hearing and taking deposition of witnesses in 14 separate cases, including series bomb blasts, in Mymensingh. Hearing and taking deposition of witnesses were held in 14 cases, court sources said. Later, the courts sent the accused to jail.
September 27: In follow-up operations, the RAB arrested four other JMB cadres, identified as Delwar Hossain alias Sajib (32), and Yunus Ali alias Yunus (20), at Shantipur, Delwar Hossain Dulal (23), in Gazipur and Monir alias Ripon (25) in Comilla. Rahim said he, Naim and Majlish-e-Shura member Osman alias Shahid had planned an attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia during her election campaign in Comilla in 2008. At the briefing, RAB's Additional Director General (ADG) Colonel Mizanur Rahman Khan said, "It took us around eight months of intelligence work to trace the camp in deep forest." He said that the camp, which has three earthen and tin-shed rooms, was not complete for training yet. Rahimwas building it on four acres of land purchased in the name of farming. Sajib, one of the arrestees, who owns a poultry farm in the area, had helped in the purchase.
September 26: RAB neutralised a training camp of the JMB in a forested remote hill area at Matiranga in Khagrachhari District. During the raid, the RAB personnel arrested Abdur Rahim alias Saifullah, ‘second-in-command’ of the JMB in Chittagong division, and recovered powdered explosives, 14 grenade casings, 20 detonators, 49 books on jihad, 27 batteries and around 1 kilogram barbed wire.
September 24: RAB-7 arrested three persons at Shantipur under Matiranga sub district of the Khagrachhari District for their suspected involvement with the militant outfit JMB. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Delwar Hossain (40), his associate Mohammad Zahid (25) of Comilla, and Mohammad Yunus Miah (18). Locals said that Delwar came to Shantipur from Kishoreganj about 18 months earlier and started poultry business renting a shop from Saru Miah. Zahid often used to visit him there.
September 13: Police pressed charges against six militants, including two top leaders of Islam-o-Muslim (IoM), the new JMB offshoot, revealing that they were raising the secret outfit and accumulating small weaponry from India to kill opponents of the JMB, Daily Star reported. Police submitted the charge sheet to the third court of judicial magistrate against the accused Abdur Rahim alias Shahadat, 32, chief of IoM and former JMB's Rajshahi ‘regional commander’, and Selim alias Saifullah alias Harun Mistri, 26, chief ‘military commander’ and mastermind of the outfit, former JMB's military commander Abdul Momin and Abdur Rakib alias Sumon, 28, of Chapainwabganj, Jalal Uddin alias Sagor, 38, of Naogaon and Hafez Sajedur Rahman alias Hanif of Bagmara. Sub-Inspector Babul Akhtar of Bagmara Police Station has been investigating the activities of IoM for the last three months and charged them under sections 8, 9 and 10 of Anti-terrorism Ordinance 2008. According to the charges, Selim and his brother-in-law Rafikul alias Jahangir were involved with the JMB as they both were the disciples of the slain JMB leader Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai. Rofikul reportedly maintained a JMB fund of BNR 170000 following the execution of its chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, Bangla Bhai and five other top cadres.
September 9: Police arrested a JMB militant, identified as Abdul Hakim (20), son of Zahirul Islam of Gobindapur village under Shaghata sub-district in the Gaibandha, from Barabari Chowdhurypara under Pirganj sub-district in the Thakurgaon District. Officer in-Charge (OIC) of the Pirganj Police Station said that Dhaka Metropolitan Police came to the District and raided one Moktarul Alam's house at Barabari Chowdhurypara at about 1:00am (BST) and arrested Abdul Hakim and Moktarul Islam. After interrogation, Police freed Moktarul and arrested Abdul Hakim.
September 3: A court in Sherpur sentenced six cadres of the JMB outfit to life imprisonment for their involvement in serial bomb blasts in Sherpur town on August 17, 2005. The convicts were identified as JMB's Dhaka ‘divisional commander’ Salahuddin alias Salehin, JMB's Sherpur ‘district commander’ Mujahidul Islam Sumon, and JMB cadres Rafiqul Islam, Abdul Mannan alias Paru Miah, Nazmul Islam alias Roman and Mostafizur Rahman alias Linkon. The court acquitted another accused, Humayun Kabir Shawkat, as charges brought against him were not proved.
August 16: The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong on August 16 sentenced the Chittagong divisional chief of the JMB, Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, and one of his aides to 10-years rigorous Imprisonment in the August 17, 2005 Jhenidah serial bomb blasts case. Javed also faces a few more cases in the Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal that has already awarded him a total of 195 years of imprisonment in several cases, said Public Prosecutor Ayub Khan.
August 5: The arrested JMB militant, Zahidul Islam Sumon alias Boma, revealed before the RAB that the outfit had planned to assassinate either Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in its failed bid to foil the ninth parliamentary elections in December 2008. Boma was arrested from Mirpur in the capital Dhaka on May 14. Boma also told the interrogators that they had hired about a dozen JMB cadres from India to execute the plan. Boma also admitted that the JMB has a network in West Bengal in India which is weakening gradually. Boma also told the investigators that he used to communicate with Saif, a significant contact person in West Bengal, over phone. Saif, who still works for the JMB in India, is responsible for conducting Dawati (invitation to embrace same ideology) activities to recruit cadres for the Indian chapter. The RAB investigator said, "We had information that Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia might come under attack at their grand election rallies at Paltan. That's why the authorities provided them with bullet-proof lecture stand to ensure their security."
July 26: A court in Sherpur District sentenced two JMB leaders and their three accomplices to life imprisonment for looting a local Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) office in 2003. The convicts were identified as JMB Dhaka divisional north unit commander Salahuddin alias Salehin and Sherpur District commander Mujahidul Islam Sumon and their accomplices Hasmat Ali, Kalu and Kashem Ali. The court, however, acquitted seven other accused as allegations brought against them could not be proved.

A suspected JMB cadre was arrested along with two Islamic books in front of the S M Hall of Dhaka University. He was identified as Mamun, who hails from Chandpur District. Police said residents of the dormitory caught Mamun at about 10:00pm while he was "moving suspiciously" on the campus. He was reportedly handed over to Police and later taken to the Shahbagh Police Station for interrogation.
July 21: The Satkhira District Police arrested a fugitive militant of the banned Islamist outfit JMB, identified as Montaz Ali alias Momtaz, from a shrimp enclosure at Sarulia village in Tala Sub District. Momtaz, son of Fazar Ali of village Kharibila, is an accused in the charge-sheet filed for August 17, 2005 serial bomb blast case.
July 19: Rajshahi Police arrested Belal Hossain, an aide to JMB executed leader Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai, from Raninagar in Naogaon area. Belal was reportedly on the run for a long time. The Superintendent of Police in Naogaon said Belal faces several extortion cases and had been arrested twice before.
July 17 : The Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested a listed cadre of banned Islamist militant outfit JMB from a house at Rasulpur in the Satkhira District town. The arrestee was identified as Hasanuzzaman Hasan, son of Maulana Mahfuzur Rahman of Tengra Bhabanipur village in Sadar Sub-District. DB sources said that Hasan went into hiding soon after the August 17 serial bomb blasts in 2005 and recently, he came to the area. Talking to journalists, Hasan said he was an active JMB cadre but later he left the outfit as his father had asked him to cut off all relations with militancy.
July 15: The RAB arrested four militants of the banned Islamist outfit JMB at Rupnagar, Kanchpur in Narayanganj and in Jamalpur area of the capital Dhaka during the last three days. The RAB personnel also recovered 38 shells of grenades and a large number of books on jihad. The arrestees were identified as Ehsar (full time cadres) Kurri Mohammad Saidur Rahman and Mohammad Akkas Ali alias Akash (25) of Muktagachha in Mymensingh District, Gayeri Ehsar (part time cadres) Mohammad Rokanuzzaman of Jamalpur and member Mohammad Saidur Miah of Jamalpur. RAB officials said the militants were preparing to launch grenade attacks. They also said that some of the JMB cadres have been trying to organise a separate JMB platform called Islam O Muslim.
July 13: Three suspected JMB militants were arrested from a house at Akur Takurpara locality in Tangail town. The arrested militants were identified as Abdur Rouf (20) of Roumari in Kurigram and Mahbub Hasan (18) of Bhuapur in Tangail. Books on Jihad were recovered from their possession. Police also arrested the house owner Abdur Rahman, 30, for his alleged links with the suspected JMB cadres.

RAB personnel recovered two bombs from the residence of JMB ehsar (full-time cadre) Abu Musa alias Ali Hossain (40) at West Tootpara in Khulna District. RAB personnel had arrested Musa and another ehsar Abdus Salam near Khulna City College on July 7. Police sources said the bombs were recovered following confessional statement of Musa during interrogation
July 2: Daily Star reported that the Special Branch (SB) of Police in Gazipur arrested Abdur Rahim alias Shahadat, the chief organiser of "Islam and Muslim", a new offshoot of the JMB on an unspecified date.
June 30: The Naogaon Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested Shariatullah Simar, one of the top associates of JMB's executed leader Siddikul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, from Baludanga Bus Stand in Naogaon District town. 42-year old Simar, as the in-charge of Bangla Bhai's torture camp at Bheti Madrassa in Naogaon in 2004, was involved in a number of killings and incidents of torture. Bangla Bhai's gang led by Simar killed development worker Ziaul Haq Zia of Abadpukur in Raninagar at Bheti camp on November 13, 2004. A gang led by Simar had also killed Idris Ali Khejur in May 2004.
June 24: Amir Ali of Maddha Jhina village in Rajshahi District, a victim of the torture campaign of the JMB lodged a case against 38 JMB cadres in Rajshahi. Among the JMB militants against whom case was filed were 'advisers' of the outfit, Lutfar Rahman, Abdus Sattar and Mahtab Khamaru, and cadres Mostafizur Rahman, Mamunur Rashid, Morshed and Enamul Haque. Armed JMB cadres had abducted Amir Ali on April 7, 2004 and looted his house. Amir had to subsequently pay Taka 35,000 for his release.
June 23: A JMB cadre, identified as Shafiqul Islam, arrested from a rented house at Dashara village in the Manikganj District on June 14 provided his interrogators information about the Islamist outfit Allahr Dal. He said many of the Allahr Dal cadres are currently active in Manikganj. After the arrest of the outfit's chief Matin Mehdi, Ibrahim Ahmed Hero of Pabna is now heading the Allar Dal. He further claimed that the outfit does not engage in criminal activity, but merely tries to convince people to follow the Holy Quran. Police sources subsequently confirmed that more than 20 cadres of the Allahr Dal are active in Manikganj.
June 21: RAB personnel arrested Emranul Haque alias Rajib, chief of the information technology (IT) wing of the JMB, from his residence in the Pallabi area of national capital Dhaka. Another JMB ehsar (full-time member), Abu Bakar Siddiqui alias Abu Hanif, was also arrested with Emranul Haque. Five detonators, two casings of grenade, one high resolution binocular, one laptop, a number of jihadi books and some bomb-making materials were also seized during the raid.
June 21: JMB's Gayre Ehsar (part-time) members Mohammad Saiful Islam (28) and Shirin Shapla (18), wife of another detained JMB 'Ehsar' member David, were arrested from Muktagaccha in the Mymensingh District.
June 21: An unidentified senior RAB official told Daily Star that some key JMB members, wanted in the list of law enforcement agencies, are now staying in Pakistan for taking military trainings or joining any militant group in that country. He said that RAB has information about at least two full-time JMB cadres who have been staying in Pakistan for the last three months.
June 20: RAB personnel arrested a suspected JMB militant from the remote Binnakure village in the Muktagacha Sub-District of Mymensingh District. The arrested militant was identified as Hazrat Ali (26), who the Police described as a convict absconding in a "JMB connected case".
June 20: A JMB gayeri ehsar (part-time member) said in an interview that the militant group had taken part in the Kansat movement in Shibganj Sub-District of Chapainawabganj District in April 2006 because they felt betrayed by the then BNP-led coalition Government. He said 500 local JMB full-time and part-time members took part in the movement to destroy Government property and set alight several Government cars.
June 17: Police arrested two JMB cadres from two villages of Chapainawabganj District and recovered two locally made guns, one revolver and four rounds of bullets. The duo were identified as Sumon Ali (24) of Shibnagar village under Shibganj Sub-District and Rabiul Islam (22) of Mushribhuza village under Bholahat Sub-District.
June 17: Quoting Police sources Daily Star reported that JMB militants have started regrouping in the remote villages of four Sub-Districts in Chapainawabganj. Police sources said JMB cadres who had fled their localities during the crackdown after the August 17 serial bomb blasts in 2005 have returned to their areas in Shibganj, Bholahat, Gomostapur and Sadar Sub-Districts and are currently trying to recruit new cadres.
June 14: Police arrested a JMB militant at Kharagpur village at Shibganj in the Chapainawabganj District. A shutter gun, five rounds of bullets and four Islamic books were recovered from the arrested militant Abdul Mobin.
June 14: Manikganj District Police arrested a JMB militant from a rented house at Dashara village. He was identified as Shafiqul Islam (26) of Salam Bepari of Moamari village under Nageswari Police station in the Kurigram District. Shafiqul said that he came to the village to spread the JMB ideology and recruit cadres about six months ago. Initially he was sheltered by a leader of the Manikganj District unit Jamaat-e-Islami at Bewtha and later he rented the house at Dashara.
June 11: A Chittagong court sentenced three JMB militants to imprisonment in connection with the serial bomb blasts at Bakolia on August 17, 2005. The convicts were identified as Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, the JMB 'divisional commander' in Chittagong, Jahid alias Delwar and Arshadul Alam. Javed and Jahid were awarded 10 years imprisonment each while Arshadul was jailed for five years.
May 18: Four suspected JMB cadres, arrested earlier on May 17 night, were sent to jail by a court in Kushtia.
May 18: JMB's explosives expert 'Boma' Mizan told his interrogators that the outfit had close links with Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), an insurgent group in the Arakan state of Myanmar. RAB interrogators told that Mizan and some other JMB operatives received training from RSO arms experts in a camp near Myanmar border in 2002. In exchange for the firearms lessons, JMB trained Rohingyas to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Mizan also told that the HuJI-B too had strong linkages with the RSO.
May 15: RAB personnel neutralised a mini-munitions factory of the JMB from East Monipur in national capital Dhaka's Mirpur locality and recovered a huge cache of bombs and bomb-making materials. The raid was carried out following information obtained from detained JMB explosives expert 'Boma Mizan' and his wife Sharmin, who had been arrested on May 14. The recovered items included 11 bombs, a pistol, and a huge stash of chemical residues, plastic explosives, grenade casings, fuses and detonators. The RAB sources said that the seized materials could be used to make at least 1,000 bombs.
May 14: RAB personnel arrested 'Boma Mizan', described as the explosives expert of the JMB from a house at Taltola in national capital Dhaka's Mirpur area. Mizan's wife attempted to evade arrest by exploding a bomb which critically injured her and two of her children. Around 100 RAB personnel including top-ranking officers participated in the raid. A pistol, two bombs, two grenades, several rounds of ammunition, and bomb-making materials were recovered from the house. According to RAB sources, Mizan was involved in the countrywide serial blasts on August 17, 2005.
May 11: Altaf Hossain Master (42), a fugitive JMB cadre, was arrested at his house at Konopara in the Bagmara Sub-District of Rajshahi District.
May 10: Police arrested a JMB ehsar (full time) cadre, identified as Mohammad Yunus (32), at Basail Sub-District. Police sources said Yunus had been absconding since the country-wide serial bomb blasts on August 17, 2005. He was involved in arms loot and assault on Police in Joypurhat, bomb blasts at four cinema halls in Mymensingh, and bomb blast on Netrakona Udichhi (a cultural centre) premises.
May 10: Yunus Ali (32), a JMB coordinator for the greater Mymensingh District, was arrested at his uncle's house at Habla Dakkhin Para village in the Basail Sub-District of Tangail District. He had been absconding since the serial bomb blasts across the country on August 17, 2005.
April 29: A suspected suicide squad member of the JMB, identified as Sheikh Shahjahan (43), was arrested at national capital Dhaka's Shyampur locality. Police sources said he was a charge-sheet-accused in the case filed in connection with a bomb blast at the JMB leader Rifat's house in Sylhet Kotwali on September 26, 2001.
April 29: Abed Ali, a victim of JMB's torture campaign in 2004, filed a case against approximately 70 people, including two former ministers and a parliamentarian belonging to the BNP, with a court in the Bagmara Sub-District of Rajshahi District. The BNP leaders have been identified as former Post and Telecommunication Minister Aminul Haque, former Deputy Minister Ruhul Kuddus Talukhdar Dulu and former parliamentarian Nadim Mostafa. Abed Ali had been maimed by the JMB militants after he refused to pay them extortion money.
April 26: Police arrested a suspected JMB cadre at Ukilpara Mahalla in the Nagaon town. The arrested militant, Abdul Gaffer was described as a close accomplice of Bangla Bhai, the executed leader of the outfit. Police sources said that the arrested militant had established a torture camp at his house at the behest of Bangla Bhai in 2004.
April 20: Six suspected JMB militants, including two women, were arrested from Jamalpur town. A joint team of the RAB personnel and Police raided a house at Phulbaria Munshipara and arrested Abdus Salam (25) of Daspara in Tangail District, Mizanur Rahman (21) of Gopinathpur in Jamalpur, Mohammad Zakaria (28) of Krishnapur in Sherpur, Rabeya Begum (23), Tareque Mostafa Masum (29) and Syeda Halima Yasmeen (age not specified) of Moghbazar in capital Dhaka. The militants had rented the ground floor of the three-storey house at Munshipara around one and a half months ago.
April 19: A JMB regional leader was arrested from a remote village on the bank of Teesta river in the Jaldhaka Sub-District of Nilaphamari District. The arrested militant, identified as Moshiur Rahman (38) of Purba Balagram village, had reportedly gone into hiding four months ago. Police recovered Jihadi books, leaflets and other materials from his possession.
April 16: A JMB cadre, identified as Satkhira, who was arrested on April 13 from his house at village Kushkhali in Sadar sub-District, was remanded to five-day Police Custody.
April 15: Police arrested a JMB cadre from Shahebganj Bazaar in the Naogaon District. He was identified as Hamidur Rahman (46), a close aide of the executed JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai. The militant was returning home from his hideout when he was arrested.
April 15: RAB personnel arrested a JMB cadre, identified as Bipul Ahmed, from Rajshahi city. RAB sources described him also as an accomplice of Bangla Bhai.
April 14: Three suspected JMB militants were arrested along with 50 jihadi publications, including books written by militant leader and Ahle Hadith Andolan Bangladesh (AHAB) chief Asadullah Al Galib, in Naogaon District. The trio were identified as Abdul Karim, a bakery employee, Shahadat Ali, a tailor, and Hafez Faruk Hossain, a teacher at the Shikarpur Hafezia madrassa. According to Police sources, the three militants are also members of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Abdul Karim was reportedly the president of Shikarpur union of JeI in Sadar sub-District in Naogaon. The trio is reported to have confessed to having links with the outlawed militant outfit JMB under JeI cover, adding, the three were plotting to carry out subversive activities on Pahela Baishakh (the New Year).
April 13: Police arrested two suspected JMB cadres from Boiragibagh in Dullah union of Muktagachha Sub-District in Mymensingh. Two pistols along with five rounds of bullets were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants. The arrested were identified as Russel (28) of Dhaliman village in Trishal of Mymensingh and Fazlur Rahman (30) of Mir Kumini village of Tangail.
April 12: In a pre-dawn raid, the RAB personnel arrested eight JMB militants from the Khilkhet area of national capital Dhaka. Three of the arrested, identified as Abu Sayeed alias Parvez, Yusuf Al Asadullah Bin Wahidullah of Bogra and Sumon alias Abdullah of Narayanganj, were trained to be suicide bombers. One of the other arrested was identified as Abdul Matin alias Zakir of Munshiganj, brother of Salahuddin, a JMB Majlish-e-Shura (the highest policy-making body) member who is on death row. Matin has been trying to reorganise the JMB, RAB sources added. The recovered items from the JMB cadres included 10,000 lithium batteries, ten detonators, and five packets of high power gel explosives besides CDs, audiotapes, computer accessories and manuals, and books and leaflets on jihad.
April 7: Daily Star reported that 35 out of the 50 'most-wanted' JMB cadres are still active in four northern Districts of the country- Nilphamari, Rangpur, Dinajpur and Lalmonirhat. Police had arrested 15 cadres in the last four months. Police sources said that three special teams have been formed to arrest the militants.
March 29: Police arrested a JMB militant from Baje Goalkandi village in Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi. Police sources said that the militant, identified as Fazlur Rahman (28) was arrested from his house on his return from Maldives where he had fled to evade arrest. Police further said that the arrested militant had previously functioned as a aide to executed JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and is an accused in several cases for alleged torture on opponents.
March 29: Police submitted charge sheets in three cases in connection with the seizure of explosive materials from the JMB operatives and detonation of an explosive at Gazipur District Police Chief's office.
March 25: A bomb was recovered at a venue of the Independence Day programme in Sarwarzan Pilot High School ground in the Bamna sub-district of Barguna District. The bomb was hidden under the dais erected for the programme. Police sources said two pieces of electric cable, two pencil batteries, capacitor of an electric fan were found wrapped with red tape along with the bomb and 'JMB Bomb' was inscribed on it.
March 22: The first court of Rajshahi Divisional Special Judge sentenced seven militants of the banned JMB for life in connection with the August 17, 2005 serial bomb blast case filed with the Motihar Police Station. The convicts were identified as JMB's regional ammunition supplier Torikul Islam, Rajshahi District commander Shafiullah Tarek Kalam, and a zonal JMB commander Abu Isa alias Enamul Haque Mithu, Hasan Ali Ekhwan, Jahangir Alam Abidur and Arif alias Alal. Sheikh Enamul Haq Moni, a supporter of militant leader Asadullah Al Galib, was convicted in absentia. He commanded the JMB's western zone in Rajshahi till 2006 in the guise of a journalist. JMB militants had orchestrated 500 synchronised blasts across the country except in one District.
March 22: Police arrested two persons, identified as 28 year-old Jahangir Hossain Mukul, a resident of Avoynagar Sub District in Jessore District, and 39-year old Abul Kashem, a resident of Berabalki village in Mymensingh District, from Katia Uttarpara of Satkhira town, for their alleged links with the JMB.
March 21: Police recovered 19 brochures and some leaflets of the JMB from Hotel Al- Baraka in Khulna city.
March 14: Daily Star reported that the JMB cadres are carrying out their organisational activities from makeshift camps in different char (riverine) areas and remote villages in Sirajganj and adjoining Districts. Quoting intelligence sources the report further said that the outfit has been recruiting new cadres and training them in make shift camps set up in these areas. Several such camps have come up the remote areas of Sirajganj, Bogra, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Joypurhat, Natore, Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Pabna, Kurigram, Thakurgaon, Naogaon and Nilphamari Districts.
March 12: Immigration police arrested a suspected JMB cadre, identified as Moulana Munsur Alam (45) from the international border between India and Bangladesh at Benapole in the Jessore District. Police sources said that the arrested person was returning from India after five months. An Indian mobile SIM card was recovered from the arrested cadre. He apparently had visited India with a one-month visa and had then stayed illegally in different madrassas subsequently.
February 24: RAB personnel arrested eight suspected JMB militants from four villages - Rampur, Bairaghibag, Goyeshpur and Dullah Chanpur in the Muktagachha Sub-District of Mymensingh District - on February 24. They were identified as M. Anadul Haque, M. Abdul Barek and M. Abdul Mannan of Rampur village, Mohammad Murtaza and M. Saiful Islam of Bairaghibag village, Quari M. Saidur Rahman and Mohammad of Goyeshpur village and M. Nazrul Islam of Dullah Chanpur village. They were interrogated at the RAB office where they confessed to their involvement in militant activities.
February 20: The Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Gazipur placed four JMB cadres on a 10-day remand. The militants, Nasrin Akhter, Zahid, Masud and Atique, had been arrested along with three grenades, bomb-making material and books on jihad from a house in East Kalomeshwar village on February 14.
February 20: A court in Jamalpur placed three arrested JMB cadres on a seven-day remand. The militants, Abdullahel Kafi, Mehedi Iqbal Ripon and Shamsul Haq, had been arrested on February 14 in Jamalpur town.
February 20: A JMB cadre in handcuffs exploded an improvised grenade at the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Gazipur, injuring at least 13 persons, including nine Policemen and three journalists. The blast occurred at around 4:30pm when four JMB cadres, including three women, were being paraded before the media. The SP in Gazipur, Abdul Baten, said Mamun alias Zahid, the male arrestee, flung himself on the recovered grenades on display and later hurled the grenade at the Police and journalists present. The Police had arrested them six hours earlier and recovered five grenades and a cache of bomb-making material at Tongi.
February 19: A Rajshahi court framed charges against eight JMB cadres in the Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Muhammad Yunus's murder case. The accused include Shafiullah Tarek (a follower of militant leader Asadullah Al Galib) and Shahidullah Mahbub (husband of the executed JMB leader Bangla Bhai's niece). Both of them were the mastermind behind the murder, according to the charge sheet. The other accused are JMB's regional commanders, Abu Isa Enamul and Golamur Rahman Mostafa, an adherent of Galib's Ahle Hadith Jubo Shangha, militants Abul Kashem Tufan, Abdul Matin, Abdur Rahman Arif and Mojibur Rahman.
February 18: The Nilphamari Police arrested a JMB militant, identified as Mashiur Rahman, an assistant teacher of the local Rahmania madrassa, from a village in the Jaldhaka sub-district. A large number of Jihadi books, leaflets and important letters were recovered from Mashiur's possession. He was arrested on the basis of information provided by 13 JMB militants arrested in Nilphamari, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat Districts during the last two months, the Jaldhaka Police Station Officer-in-Charge, said.
January 20: The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong sentenced Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, JMB's divisional chief, to 10 years' imprisonment for his involvement in the August 17, 2005 serial blasts case. Javed was also fined Taka 5000. Three explosions had occurred on August 17, 2005 in Chittagong's Bahodderhat, Muradpur intersection and OR Nizam Road areas.
January 3: JMB threatened to blow up Jessore District School and Government Momin Girls' High School located in Jessore town on the day of their admission tests on January 7. Letters to this effect, posted from Sharsa sub-district of Jessore District were sent to the headmasters of both schools. Both the letters bore the signature of one Abdul Wahab who identified himself as a JMB cadre in Sharsa. The letters asked the headmasters to introduce Islamic education and compel students to wear dresses according Islamic sariah.
January 1: Two JMB cadres identified as Abdul Hye alias Masud and Khorshed Alam, who were arrested along with 28 grenades on December 30, were remanded to seven-day Police custody.

2008

December 25: Eight JMB militants were arrested along with a large cache of explosives in the northern Gaibandha area, about 300km north of capital Dhaka. Officials seized grenades, explosives, batteries and books on jihad, District Police chief S. M. Muniruzzaman said. The raids come ahead of national elections due to take place on December 29.
December 17: Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) in a pre-dawn drive arrested a fugitive JMB cadre from Savar in national capital Dhaka. The arrested militant Abdur Rahim (45), a native of Nayakanda area in Barisal district, has earlier been sentenced to 64 years imprisonment for his involvement in 12 cases, including the serial bombings on August 17, 2005.
December 14: Leaflets and a CD sent by the JMB reached the Thakurgaon District Krishak League (association of farmers) leader Advocate Mojibar Rahman by mail. In the leaflet, JMB criticised concepts of democracy, secularism, nationalism, socialism and capitalism and the judicial system and called on the people to participate in Jihad to establish Islamic rule. The leaflets and the CD were handed over to the Police.
December 10: Police arrested a JMB cadre, Abdul Quddus from his residence at Joyram Singh at Pirgachha sub-district in Rangpur and seized a number of books on Islamic revolution from his possession. Police sources said Abdul Quddus is a listed JMB member and his arrest followed information provided by another JMB cadre who was arrested from Jaldhaka in Nilphamari on December 8. Both were reportedly were trying to reorganise the outfit in the area.
December 6: The JMB sent a letter and a CD to Comilla District Krishak League president Alhaj Omar Farooq. The letter and the CD contained pictures of the bodies of JMB's executed leaders Shaikh Abdur Rahman, Bangla Bhai and military commander Ata-ur Rahman Sunny.

December 3:Three JMB cadres were arrested at Shoulmari village in the Nilphamari district. They were identified as Noor Alam (23), Mamun-ur-Rashid (40) and Golzar Rahman (22). Police recovered some important documents from their possession.
December 2: JMB sent a leaflet and a CD to two addresses in Pabna by registered mail. Office of the Bengali newspaper Prothom Alo in Pabna received a parcel containing the two items. The office of the president of Pabna Chamber of Commerce and Industry also received a similar parcel on the same day. In the leaflet, JMB called for destroying anti-Islamic forces. "The Jehadi Kafela is committed to establishing Islamic rule by destroying oppressors, exploiters and dishonest leaders", the leaflet reads. It also blamed the media for publishing "wrong information" about the outfit. The CD reportedly contains footage of activities of JMB cadres.
December 1: RAB personnel arrested a JMB cadre, identified as Mohammed Shahidul Alam (55), from Sonapara village in Dinajpur district. Explosives including detonators, a time bomb, nine other bombs and four revolvers were recovered from his possession.
November 30: The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Habiganj granted seven-day remand for JMB cadre Badrul Alam Mizan in connection with the case for killing Awami League leader SAMS Kibria and four others at Baidyer bazaar on January 27, 2005.
November 19: The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge in Naokhali sentenced JMB cadres to life imprisonment in a case filed in connection with the serial bomb blasts in the district on August 17, 2005. The convicts were identified as Mokhlesur Rahman Masum (25), Aminul Islam Mahmud (26) and Arman Hossain Komol (39). The court also fined them Taka 10,000 each. According to the prosecution, the JMB cadres exploded bombs at the District Judge Court, District Collectorate Building, Noakhali Press Club and near Maijdee bus stand on August 17, 2005.
November 16: RAB personnel recovered 70 kilograms of explosives following the confession of a JMB ehsar, identified as Mohammad Hanif alias Kamal, who was arrested from his residence at Kalshi in the capital Dhaka. The RAB personnel also recovered 40 kilograms of nitric acid, 150 cases of improvised grenades, a large quantity of bomb-making materials and equipment, and over 2,000 books on jihad from two houses in Mirpur and Shanir Akhra in the capital. The RAB Additional Director General Colonel Gulzar Uddin Ahmed said, "The JMB stockpiled the explosives and the books as they were preparing for fresh attacks and recruitment."
November 15: A Dhaka court acquitted two JMB cadres in a case filed against them for possessing 21 grenade shells. They were identified as Saiful Islam and Mahbub Hossain. According to the prosecution, RAB personnel recovered 21 grenade shells during a search operation at Hafezia madrassa in Forzakanda of Narayanganj district on January 7, 2007.
November 11: A Barisal speedy trial tribunal acquitted 13 JMB cadres of charges in the serial bomb blasts in front of Barisal Bangla Bazaar mosque in the city on August 17, 2005. Seven other JMB cadres were sentenced to lifetime imprisonment in another case filed in connection with the same incident on August 17, 2005. Police had filed 12 cases in connection with the August 17 serial blasts at 12 places in Barisal city. Of these, judgments have been passed on 11 cases.
October 30: The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal (STT) in Barisal sentenced four JMB cadres to life imprisonment in a case filed in connection with the August 17, 2005 bomb blast in front of Barisal Government BM College. The convicted were identified as Zahid Babu, Sarwar Hossain, Abdur Rahim and Ziaur Rahman Zia. They were also fined Taka 10,000 each. Nine others were acquitted of all charges. All four convicted are absconding at present.
October 28: A Bogra court sentenced two leaders of the JMB, Ashraful and Abu Taher, to 10 years' imprisonment for possessing explosives and bomb-making materials. Special Tribunal Judge, Khalilur Rahman also fined the militants Taka 5,000 each. Both militants had been arrested on January 21, 2006 and acting on their statement, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel had seized a huge quantity of bomb-making materials at Bamunia village in Shahjahanpur sub-district.
October 25: Two JMB cadres were arrested at Abbas Bazar village at Shibganj in the Chapainawabganj district. They were identified as Rafiqul Islam (27) and Hajrat Ali (22). Police recovered documents of the JMB from their possession.
September 11: RAB personnel arrested a JMB cadre, identified as Md Delwar Hossain at Battali Bazar under Khetlal sub-district of Joypurhat. The arrested militant haling from Baniapara village was wanted in a case filed for looting firearms from police at Mohespur village under Khetlal sub-district in 2003. He had earlier been arrested and had gone into hiding after being released on bail.
September 6: In a fax to RAB headquarters the JMB threatened to bomb the headquarters and offices of all the 12 RAB battalions within the month of September. The fax sent from Rajshahi said bomb attacks would also be made on the offices of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Chittagong Metropolitan Police and Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, and that of all the Superintendents of Police. The fax informed that the outfit is now head by Obaidur Rahman Giashi of Rambhadrapur of Chanpainawabganj after the death of Bangla Bhai.
September 1: A Special Tribunal in Gazipur sentenced a JMB regional commander identified as Abdullah Al Suhail to 34 years rigorous imprisonment in arms and explosive cases. The militant was also fined Taka 20,000. Abdullah had been arrested from Ashulia bus stand in Dhaka on January 30, 2006 and three guns and some explosives were recovered from his possession.
August 7: Police arrested a suspected JMB cadre at Palashbari in the Gaibandha district. The militant, identified as Kazal, is a student of the Bogra Polytechnic Institute.
August 5: Intelligence officials detained eight activists of an organisation named 'Islami Samaj' on suspicion of militancy, from the Sessions Judge's Court premises in Bandarban. The suspected militants were distributing leaflets denouncing the democratic electoral system in Bandarban district and the Sessions Judge's Court premises. Around 3000 leaflets were recovered from them. Hailing from Comilla, Sherpur, Noakhali, Shariatpur, Jamalpur and Tangail districts, the suspected militants aged between 18 and 50 years said they joined Islami Samaj a few months ago. They also claimed that they have no connection with the JMB militants.

Police arrested seven more activists of the Islami Samaj when the latter were distributing leaflets in Jamalpur town. The arrested were identified as Yusuf Ali, Ansar Ali, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Karim, Aiyub Ali Prodhan, Mobarak Ali and Saiful Islam. Of them, Ansar Ali was earlier arrested on September 15, 2003, from Jhinaigati in Sherpur for links with the JMB and was released from jail after serving 11 months' imprisonment.
July 30: A Barisal court sentenced seven JMB activists to life imprisonment in a case filed for the series bomb blasts on August 17, 2005 in front of the Barisal Central Jail. The seven were also fined Tk 10,000 each, in default of which they will have to serve an additional year in prison. The court also acquitted seven other accused and ordered to release them unless there are separate cases pending against them.
July 27: The Sherpur District and Sessions Judge's Court framed charges against seven militants of the outlawed JMB in connection with the serial bomb blasts in the district town on August 17, 2005
July 26: The RAB personnel arrested five members of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Gopalganj.
July 13: A court in Panchagarh sentenced four JMB cadres to life imprisonment in a case filed in connection with the August 17, 2005 serial bomb blasts in Panchagarh. The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Amulla Kumar Sarker acquitted six other accused in the case. The convicts were also fined Taka 10,000 each. The prosecution submitted that militants, Tanviruzzaman alias Murad, Azizul Islam alias Majnu, Hafizur Rahman and Abdul Matin alias Ismail exploded bombs at eight places including the Judge Court compound and the entrance to the Collectorate Building in Panchagarh on August 17, 2005.
June 30: The Additional District and Sessions court in Panchagarh sentenced three JMB cadres to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for possession of bomb making materials. The convicts, Tanviruzzaman alias Murad from Sultanpur village under Debiganj sub-district in Panchagarh, Ashjad Hossain alias Awakat from Panditpara village under Dimla sub-district in Nilphamari and Shafiqul Islam from Joyrampur village under Kaharol sub-district in Dinajpur district, were also fined Taka 10,000 each. The convicts had been arrested on November 19, 2005 from a rental house at Notun Bosti in Panchagarh with bomb making materials and explosives.
June 19: The Rajshahi speedy trial tribunal sentenced six JMB militants to life terms in jail for the murder of a rickshaw-puller during the serial blasts of August 17, 2005 in the Chapainawabganj district. The militants identified as Shahidullah Faruk Selim, Abul Kashem Tufan, Shakhawat Hossain Ziad, Hafez Ali Akbor Riaz, Shafiullah Shahid and Hafijur Rahman Dalim were convicted for murder and sedition charges under Sections 302 and 120 (B) of Bangladesh Penal Code. They were also fined Taka 10,000 each. Of the six convicts Shafiullah Shahid and Hafijur Rahman Dalim are still absconding.
June 18: The Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced two JMB militants to life imprisonment in an explosives case filed in connection with the explosions carried out on the Chittagong court premises in November, 2005. The convicts are identified as JMB Chittagong region commander Jabed Iqbal alias Mohammad and Jahidul Islam Sumon alias Boma Mizan. Sumon is still absconding. JMB cadre Abul Hossain had carried out a suicide bomb attack on the Chittagong court premises killing police constable Rajib Barua and local footballer Shahbuddin on the spot. Abul Hossain, who was seriously injured in the blast, later succumbed to his injuries.
June 17: Police produced 29 JMB cadres, including Salahuddin alias Salehin and Asaduzzaman Ponir, who have been awarded death sentence and the wife of executed JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai before the Court of Fourth Additional Judge in Mymensingh. They are accused in 11 different cases, including Netrokona bomb blast case, Jibontala Madrassa case with Bhaluka Police Station and another case filed with Muktagachha Police Station.
June 11: The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) released its "2007-2008 Trends in Militancy in Bangladesh" report. It said that the right-wing militants have regrouped across the country over the past year, putting together their networks and strengthening training and indoctrination operations despite a lull in terrorist attacks in the same period. The report said that the reports of bomb explosions and bomb-making cells indicate that militant groups are once again organising themselves for terrorist attacks. According to the report, the JMB militants have regrouped and launched recruitment drives. They are reportedly holding public meetings, raising funds and running recruitment drives in Gaibandha while the Allahr Dal, a JMB offshoot, is active in the south-west, especially in Kushtia, Meherpur and Chuadanga.
June 1: The Metropolitan Special Tribunal-6 in Dhaka sentenced three JMB cadres to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for possessing bomb making materials. The convicts Wahidul Islam alias Habib, Shafiqul Islam alias Russell and Hafez Ibrahim, were also fined Tk 10,000 each. A team of RAB personnel had arrested the three JMB cades in January 2006 and had recovered 71 items including ammonium nitrate, detonators, iron rods, iron sheets, batteries, gunpowder, 27 wrist watches, electric circuits, electronic metres, time devices and different other bomb making materials from their possession.
May 18: RAB personnel arrested a JMB cadre, identified as Dudu Mia alias Member from Uttar Moheshpur village in the Khetlal sub-district in the Joypurhat district. The arrested militant is one among the 61 JMB cadres charge sheeted in an arms loot case on August 14, 2003.
April 29: The Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentences four JMB militants to 26 years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) each for their involvement in a bomb attack on the court of the then Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Akram Hossain in October 2005. The four convicts are identified as JMB Chittagong regional commander Jabed Iqbal alias Mohammad, cadres of the outfit's Tangail branch Shahadat, Abul Malek alias Laltu and bomb expert Jahidul Islam alias Mizan alias Bomb Mizan. Mizan is still at large.
April 29: The Jhenidah Special Tribunal sentences two JMB militants to life-term RI under the Explosives Act. The accused Abu Hasan Biswas of Ullapara village under Kaliganj sub-district and Zakir Hossain alias Razu of Kanyadah village under Harinakunda sub-district in the Jhenidah district were arrested on April 21, 2007 and had confessed to have hidden 140-grams aluminium powder, 900-grams potassium chlorite, two-kilograms of explosives, iron used in fishing net, black tape and 30 booklets on Jihad and the Taliban movement, 20 magazines, 20 audio cassettes and two pieces of magnet, which were subsequently recovered.
March 22: A Dhaka court sentenced three JMB militants, including the outfit's former second-in-command Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai's wife, Fahima alias Farzana, to different terms of punishment for the bombings at Udichi and Shatadal Shilpi Goshthi offices in Netrakona in December 2005. The other convicts are Salahuddin alias Saleheen and Asaduzzaman Chowdhury alias Panir. Salahuddin was sentenced to 31 years in jail while Panir and Fahima were sentenced to 10 and five years respectively. Panir and Fahima were also fined Taka 10,000 and 5,000 each, in default of which they will have to serve six and one months more in jail respectively. The court acquitted a fugitive JMB member Yunus Ali, as his involvement with the bomb blasts was not proved.
March 11: Nine JMB militants were sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the serial bomb blasts in Barguna on August 17, 2005. They were also fined Taka 5,000 each. They were identified as Asadul Arif, Rezaul Karim, Hafez Mohammad Mostafa Hasan, Hafez Al Amin, Shahidul Islam, Masum Billah, Abdul Haque Abbasi, Hafez Abdur Rahman and Shahid.
March 9: A JMB cadre, who was sentenced to death by a court, died while he was undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). Nasirullah was admitted to the DMCH by the Dhaka Central Jail authority on March 4 as he had been suffering from jaundice. A senior special judge's court of Jhenidah sentenced him to death on February 28, 2006 in an explosive case. The case was pending in the High Court.
March 6: Two JMB cadres, Nashirul Haque Bintu and Hafizur Rahman Raju, were arrested at Bahalguri village under Bhurungamari sub-district in the Kurigram village. Both reportedly are close associates of JMB leader Matin Mehedi and had gone into hiding following the arrest of Matin in April 2007.
February 23: A suspected JMB cadre was arrested in Tangail by the police in Barisal. The arrested militant, identified as Habibur Rahman Habib, is the son of Shajahan Miah of Habla village. Police claimed that Habib is the second-in-command of JMB's Tangail district unit and also the cousin of absconding JMB commander Younus Miah, who has been sentenced to death in the Netrokona bomb blast case recently. Habib is also an accused in two cases filed with the Paltan police station in Dhaka and Tangail police station in connection with August 17 bomb blasts in 2005.

Police detained a JMB militant, Abdur Rahman, while he was giving money to an accused JMB cadre at a Chittagong Court. The arrested is the son of Rafiqul Islam of Ghuchung Chhara in Rangamati.
February 16: The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka sentenced three JMB militants to death on charges of killing eight people, including two leaders of the cultural group Udichi, by carrying out suicide bomb attacks at the Udichi and Shata Dal Shilpi Goshthi offices in Netrakona in December 2005. The convicts were identified as Salahuddin alias Saleheen, Asaduzzaman Chowdhury alias Panir and Yunus Ali. Yunus Ali was tried in absentia as he is yet to be arrested. The court acquitted Fahima alias Farzana as her involvement with the killings was not proved.
January 30: The Speedy Trial court in Rajshahi sentenced seven JMB cadres to life imprisonment for carrying out bomb blasts in Chapainawabganj on August 17, 2005. The court further fined the convicts identified as Shahidullah Faruk Selim, Abul Kashem Tufan, Shakhawat Hossain Ziad, Abdullah Al Mamun Nasim, Hafez Ali Akbar Riaz, Shafiullah Shahid and Hafijur Rahman Dalim, Taka 10,000 each. Of the seven sentenced, two are still hiding.
January 21: A special judge court in Jamalpur sentenced three JMB militants to 34 years' rigorous imprisonment in connection with a grenade attack on police at Bhatara in the Sarishabari sub-district in 2007. The convicts identified as Habibur Rahman Yousuf of Satpoa village in Sarishabari sub-district, Sultan and Sohel of Charaildar village in Melandaha sub-district were also fined Taka 8000 each. Five other accused were acquitted. Yousuf was arrested first and following his confession, Sultan and Sohel were arrested at Charaildar village in the Melandaha sub-district on March 24, 2007 and 75 grenade bodies, 77 grenade caps and 27 packets of power gel were recovered from them.
January 9: Police arrested a JMB militant, identified as Moazzem Hossain Mollah of Ghatbila village in Mollarhat sub-district in the Bagerhat district, while photocopying a leaflet at Sardarpara in Jamalpur town. Police sources said that the leaflet contained 'motivational speeches' of executed JMB leaders Shaikh Abdur Rahman, Ataur Rahman Sunny and Abdul Awal. Following Moazzem's preliminary confession, police raided his rented house at Adipaita village in Melandaha sub-district in the district on the same night and recovered some more leaflets.

2007

December 22: The RAB personnel arrested an ehsar of the JMB at Janagalia of Shaghata sub-district in the Gaibandha district. Books and leaflets on Islamic revolution were also recovered from her house. Three sons of the woman, who are also JMB cadres, managed to escape before the raid, RAB sources said.
December 17: A suspected JMB militant was killed and two RAB personnel were injured during an hour-long encounter at the Maddhya Badda locality in the national capital Dhaka. The slain militant was identified as Kamal of Jamalpur town. Another militant, identified as Al Beruni alias Sabuj alias Rony, belonging to the lesser known outfit Islamic Dal was arrested. A rifle, a revolver, two pistols, and seven bullets were recovered from the arrested militant.
December 17: The Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced four JMB militants to 14 years' rigorous imprisonment each in a case concerning recovery of explosives. They were also fined Taka 50,000 each. The convicts were identified as JMB Chittagong Region Commander Jabed Iqbal alias Mohammad, Naimuzzaman alias Sohag, Ayub Ali alias Abu Jar and Jahidul Islam alias Sumon alias Boma Mizan.
December 7: Police arrested one JMB militant, Nazrul Islam, when he was visiting his parents at Khanpur village in the Dinajpur district. Nazrul was charge-sheeted in connection with the August 17, 2005 countrywide serial bomb blasts.
November 30: Three out of five JMB cadres involved in the jailbreak attempt from the district jail in Comilla on November 25 were shifted to Dhaka Central Jail on November 30 owing to security reasons. The three militants included Nabil Rahman, son of JMB's executed chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, Shamim and Redwan.
November 29: The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Khulna sentenced JMB regional operations commander Hafez Mahmud alias Rakib Hasan to life imprisonment in a bomb blast case that occurred in Kushtia Islamic University on August 17, 2005. The militant was further fined Taka 10,000. Seven other charge-sheeted accused in this case were acquitted.
November 28: A JMB cadre was arrested on the premises of Kurigram District and Sessions Judge's Court. Police sources said that the arrested cadre, an associate of the JMB leader Matin Mehedi, had gone to meet with two other arrested JMB cadres who were being produced in the court on the same day.
November 25: Five JMB militants including Nabil Rahman, son of the outfit's executed chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the Comilla district Jail. Nabil Rahman and Shakil Mohammad Galib managed to scale over the eastern wall of the jail. However, locals and jail police chased them down and caught them.
November 20: The Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced Abdul Aziz alias Hanif, a JMB militant, to ten years rigorous imprisonment for his involvement in a bomb blast in the Sunamganj district on August 17, 2005. Hanif was further fined Taka 5000. Another JMB cadre Mohammed Salahuddin alias Salehin was acquitted in the same case.
November 15: The Criminal Investigation Department pressed charges against five JMB militants, including executed leaders of the outfit Abdur Rahman and Abdur Rahman Sunny, in a case for assaulting the late litterateur Professor Humayun Azad. The court, however, dropped the charges against the two leaders as they have been executed.
November 14: Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel arrested a suspected JMB militant, identified as Hasan, from Amrakhali in the Benapole district. Currency notes worth Taka 1.4 million were recovered from him. He was reportedly traveling in a Dhaka-bound passenger bus from Bashkol.
November 12: Police arrested a JMB leader, Maulana Shahidul Islam, at Pathan Para in Gazipur. The arrested militant, who worked as an imam at the Al Madina Masjid is reportedly the 'divisional commander' of the group in Faridpur. He is also an accused in the August 17, 2005 country-wide bombings.
November 11: Daily Star reported that the Saghata sub-district, home of wife of executed JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, is witnessing a recruitment drive by the JMB cadres.
November 10: Two suspected JMB cadres were arrested from Basantapara village in the Saghata sub-district of Gaibandha. Both were identified as Wazed Ali and Abdur Rab of Basantapara village.
November 5: The Detective Branch of Police filed charge sheets against eight JMB cadres in connection with two bomb blast cases in capital Dhaka on August 17, 2005. The charge sheeted accused are Monwar Hossain, Enayetullah, Mohiuddin, Faisal Ahmed, Shoib Hossain, Arman Bin Azad, Yusuf and Rasel. Of them, Monwar, Enayet, Mohiuddin and Faisal were earlier arrested and now in jail custody while the rest are absconding.
October 29: The Khulna Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced three JMB cadres to life imprisonment for exploding bombs at two places in Kushtia on August 17, 2005. The convicts, identified as Hafez Mahmud, Shamsul Alam and Akbar Ali, were also asked to pay a fine amount of Tk 20,000 each, in default of which they have to undergo three years more of rigorous imprisonment (RI).

Three JMB cadres, identified as Asaduzzam of Gazipur, Aminur Sikder of Patuakhali and Saidur Rahman of Nagarkanda sub-district in Faridpur district were arrested by the Faridpur district police from the court area. A large number of Jihadi books, audio cassettes and 14 SIM cadres were recovered from their possession. Police claimed that the arrested militants were involved in the serial bombing across the country in 2005.
October 26: The Special Tribunal-2 in Tangail sentenced two JMB militants to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in two cases, one under the Arms Act and the other under the Explosive Substances Act. The court also fined the convicts Taka 8,000 each, in default they would have to stay five more months in jail. The militants were identified as Arman Ali of Adabari under Mirzapur sub-district and Selim Miah of the Sadar sub-district in Tangail.
October 9: The Sylhet divisional speedy trial tribunal sentenced two JMB militants, Abdul Aziz alias Hanif and Salahuddin alias Salehi, to 10-years of rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in a series of bomb blasts in Sunamganj in August 2005. They were also fined TK 5,000 each, defaulting on which would lead to one more year of imprisonment. They reportedly detonated explosives at six places in Sunamganj on August 17, 2005 following which police filed six different cases.
October 8: Three JMB militants were charged for carrying out serial bombings in four movie theatres in Mymensingh. The accused were identified as Salah Uddin alias Salehin, regional JMB commander for Mymensingh and Sylhet zones, Zahidul Islam alias Sumon and Anwar Hossain alias Anwar Alam. While Salah Uddin is lodged in Dhaka Central Jail, two others are absconding. 21 people were killed and over 200 persons were injured in explosions targeting four theatres in Mymensingh on December 7, 2002.

Unidentified persons claiming themselves to be JMB cadres threatened to set ablaze the building of the Petrobangla office at Karwan Bazaar under Tejgaon police station in capital Dhaka. The threat letter, issued in the name of the JMB office in Dhaka, was reportedly dropped in the office of Jalal Ahmed, Chairman of the Petrobangla, at Petrocentre. It sated that JMB cadres had already inspected different floors of the Petrobangla office and they would go on action soon. The threat reportedly came within hours after three JMB militants were charged with carrying out serial bomb blasts in four cinema halls in Mymensingh on December 7, 2002.
October 7: A court in Sylhet sentenced two JMB militants, identified as Abdul Aziz alias Hanif and Salahuddin alias Salehi, to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in two cases filed in connection with the bomb blasts carried out by the outfit in Sunamganj on August 17, 2005. Both were also fined Taka 5,000 each in default of which they would have to stay one year more in prison.
September 29: A court in Mymensingh sentenced eight JMB militants to four years of imprisonment. They were identified as regional commander Garibullah Akanda, Abdus Samad, Emdadul Haque Ujjal, Julhas, Mofazzol Hossain Bhulu, Hazrat Ali, Abdus Samad and Jabed Ali. Each of them was also fined Taka 10,000, in default of which they have to undergo eight more months in prison. Of the convicts, Garibullah and Samad are under detention while others are still at large.

The security forces launched a search operation for the former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Moulana Saidur Rahman, who has reportedly taken over as chief of the JMB. Rahman is absconding since the arrest of JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman in Sylhet city in 2006. RAB sources claimed that Saidur Rahman is conducting activities of the JMB since the arrest and execution of the militant’s top leadership. A court in Sylhet has already tried him in absentia and sentenced him to 14 years rigorous imprisonment in an explosive case in early September.
September 13: The Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced two JMB militants to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in one of the cases for the August 17, 2005-serial bomb blasts across the country. Both of them were also fined Taka 5,000 each and in default they have to undergo imprisonment for one more year.
September 12: The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet sentenced two JMB leaders to 14 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Taka 2,000 for storing explosives and bomb making substances at a house in Sylhet. The duo was identified as JMB’s Sylhet regional chief Moulana Saidur Rahman and Abdul Aziz alias Abu Hanif. The case was filed in line with the statement given by Abdul Aziz who was arrested along with executed JMB chief Sheikh Abdur Rahman from a house in Sylhet on March 2, 2006. Following Aziz’s statement, explosives and bomb making material, including seven packets of resistance wire, 1000 pressure switches, 1000 capacitors, 600 integrated circuits, one high voltage battery and one packet of emitter diode, were recovered from a locked house at Hatimbag area.
September 10: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the Rajshahi district filed murder charges against eight JMB militants in connection with the killing of Rajshahi University teacher, Prof Muhammad Yunus. While submitting the charge sheet the CID also asked for the acquittal of the five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir who were earlier accused of the murder. The CID submitted that confessions made by the executed JMB leader Abdur Rahman have indicated that the outfit is involved in the killing.
September 9: The Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced two JMB cadres, identified as Mohsin Khan and Abdul Hai to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Taka 5,000 each, for their involvement in the bomb attacks on the city's judge court on August 17, 2005. Both the convicts were teachers at Sengram Dakhil seminary in Sylhet's Jaintapur sub-district.
September 7: Police arrested one JMB cadre, Aminul Islam alias Chotton, from Hossainpur village under Muradnagar sub-district of Comilla district. He was involved in serial bomb blasts in the Comilla town on August 17, 2005.
August 28: Charges were framed at the court of Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-4 in Chittagong against five JMB cadres in two cases filed in 2005. The JMB militants included the outfit’s Chittagong ‘divisional commander’ Jabed Iqbal, Cox’s Bazaar ‘district commander’ Rafiqul Islam Ratan, bomb expert Mizan, and regional leaders Abdul Malek Laltu and Shahdat Ali.
August 24: Two JMB cadres, identified as Dulu Miah and Mizanur Rahman Mizan, surrendered at Gangachara police station in the Rangpur district.
August 20: The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in Dhaka sentenced Salahuddin alias Salehin, a Majlish-e-Shura member of the JMB, to death for killing a youth in Jamalpur four years back. The court acquitted two other JMB cadres-- Amir Khan and Sharif Monwar alias Shiplu -- as the charges brought against them were not proved. A group of JMB members led by Salahuddin killed Hridoy Roy of Sonarcor in Jamalpur's Sarishabari sub-district on April 23, 2003, accusing him of converting poor Muslim locals to Christianity.

A convicted patron of the executed JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai died at Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital. Hospital and prison sources said Shamsul Haque, who was a village doctor, suddenly fell sick in the district central jail. He was brought to the hospital where he died on arrival. RAB personnel had arrested Shamsul, along with his 15 associates, from Dulla area of Muktagachha in the Mymensingh district on May 7, 2007 on charge of patronising JMB activities, including giving shelter to Bangla Bhai.
August 16: Security forces arrested three JMB militants in Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi and in Jhalakathi town. The militants were identified as Khorshed Alam, Abdur Rashid Babu and Amjad Hossain.
August 13: Police arrested an absconding JMB militant at Baliadanga Bazar in the Kalaroa sub-district of Satkhira district. Identified as Noor Ali Member, the JMB militant hailing from Kulla in Assassuni sub-district is charge-sheeted accused in five cases filed in connection with five blasts in Satkhira during the August 17, 2005 countrywide bomb blasts.
August 7: The Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Sylhet granted bail to Nurjahan Begum Rupa and Afifa Rahman, wife and daughter of the executed JMB chief Abdur Rahman. The court also deferred the framing of charges in the explosives case filed after the arrest of Abdur Rahman along with his family members and some JMB cadres at a house in Sylhet on March 2, 2006, as one of the accused, Sabbir Ahmed Dulal, could not be brought to the court from Dhaka.
August 6: Security forces arrested a JMB militant, identified as Abdus Samad, from Khilgaon in the capital Dhaka.
August 2: RAB personnel arrested four JMB militants, Ishak Sheikh, Rafiqul Islam, Khalilur Rahman and Mohammad Anis, along with ten kilograms of explosives and ten grenades from the Mirpur area in Dhaka.
July 29: A speedy trial tribunal in Mymensingh sentenced 15 JMB militants to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Taka 10,000 each.
July 17: RAB personnel arrested four JMB cadres and recovered five kilograms of power gel and 15 shells of high power hand grenade from Bajitpur of the Kishoreganj district. They were identified as Deen Islam, an Imam of Satura Jam-e-Masjid, Harun, Abdul Hannan, and Mohammod Hossain. All are residents of Satura village of Bajitpur sub-district..
July 16: Police arrested Saidur Rahman, a JMB militant from Bhogdaburi Patwari Para village in Domar sub-district of Nilphamari district in connection with a case under Explosives Act. The arrested militant had taken part in the serial bomb blasts of August 17, 2005 and had been absconding since then.
July 12: The Metropolitan Magistrate court in Dhaka granted seven-day remand for Shahida Begum, wife of the arrested JMB cadre Anwar Hossain alias Faruq. The court also ordered police to produce the bullet-hit Hossain being treated at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital before it after his recovery from injuries.
July 10: A suspected JMB cadre who received bullet injuries during a raid by RAB personnel at a house in the national capital Dhaka’s Mirpur area was subsequently arrested along with his wife. A pistol and several bullets were recovered from his possession. RAB sources identified the militant as Shakhawat, but did not name his wife.

A speedy trial court in Sylhet sentenced two JMB militants to 10 years rigorous imprisonment each for their involvement in the August 17, 2005 serial blasts case. Mohsin Khan of Kaziatal village under Muradnagar sub-district and Abdul Hye of Asadnagar village of Bhrahmanpara sub-district in the Comilla district, were convicted for exploding bombs at six spots in Sylhet on August 17. Both were teachers of Sengram Dakhil Madrassa (seminary) in Jaintapur sub-district.

Five JMB militants, including two top leaders, were arrested in a series of raids by RAB personnel in Dhaka and Mymensingh. The leaders were identified as Asadul Islam alias Arif, a member of JMB's reconstituted Majlish-e-Shura, and Anwar Hossain alias Faruq, a Shura member. The others were the outfit’s regional commander for Mymensingh, Shafiqul Islam alias Rakib, Sagar Hossain alias Sayem and Saiful Islam. Arif was convicted in absentia for the killing of two judges at Jhalakathi on November 14, 2005. Two 9mm pistols with nine bullets, seven computers, a large number of compact disks and books on jihad were recovered from the arrested militants. Hasan Mahmud Khandakar, Director-General of the RAB, told, "We succeeded in breaking the backbone of the banned outfit, but we decided to intensify our drives to nab the outfit’s members who are scattered throughout the country".
July 9: During operations in separate villages of Bagmara sub-district in the Rajshahi district, police arrested a JMB militant and four left-wing extremists, including a PBCP regional commander. The JMB militant was identified as Shamser Ali, who is also an accused in a police assault case. The arrested PBCP regional commander Ariful Islam Rony is a charge-sheeted accused in a murder case. The extremists were identified as Hazrat of Taherpur, Rashid Babu of Cheukhali and Islam of Polashi village.
June 28: District Special Branch police arrested a suspected JMB cadre from the College Gate area in the Khagrachhari district. He was identified as Kari Osman Goni, a leader of Islami Oikya Jote and Khelaphat Mojlish.
June 26: Police arrested Afsar Ali, a close associate of the executed JMB second-in-command Bangla Bhai, from Naldanga sub-district of Natore district.
June 25: RAB personnel arrested a close associate of the executed JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai at the Tangail bus stand. Mohammed Garibullah Akanda alias Munshi was a regional commander and trainer of the outfit and a former assistant superintendent of Bandha Chitalia Dakhil Madrassa (seminary) in the Jamalpur district.
June 23: Police arrested a close aide to the former second-in-command of the JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai from Hamirkutsa in Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi. Abdul Jalil Sardar alias Studio Jalil was arrested while he was holding a secret meeting. Jalil was a member of the PBCP before he joined the anti-left-wing extremist operations led by Bangla Bhai.
June 20: Six JMB cadres, absconding since the August 17, 2005-bomb blasts, surrendered to the police at Gangachara sub-district in the Rangpur district.
June 14: A powerful bomb planted allegedly by the Jadid al Qaeda on the campus of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology was recovered. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police bomb expert Alamgir Hossain said the bomb was similar to five others found earlier on the campus.

Seven JMB militants surrendered at Gangachara police station in Rangpur. They were identified as Azizul Islam, Azaharul Islam, Johurul Islam, Abdul Baten, and Foyjul Islam of Kuribishwa under Kolkond union and Ashiqul Islam and Ibrahim Khalil of Boraibari under Alambiditor union.
June 19: The Home Ministry reportedly issued a directive to the security agencies to crush the resurgent JMB and arrest its leaders.
May 30: Four suspected JMB militants were arrested by police from Kochua and Hajiganj sub-districts of Chandpur district. They were identified as Billal Hossain, Nuruzzaman and Md Awlad Hossain hailing from Narsingdi and Jakir hailing from Bhola.
May 28: Police personnel arrested a JMJB leader, identified as Akbar Ali, at Borobihanali village in the Rajshahi District.
May 23: Police arrested Ratan Pramanik, a top leader of the JMB, from village Tilaboduri Atrai under Atrai police station in the Naogaon district.
May 22: The arrested JMB ‘operations commander’ of greater Rajshahi, Shahidullah Mahbub, in a judicial statement confessed to his involvement in the murder of Rajshahi University Professor Mohammad Yunus. Mahbub, who is the husband of executed JMB second-in-command Bangla Bhai's niece, was arrested from Bogra. Earlier on April 13, 2006, Shafiullah Tarek, grandson of Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh leader Asadullah Al Galib, had admitted to his involvement in the murder.

In Faridpur, RAB personnel recovered two bombs and a pipe gun from the house of a JMB militant in the Goalchamat area.
May 21: Daily Star quoting intelligence agencies indicated that the JMB leaders and suicide squad members are regrouping in the remote chars (riverine islands) on the Padma, Brahmaputra and Teesta rivers and are reportedly planning attacks across the northern region of the country.
May 18: RAB Personnel arrested a top-ranking leader of the JMB and a close associate of executed JMB second-in-command Bangla Bhai from the Atrai sub-district of Naogaon district. Identified as Golam Mohiuddin alias Shipon, he was in-charge of the Shoria camp of JMB in Atrai.
May 17: Police in the Rangpur district arrested four JMB militants from a remote char (riverine island) of the Teesta river under Pirgachha sub-district. 38 books on Islamic revolution, a record player, a number of cassettes and two cell phones were recovered from their possession. The four were identified as Abdul Quddus Khan Salafi of Char Protap Joysen, Anisur Rahman of Borodargah Fokirapara, Rubel Hosen of Posura Tangailpara, and Mohidul Islam of Budai Noyapara.
May 16: A JMB militant, Mokbul Hossain, was arrested from Hamirkutsa Dangapara village under the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. Police sources said that the arrested militant was an accused in three cases including one for murder.
May 14: Montejar Rahman, a fugitive Jamaat-e-Islami leader-turned JMB ‘commander’, evading life sentence for the August 17, 2005 serial bombings, was arrested from Nischintapur village of Kalai sub-district in the Joypurhat district.
May 8: The JMB threatened to bomb several government offices, including that of the Deputy Commissioner (DC), in Rangpur district. The DC, Khondoker Atiar Rahman, informed that he received a letter from a person named Ripon, who claimed to be a JMB ‘commander.’ The letter posted at a Dinajpur post office on read, "We will blow up some important establishments including your office within one and two days as you killed our leaders."
May 6: Security forces arrested 17 JMB militants from different parts of the country. While RAB personnel arrested 15 JMB militants from Isakhali Bazaar of Chatol village in the Mymensingh district, two more militants were arrested from Khagrachhari. Two mobile sets, copies of case filed against JMB second in command Bangla Bhai, newspaper clippings of the stories published on the hanging of Bangla Bhai and other top militants, some books on Jihad were also seized from Mymensingh. From Khagrachhari, two toy guns, one tape recorder, electric bulb and circuit and five books were recovered.
May 5: Police and RAB personnel in separate drives arrested two suspected JMB cadres from Gangachara in the Rangpur district. They have been identified as Azizul Islamof Moubhasa village and Mahfuz Alam Bhutto of Changmari village.
May 3: Police arrested a man for his alleged connection with the JMB from Akania Nasirpur village under Kochua sub-district of Chandpur district.
April 24 : A JMB militant, Abu Sayed, was arrested from Konabaria village under Bagmara police station in the Rajshahi district. Sayed is accused in a case for a murder allegedly committed by JMB militants in 2004.
April 23: A suspected JMB cadre, Motiar Rahman, was arrested from Kamargaon village under the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi.
April 22: Kurigram Police arrested a suspected JMB militant Ujjal of Natan Para of Raumari Bazaar.

Police arrested a suspected JMB militant, Abdul Jalil, from Bagmara sub-district in Rajshahi.
April 21: RAB personnel arrested two suspected JMB cadres, Abu Hasan and Jakir Hossain, from the Ullapara area of Kaliganj sub-district of Jhenidah district. They also recovered bomb-making materials, including phosphorus powder, iron shrapnel and other materials and booklets on Jihad written by the executed JMB leader Khalid Saifullah.

Police arrested two daughters, Fatima and Mahmuda, and a son-in-law of JMB Joypurhat ‘district commander’ Montizer Rahman’ from Paddapara village of Gabtoli sub-district in Bogra for their alleged involvement in militancy.
April 20: Two JMB militants, Anisur Rahmanand Delwar Hossain, were arrested from a seminary in the Melandah sub-district in Jamalpur.
April 19: RAB personnel arrested five JMB cadres at Tootpara under Khulna Sadar Police Station while they were holding a secret meeting. They were identified as Masud Hossain, Monirul Islam, Mohammad Al Amin, Ashik Rahman and Afzal Hossain.
April 17: Police arrested 13 JMB cadres from different places in the Sherpur district.

Security forces arrested two JMB militants from the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. They were identified as Shafiqul Islam of Udpara village and Mahmud Hasan of Ramrama village.

Two more JMB cadres, Tara Miah and Amir Hossain, were arrested from the Tatalpur and Nouhat areas of the district town of Sherpur.
April 16: The Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court in Chittagong framed charges against six JMB militants in four cases filed in connection with bomb attacks, murder, and possession of illegal firearms and explosives. The cases were filed in connection with the August 17, 2005-countrywide bomb attacks, the bomb attack on Chittagong court building premises on November 29, 2005, and illegal firearms and explosives recovered from Chittagong’s Pahartali area on December 14, 2005.

A schoolteacher of Atrai, who was tortured by JMB activists three years ago filed a case accusing former State minister Alamgir Kabir, former Member of Parliament Shamsul Alam Pramanik and 34 others of patronising the militants. After hearing, Judge Fazlul Haq directed the Atrai police to accept the case and submit a report after investigation.
April 11: Suspected JMB cadres on April 11 shot dead Hyder Hossain, the public prosecutor of Jhalakathi District Judge's Court and chief counsel of the case filed against JMB militants for killing two Jhalakathi judges. Hyder had said that some people identifying themselves as JMB members were threatening him over telephone following the execution of the six top JMB militants.

The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong sentenced a JMB cadre to 17 years' rigorous imprisonment in an arms case. The JMB cadre, Mohammed Mashiur Rahman alias Milon alias Ujjal, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion from Cox's Bazaar along with a revolver and four rounds of bullets on December 14, 2005.
April 10: Police arrested four JMB militants, Said Ali and Joyen from Roynagar, Khoyer Ali from Kodapara and Akram from Sripur under Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.

The Superintendent of Police of Bogra received a threat mail from JMB asking the law enforcers not to harass female activists of the outfit. The mail also mentioned that the outfit is in a 60-day mourning period since March 30 in memory of its six executed leaders.
April 8: Police arrested JMB militant, Abdur Rashid, from Hamirkutsa village under Bangmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.
April 4: In Joypurhat district, police arrested three suspected JMB cadres, Abdul Hakim, Atiar Rahman and Imran Hossain, from their houses in the Khatlal, Kalai and Sadar areas respectively.
April 3: JMB cadre Saiful Islam, a teacher of Bulbuli Girls High School in the Islampur sub-district of Jamalpur, was arrested from his house at Dhengragar village and some documents were recovered from him. On the same day, Asadullah Asad, another suspected JMB cadre, was arrested from Aramnagar Bazar in the Sarishabari sub-district of Jamalpur.

In Barisal district, RAB personnel arrested a JMB militant, Maulana Aktaruzzaman, and recovered four grenades from his possession.
April 2: Police arrested nine JMB militants from the Rajshahi and Natore districts. While seven militants were arrested from their houses at Palashi village under Bagma police station in the Rajshahi, two others were arrested from Ramsa Kazipur village of Natore.

Police arrested four JMB cadres, Mustafizur Rahman, Sadeka Banu who is the wife of JMB leader Maulana Abdur Rouf, Billal and Elias, from the Jibontala seminary in the Bhaluka sub-district of Mymensingh district and a nearby market.
April 1: Cases were filed against three BNP leaders, including former post and telecommunications minister Aminul Huq, former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and former member of parliament Nadim Mostafa, for patronising JMB militants in the Natore and Rajshahi districts.
March 31: Police arrested five suspected JMB militants in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. They were identified as Akram, Afzal, Amjad of Hamnipur village, Nazrul of Goalpara village, and Mizanur of Manda village in the Naogaon district.
March 30: Six top JMB militants including the outfit’s chief Abdur Rahman and second-in-command, Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai were executed in four different jails. The other militants hanged were majlish-e-shura members Abdul Awal, Khaled Saifullah and Ataur Rahman Sunny and suicide squad member Iftekhar Hasan Al-Mamun.

Police arrested two aides of the hanged JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai from Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi.
March 26: Two JMB ehsar militants were arrested from Sarishabari sub-district in Jamalpur. A few jihadi books were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants.
March 25: A JMB militant, identified as Monjurul Ahsan Monju, was arrested at Kakran village in Dhamrai sub-district of the Dhaka district.
March 24: RAB personnel carried out a raid at a madrassa (seminary) in the Jamalpur district and arrested six JMB militants. A large cache of bomb-making materials consisting of 27 packets of gel explosives, 75 grenade casings, 80 grenade covers and a large number of detonators were also recovered during the raid. RAB personnel also seized 117 books and four discs on Jihad.
March 20: RAB personnel arrested two JMB cadres, Morshedul Islam and Sirajul Islam, from Gangachara subdistrict of Rangpur district.
March 20: RAB personnel arrested two JMB militants, Mustafizur Rahman alias 'Killer Mostaque' and Abdul Kuddus alias Masud, from Raspur village under Dhamoirhat sub-district in the Naogaon district.
March 20: Arrested operations commander of the JMB Mostafizur Rahman Shaheen, confessed that about 5,000 cadres, who are paid monthly remuneration, are operating across the country. He also mentioned that the money for them comes from Bangladeshi expatriates in foreign countries, including the United States of America and Saudi Arabia.
March 16: Police in separate drives arrested five JMB cadres in Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi.
March 14: RAB and police personnel in a joint drive arrested a listed JMB cadre, Alauddin, at Barokona village under Shaghata sub-district of Gaibandha. Police sources said that Alauddin was the in-charge of a JMB recruitment and training centre at Akonderpara village and prior to the August 17, 2005 blasts, many JMB cadres, who received training from this centre, were deployed in different areas of Bogra, Joypurhat and Dinajpur districts.
March 14: RAB personnel arrested a JMB operation commander Mostafizur Rahman Shaheen from village Gopalpur in Pabna. A huge number of leaflets, books and letters were recovered from his house.
March 14: Two JMB cadres, Aftab Hossain and Abdus Salam were arrested in Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi. The officer-in-charge of Bagmara Police Station said that the arrested JMB cadres are associates of JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and were involved in the outfit’s operations against the left-wing extremists in the sub-district in 2004.
March 12: In the Bogra district, security force personnel arrested a madrassa teacher for his alleged involvement with JMB at Joyvoga in Gabtoli sub-district. Officer-in-charge of Gabtoli Police Station told that Abdulla was arrested at a place near Joyvoga Dhakil Madrassa.
March 11: Police arrested ten JMB cadres from different areas of the Chapainawabganj district. The arrested have been identified as Abdur Rahim of Tikrampur, Yusuf Ali of Chadlai under Chapainawabganj Municipality; Kayeshuddin of Kagmari, Abdul Jalil and Motalleb alias Masud of Chandpur Hajarbighi under Shahbajpur Union; Masud Rana and Kafiluddin of Dhobra under Kansat Union, Abdul Alim of Mohammadpur, Karim and Mostafa of Umarpur under Shibganj sub-district. Police produced the JMB cadres in a court, which sent them to jail.
March 10: JMB militant, Dulal alias Dulaia alias Dula Mia, was arrested and a firearm along with six rounds of cartridges was seized from his possession in the Chittagong city. Dulal was arrested previously on October 3, 2005 from the Chittagong Court premises immediately after a bomb attack on the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Akram Hossain.
March 10: Police on arrested a JMB militant, Rezwanul Haque alias Rezu, in Debadangi Union of Thakurgaon Sadar sub-district. Police sources said that Rezu was a listed JMB activist and went into hiding soon after August 17, 2005 countrywide serial bomb blasts.
March 9: Police arrested Mahtab Khamaru, a close aide of JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai at a mosque at Talgharia in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district after Juma prayers. Khamaru had earlier been arrested on November 27, 2005, but was released following a ministerial order. Since then he was absconding.
March 6: Police personnel arrested a suspected JMB militant at Shipahipara near Phulbari bus stand in Dinajpur town and recovered a large number of jihadi text books from his possession. The arrested person was identified as Hafez Mohammad Tajul Islam alias Nabab Mukut of Joyrampur village in Dinajpur Sadar sub-district.
March 6: Law Adviser Mainul Hosein said the government will not allow the six JMB militants who have been sentenced to death to the media since there is no instance of allowing any convict to do so. He further said that search is continuing for arresting those who patronised the militants.
March 6: Police arrested five JMB militants from Uttar Moheshpur and Telabadul Mridhapara villages of Khetlal sub-district of Joypurhat district. The arrested militants have been identified as Monsur Rahman, Mahfuzur, Nuruzzaman, Ishaque Ali and Afzal Hossain.
March 5: A team of RAB personnel arrested a JMB militant, identified as Mushtaque, in a pre-dawn raid on Chaitankhila village under Sadar sub-district of Sherpur district.
March 4: The court of Third Additional Metropolitan Session's court in Chittagong sentenced a JMB cadre to 40 years imprisonment. The militant, Laltu alias Anam, was arrested on October 3, 2005 at the Chittagong Court premises immediately after a bomb exploded at the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Akram Hossain.
March 4: President Iajuddin Ahmed rejected the mercy petitions of six of the seven JMB militants who have been sentenced to death for their involvement in the killing two judges in Jhalakathi in November 2005. The militants include JMB chief Abdur Rahman, second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, Majlish-e-Shura (the highest decision-making body) members Ataur Rahman Sunny, Khaled Saifullah and Abdul Awal, suicide bomber Iftekhar Al Mamun. The decision of the President clears the way for the execution of the militants. According to the jail code, the jail authorities will reschedule the date of execution within 21-28 days from the date of receipt of the copy of the President’s decision.
March 2: In Naogaon, police arrested five JMB militants from different villages of Atrai and Raninagar sub-districts. The arrested cadres were identified as Abul Hossain Master, Mosharraf Hossain, and Raja Mia, of Atrai sub-district, and Babu alias Mostafa, and Abdur Rahim, of Raninagar sub-district. Abul Hossain Master reportedly was a close associate of JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and also chief of JMB Atrai sub-district unit. Mosharaf Hossain was the second-in-command of the outfit in the same sub-district. Both were wanted in murder and abduction cases.
March 1: Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel arrested six militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) along with a Bangladeshi national at Burunga of Nalitabari sub-district of Sherpur. The arrested militants have been identified as Mohishwar, Shombhu, Warao, Hor Kumar, Jiban Kumar, and Thandoi. They hail from different districts of Assam.
March 1: Police arrested 10 suspected JMB activists including an alleged associate of the outfit’s second- in- command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. The suspected aide of Bangla Bhai, Abdus Sattar of Sakoa, who is also a teacher of Jatragachhi Fazil Madrassa (seminary) was arrested twice before since the August 17, 2005 countrywide bombings, but was released on bail. He reportedly was reorganising the absconding JMB militants.
March 1: Police arrested two JMB militants, identified as Shahadat Hossain and Abdul Jalil from Pirgacha area and Chaukhali village in Naldanga sub-district of Natore.
March 1: The Fourth Special Tribunal in Rajshahi sentenced JMB cadre Abdur Rahman alias Khalid to 30 years' imprisonment. Khalid was arrested with huge bomb-making materials and explosives from a rented house at Chhoto Banagram in the Rajshahi city in November 2005.
February 22: The RAB neutralises an illegal arms manufacturing factory in Tejgaon industrial area of Dhaka and recover various arms making instruments and a lathe machine. The owner of the factory identified as Abul Kalam Azad is arrested.
February 19: The Supreme Court dismisses the review petition filed by JMB militant Khaled Saifullah for non-prosecution. Saifullah is one of the six JMB cadres sentenced to death for their involvement in the 2005 Jhalakathi explosions that killed two judges.
February 9: Two cadres of the JMB, identified as Habib Ullah alias Habu and Iqbal Hossain, arrested in connection with series bomb blasts in Dhaka on August 17, 2005, were placed on a 10-day remand.
January 31: RAB personnel arrest JMB militant Russell Ahmed, who was actively involved in the bomb attack at Gazipur on August 17, 2005, at Chakpara of Sreepur.
January 28: Bangla Bhai, who has been kept in Kashimpur Jail, submitted his mercy petition to the President. February 17 was primarily fixed for the execution of the JMB militants.
January 27: Five of the seven JMB leaders and cadres, who have been sentenced to death, asked for presidential mercy. Mercy petitions by the outfit’s chief Abdur Rahman, Ataur Rahman Sunny, Abdul Awal, Khaled Saifullah and Iftekhar al Mamun were submitted to the jail authorities.
January 26: RAB personnel arrest two JMB cadres in Kalihati sub-district of Tangail. The arrested militants were identified as Mohammad Nazmul and Abdur Rahman of Balla village.
January 23: A special tribunal in Naogaon sentences three JMB militants to death for their role in August 17, 2005 serial bombings in the district. The convicted JMB militants were identified as Abdul Qaiyum alias Bhodu alias Kayes, Minhajul Islam alias Sohel Rana and Abu Sayeed Sheikh alias Hussain. Abu Sayeed was tried in absentia.
January 19: A RAB team arrests a JMB militant, identified as Saifur Rahman, in the Lalbagh area of Rangpur town. The arrested is a student of Rangpur Carmichael College and reportedly was assigned to send bomb-making materials to the JMB men in northern districts.
January 18: RAB personnel neutralize a JMB hideout and recovered a cache of bomb-making material in Savar. However, four JMB militants present in the hideout, located in the third floor of a four-storied building at Mazidpur near Savar market bus stand, managed to escape.
January 13: RAB personnel arrest three JMB cadres from different places of the Rangpur district and recovered 56 packs of power gel from one of the arrested militants.
January 9: RAB personnel neutralized a JMB hideout and recovered locally-made iron cases, used for making grenades, and a large amount of explosives from the Badda locality of capital Dhaka.
January 7: RAB personnel neutralised several militant hideouts in Narayanganj and recovered a huge amount of explosives and locally made iron cases to be used for making grenades. RAB personnel also arrested six militants of the banned JMB, who possessed the bomb-making material.

2006

December 29: Police arrest two alleged JMB terrorists, identified as Mohammad Fahad and Mohammad Saiful, along with firearms, ammunitions and detonators after they shot at and injured a Police constable and a Police informant during luggage checking at a check post on Rabna bypass in the Tangail district.
December 22: An informant of the RAB and Police, whose tip-off led to the arrest of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, ‘second-in-command’ of the JMB, is killed by unidentified militants at village Binnakuri under Muktagachha sub-district in the Mymensingh district.
December 20: The Barisal Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal acquits all of the nine accused in one of the 12 cases lodged in connection with series bomb blasts at 18 places of Barisal city on August 17, 2005.

A Gazipur court puts Tangail district ‘commander’ of the JMB, identified as Abdullah Taslim alias Nahid, on a five-day remand in connection with serial bomb blasts on August 17 in 2005.
November 28: The Supreme Court upheld the death sentences passed on the six JMB militant leaders for killing two judges in Jhalakathi.
November 14: A special tribunal in the Naogaon district sentenced seven JMB militants to 80 years rigorous imprisonment each for possessing arms and ammunition. They were identified as Kawsar Sardar, Jalaluddin, Saidur Rahman alias Sayeed, Mosharraf Hossain alias Mosha and Akram Hossain alias Malek of Harirampur village under Patnitala sub-district of Naogaon, Abdul Barek alias Barek of Chakujal village in Mahadebpur sub-district, and Mostafizur Rahman alias Mosta of Boirati village in the Kaliganj sub-district of Lalmonirhat.
November 10: Three suspected JMB militants were arrested from Miakhannagar at Bakolia in Chittagong city. Police sources said that the militants had arrived in the Chittagong city three months ago and were planning to carry out subversive activities in the area.
November 9: The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 in Dhaka awarded death sentences to two members of the Majlish-e-Shura of the JMB, Salauddin alias Salehin of Narayanganj and Rafiq Hassan alias Hafez Mahmud of Jamalpur, in connection with the killing of Abdul Gani alias Joseph Mandal, a medicine trader of Melandah in Jamalpur, in September 2004. Following the verdict, the convicted JMB cadres warned judge Shahed Nooruddin of death.
November 8: The JMB issued a death threat on Mymensingh Pourasabha (Municipality) chairman Mahmud-Al-Noor Tareq.
October 19: The Supreme Court fixed November 5 for the hearing in petitions of six top JMB militants regarding reconsidering the death sentence awarded to them.
October 18: The Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge in Chittagong sentenced two JMB militants to 20 years' imprisonment in a case filed in connection with three bomb attacks in Chittagong city in 2006.
October 3: A Majlish-e-Shura member of the JMB, Abdul Awal, sought permission from the Supreme Court to appeal against the death sentence awarded to him.
October 2: JMB ‘military commander’ Ataur Rahman Sunny submitted an application to the Dhaka Central Jail authorities to be forwarded to the Supreme Court against the death sentence awarded to him.
October 1: The registrar of the Supreme Court stayed the executions of the convicted JMB leaders Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai, after both sent letters through the jail authorities.
September 29: JMB leaders, Abdur Rahman and Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai filed 'conditional' applications in the Supreme Court seeking permission to appeal against their death penalty.
September 27: The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in Dhaka sentenced JMB ‘military commander’ Ataur Rahman Sunny and the outfit’s Gazipur unit ‘regional commander’ Enayet Ullah Jewel to 60-years' imprisonment in two cases filed under the Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act with the Sabujbagh Police Station on December 14, 2005.
September 26: Supreme Court stayed the execution of the death sentence of JMB leader Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun after the convict files an application to the effect.
September 25: The First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in Dhaka sentenced JMB military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny and four other JMB cadres to 11 years' rigorous imprisonment in an August 17, 2005 bomb blast case.
September 21: Mohammed Reza Tarek Ahmed, judge of the trial court in the Jhalakathi judges killing case, signed the death warrants of seven JMB cadres including its top leaders Abdur Rahman and Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai for immediate execution of the sentences that were confirmed by the High Court.
September 18: Three JMB cadres were sentenced to 12 years' rigorous imprisonment by a special tribunal in Jamalpur under the Explosive Substance Act.

JMB cadre, Mansur Ali, was captured by civilians from a house at Batail village of Chaddashato Union in the Kishoreganj district and subsequently handed over to police.
September 2: RAB personnel arrested five JMB cadres from the Gomostapur sub-district in the Chapainawabganj district.
August 31: High Court confirmed death sentences awarded earlier to the seven JMB militant leaders for killing two judges in Jhalakathi by the Additional District and Sessions Judge of Jhalakathi on May 29.

The accused militants are JMB chief Abdur Rahman and second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, majlish-e-shura members Ataur Rahman Sunny, Abdul Awal and Faruk Hossain Khan alias Khaled Saifullah, suicide bombers Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun and Asadul Islam alias Arif.

Eight JMB militants were sentenced to life imprisonment in Thakurgaon and Rajshahi. A special tribunal in Gaibandha sentenced four JMB militants to life imprisonment for their involvement in August 17, 2005-serial blasts in the Gaibandha town.
August 30: Abdul Khalek, a close aide of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, chief of the JMJB and brother of JMJB’s second-in-command for the Baghmara sub-district, Abdus Sattar, was arrested at Biprokaya village in the Rajshahi district.
August 28: The Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 sentenced Enayetullah Jewel, JMB’s Gazipur ‘regional commander’ to 64 years' rigorous imprisonment in two cases filed with the Joydevpur Police Station in January 2006.
August 15: The District and Sessions Judge court in Laxmipur awarded death sentence to three JMB leaders (Ataur Rahman Sunny, Masudur Rahman and Amjad Ali) and life imprisonment to five of its cadres (Arifur Rahman, Azharul Islam, Maulana Emranul Atahar, Maulana Ershadullah and Nazrul Islam) for their involvement in the August 17, 2005-serial blasts in the district town.
August 2: At least 26 JMB cadres, including one Afghan war veteran and two suicide bombers, were arrested from the Mymensingh district.
July 23: Police arrested an ehsar of the JMB, Monirul Islam Monir, from a mosque at Char Purapathia village under Shibganj sub-district in Chapainawabganj.

A top aide to JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, identified as Belal Hejati, was arrested in Bagmara in the Rajshahi district.
July 19: Special Tribunal-2 in Gaibandha convicted two JMB ehsars in an August 17, 2005 bomb blast case under Explosive Substances Act and sentenced them to 48 years of rigorous imprisonment. The cadres were identified as Ziaur Rahman Badal also known as Reaz and Abdul Quiyum.
July 18: A Special Tribunal in Kurigram awarded life imprisonment to four JMB militants for their involvement in serial blasts in the district town on August 17, 2005. The JMB militants were identified as Al Haj Mohammed Shamsul Huda, Hafej Mohammed Habib Ullah (Habib), Ekramul Haque and Shaheb Sarkar.
July 17: A court in Feni sentenced six JMB cadres for life for the August 17 bombings in the district.

The convicts were Mahfuz Khandaker alias Faruk, Kamal Hossain Duke, Mashiur Rahman, Redwan Haq, Shamim Hossain, and Rafiqul Islam. A special court in Feni sentenced six JMB cadres to life imprisonment for the August 17 bombings in the town. The cadres were identified as Mahfuzur Rahman alias Faruk, Kamal Hossain alias Duke alias M Gofran, Shamim Hossain alias Galib alias Saiful Islam, M Redwan, Rafiqul Islam alias Javed and Nurul Islam alias Roman.
July 3: A court in Feni sentenced six JMB cadres for life for the August 17 bombings in the district. The convicts were Mahfuz Khandaker alias Faruk, Kamal Hossain Duke, Mashiur Rahman, Redwan Haq, Shamim Hossain, and Rafiqul Islam.
June 21: The banks, including Sonali, Agrani and Grameen banks, and a civil society organization, Swanirbhar Bangladesh, located at Sadullapour sub-district in the Gaibandha district, received threats of bomb attacks from the JMB.
June 13: RAB personnel arrested a JMB militant, identified as Lutfar Rahman, from Dangapara area in the Rajshahi district. Separately, police personnel arrested another JMB militant, Sentu, from Shikdari Bazaar in the same district. Police sources maintained that both the arrested militants are accomplices of the JMB second-in-command, Bangla Bhai.
June 8: A Jamalpur court placed two Majlish-e-Shura members of the JMB, Salahuddin and Hafez Mahmud, on a seven-day remand in the Dr Gani Gomes killing case. Dr Gomez, a converted Christian of Duanipara village under Sadar sub-district of Jamalpur district, was killed at Hazipur Bazaar on the night of September 18, 2004.
June 5: The JMB chief Abdur Rahman, its second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and three other Majlish-e-Shura members, Ataur Rahman Sunny, Abdul Awal and Khaled Saifullah, were placed on a 10-day remand in the case filed for printing seditious leaflets and books on Jihad.
June 4: Minhaz alias Shaon, the Comilla district ‘commander’ of the JMB, confessed to the killing of Monir Hossain Sagar, a writer of Tangail, in the year 2000 at the directive of the outfit’s chief Abdur Rahman for making "indecent remarks" about Allah and the prophet in his books.
May 30: The Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Patuakhali sentenced five militants of the JMB to rigorous imprisonment for life and fines Taka 5,000 each in connection with the August 17, 2005-serial bomb blasts in Patuakhali. They were identified as the outfit’s regional chief in Patuakhali-Barguna region Masum Billah, Hafez Al-Amin alias Abdullah alias Sentu, Mostafa Hasan Abu Zafor and Asadul alias Arif.
May 29: A court in Jhalakati sentenced seven top Islamist militants, including JMB leader Abdur Rahman and JMJB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, to death for killing two judges in a bomb attack in the Jhalakati town on November 14, 2005. "They will be hanged until death… I pronounce this highest penalty as involvement of the accused has been proved beyond doubt," Judge Reza Tarik Ahmed said in his verdict.
May 22: The Special Tribunal-12 in Dhaka sentenced a JMB militant to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for possessing a powerful bomb.
May 20: PBCP-Red Flag cadres killed a JMB leader, identified as Arif, at Banshbaria in the Naogaon district.
May 14: A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Rajshahi sentenced 13 JMB and AHAB militants to life imprisonment in an August 17, 2005-serial blast case in Joypurhat under the Explosives Act.
May 2: RAB personnel arrested ‘Bogra zone commander’ of the JMB, identified as Jahangir Alam alias Mokhlesur Rahman alias Adnan Sami alias Ammar, from the Charmatha area of Bogra district.
May 1: RAB personnel arrested a JMB militant, identified as Saydul, and recovered bomb-making materials from Joynagar village in the Sherpur sub-district.
April 26: A Majlish-e-Shura member, Khaled Saifullah, was arrested along with his wife, three children and brother from a rented house at 8, Ideal Road, Paradagair under Demra police station in Dhaka city.
April 25: RAB personnel arrested two JMB militants, Mohammad Wasim and Ali Hossain, from Rupganj in the Narayanganj district and recovered a huge cache of explosives and bomb-making materials from them.

Salahuddin, Majlish-e-Shura (highest policy-making body) member of the JMB, was arrested along with six of his associates from Halisahar in Chittagong.
May 22: The Special Tribunal-12 in Dhaka sentences a JMB militant to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for possessing a powerful bomb.
May 20: A JMB leader, identified as Arif, was killed by suspected PBCP- Red Flag cadres at Banshbaria in the Naogaon district.
May 14: A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Rajshahi sentenced 13 militants belonging to the JMB and AHAB to life imprisonment in an August 17, 2005-serial blast case in Joypurhat under the Explosives Act.
May 2: RAB personnel arrested 'Bogra zone commander' of the JMB, identified as Jahangir Alam alias Mokhlesur Rahman alias Adnan Sami alias Ammar, from the Charmatha area of Bogra district.
May 1: RAB personnel arrested a JMB militant, identified as Saydul, and recover bomb-making materials from Joynagar village in the Sherpur sub-district.
April 26: JMB Majlish-e-Shura member, Khaled Saifullah was arrested along with his wife, three children and brother from a rented house at 8, Ideal Road, Paradagair under Demra police station in Dhaka city.
April 25: Salahuddin, Majlish-e-Shura member of the JMB, was arrested along with six of his associates from Halisahar in Chittagong.

RAB personnel arrested two JMB militants, Mohammad Wasim and Ali Hossain, from Rupganj in the Narayanganj district and recovered a huge cache of explosives and bomb-making materials from them.
April 24: Fahima Chowdhury, wife of JMB second-in-command Bangla Bhai, is sent to jail by a court in Netrakona.
April 23: Tangail district police arrested a 28-year old JMB cadre, Khandakar Mohammad Zobaer, from a house at Meer Kumullee village in the Delduar sub-district.

Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Jhalakathi framed charges against JMB chief Abdur Rahman for killing two judges in the district town in 2005.
April 20: The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in Dhaka sentences JMB 'military commander', Ataur Rahman Sunny, to 37 years' rigorous imprisonment in a case for possessing firearms and ammunition.
April 16: RAB personnel arrested Abdul Majid, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, at Dinajpur Railway Station market for his alleged links with the JMB.
April 13: RAB personnel arrested five suspected JMB militants from different areas of Gaibandha district.
April 8: RAB personnel arrested JMB ehsar, Mohammad Abdul Motaleb alias Masud, from the Shibganj police station area of Chapainawabganj district.
March 28: RAB and police personnel arrested two suspected JMB cadres, Haider Ali and Jamal Munshi, from the Dinajpur court area.
March 28: Lutfur Rahman, ehsar (full-time cadre) of the JMB, was arrested from village Cheragidaha under Shaghata sub-district in the Gaibandha district.
March 17: JMB chief Abdur Rahman confessed before the security agencies that the suicide bombing in Netrakona on December 8, 2005 that killed eight people and wounded 50 others was carried out by the outfit in retaliation for not releasing two arrested cadres of the outfit, Sanaullah and Kawser Alam Sumon.
March 16: Government filed a sedition case against all seven members of JMB's Majlish-e-Shura.
March 16: SF personnel arrested four JMB militants from the Brahmanbaria district.
March 15: Security force personnel arrested five JMB militants, including the outfit’s Sherpur ‘commander’ Mozahidul Islam Sumon, during raids conducted in the Brahmanbaria and Sherpur districts.
March 13: RAB personnel conducted two raids on JMB hideouts in Comilla town and arrested the outfit’s ‘commander’ of Comilla district, Mustafizur Rahman alias Sohel, Abdus Samad Mintu, his wife and two children.
March 13: JMB bomb expert, Shakil alias Mollah Omar, was killed along with his wife and two children during an encounter with the RAB personnel at Kaliajuri in Comilla town. JMB chief Abdur Rahman's son Nabil Rahman and JMB cadre Alamgir alias Bijoy alias Shaikat were arrested from the incident site.
March 10: Police arrested a JMB cadre from Sukh Nagar in the Gaibandha Sadar sub-district.
March 9: JMB chief Abdur Rahman confessed that his outfit is behind the attacks on prominent writer Humayun Azad and Rajshahi University teacher Prof. Yunus in 2004.
March 2: Security forces arrested the JMB chief, Sheikh Abdur Rahman, from his hideout at East Shaplabagh in the Sylhet city after a siege of more than 24 hours.
March 1: RAB personnel arrested 26 JMB militants holding a secret meeting at Uttar Dhanghara village in the Gaibandha district.
February 26: RAB personnel arrested four JMB militants, including the outfit's Bogra 'district commander', from various places in Bogra.
February 21: JMB militant, Mahfuzul Huq, surrenders to police in the Sitakunda sub-district of Chittagong.
February 20: Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal sentences the absconding top JMB leaders Abdur Rahman, Bangla Bhai, Molla Omar and Amzad alias Khalid Saifullah to 40 years' rigorous imprisonment for abetting and plotting the killing of two judges in Jhalakathi.
February 18: Bangladesh Awami Olama League president, Mohammed Ismail Hossain, is threatened with death over phone by a JMB cadre, Habibullah Kanchpuri.
February 13: RAB personnel arrest three suspected JMB militants from a seminary under Biral sub-district of Dinajpur district.
February 12: Masum Billah, a suicide squad cadre of the JMB, in a statement, confessed to having carried out bomb blasts at seven points in the Barguna town on August 17, 2005.
February 11: Dinajpur police arrested a suspected JMB militant, identified as Moniruzzaman, from the Setabganj sub-district.
February 11: JMB threatens to kill the Dinajpur district judge and members of his family and blow up his residence unless he practices "Law of Allah".
February 9: Barisal Speedy Trial Tribunal sentences top JMB leaders, Ataur Rahman Sunny and Abdul Awal, and suicide bomber Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun to 40 years' rigorous imprisonment each for killing two judges in Jhalakathi on November 14, 2005.
February 8: RAB personnel recover seven grenades, 10 bullets and some books on jihad from the house of a JMB cadre, Sekander Ali, at Parkasunda village in the Atrai sub-district of Naogaon district.
February 7 & 8: RAB personnel arrested four JMB militants, including three suicide squad members, from various villages under Manda police station in the Naogaon district.
February 1: Two JMB militants, Mahmudur Rahman Russel and Zahirul Islam, are arrested along with two hand grenades and 33 lead splinters from Asgana village under Mirzapur sub-district in the Tangail district.
January 30: A district-level JMB leader, Amzad Hossain, is arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel from Titpara under Dimla sub-district in the Nilphamari district.
January 30: A JMB ‘regional commander’ of the Tongi-Uttara area, Abdullah al Sohail al Maruf alias Akash, was arrested by the RAB personnel from Ashulia in the Gazipur district.
January 29: Two JMB militants, including the outfit's Chittagong divisional chief Mohammad alias Javed Iqbal, confess to their involvement in the August 17, 2005 bomb blast cases before a court.
January 27: Two JMB militants, identified as suicide bomber Shahidul Islam alias Palash alias Emon and Nur Alam, were arrested from Sarulia village under Mollahat sub-district in the Bagerhat district.
January 26: Two JMB militants, Abdul Quyum alias Kamal and Harun, are arrested by the RAB personnel near Gaibandha Bus Terminal in the Gaibandha district.
January 23: JMB ‘regional commander’, Ziaur Rahman alias Badal alias Reaz Ahmed, was arrested along with two live bombs and five books on jihad from Ayub Ali Ansari mosque at Sukhnagar area in the Gaibandha district.
January 19: A JMB militant, Shafiqul Islam Dulu, is arrested from Tangail Sari Kutir in the Feni town for his involvement in the August 17, 2005 country-wide bombings.
January 17: A JMB suicide bomber, Abdul Wares, hailing from Komor village under sadar sub-district, was arrested from Joypurhat rail station, while waiting for a train to go to Rajshahi to meet the outfit’s ‘district commander’.
January 15: A JMB militant, Obaidullah Sumon, is sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of Taka 2,000 or two-month jail in default, on charges of the August 17, 2005 country-wide explosions, by a court in the Kishoreganj district.
January 8: A huge cache of arms and explosives, including three kilograms of gunpowder, one pistol, two country-made shooter guns, one foreign-made shutter gun, 16 bullets, five cartridges and three knives are recovered by police from a JMB hideout at a graveyard in the Dakkhin Khan village of Gazipur district.
January 6: A JMB hideout is neutralised and a huge cache of explosives and bomb-making equipments, including several thousand circuits and two kilograms sulphur, 250 grams thinner, 800 millilitres acetone, potassium chloride and huge quantity of electrical equipment, are recovered by the RAB at Purba Ashkona in the Uttara locality of capital Dhaka.
January 5: A JMB hideout is neutralised by the RAB and two cadres are arrested at Moinartek in Dhaka city's Uttara area.
January 3: JMB militants, through a letter, threaten to blow up a gas field at Shahjibazar in the Habiganj district.
January 2: JMB cadre, Abdul Alim, involved in the August 17 bomb blasts in Dhaka, is arrested along with a large number of books on jihad from Singair village in the Kalihati sub-district of Tangail district.
January 2: JMB Bagha sub-district unit 'commander', Tashikul Islam, ‘responsible’ for collecting subscription from local JMB activists and sending the money to ‘sub-district commanders' in Rajshahi and Naogaon districts, is arrested by the RAB in front of the Bagha High School gate in Rajshahi district.
January 2: The president and secretary of Kishoreganj Press Club and three editors of local newspapers are threatened with death in Kishoreganj district for their reports against the JMB through a letter sent by an unidentified JMB ‘commander’.
January 1: A charge-sheeted militant of the JMB, Mamun Gazi, involved in the August 17 countrywide bomb blasts, surrendered to a court in Narail district.

2005

December 26: The ‘chief counsellor’ of the Rajshahi zone of the JMB, Lutfar Rahman, is arrested from the Bagmara area following information obtained from the arrested ‘military commander’ of the outfit, Ataur Rahman Sunny.
December 14: The JMB Chittagong 'divisional chief', Mohammad alias Aman Ullah, and his associate, Jafar, are arrested from a hideout at Kattali in the port city of Chittagong.
December 13: JMB militants, Ataur Rahman alias Sunny, the 'operations commander' and younger brother of the outfit’s chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, and Fariduzzaman Swapan, are arrested from the Tejgaon area of capital Dhaka.
December 8: Six persons were killed and 46 injured by a suicide bomber of the JMB in front of the office of the Udichi, cultural wing of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, in the Netrakona district.
December 7: The ‘regional commander’ of the Khulna division of the JMB and an Islami Oikya Jote leader from the Msitripiara village, Mohiuddin Faruqi, were arrested.
December 1: 29 JMB militants are arrested along with a huge amount of foreign currencies, leaflets, books on jihad and militancy related materials in the Rajshahi, Manikganj, Rangpur and Sylhet districts.
November 29: Nine people, including two lawyers and a police constable, were killed and 78 persons injured in two suicide bomb attacks by the JMB cadres in the Chittagong and Gazipur court premises. The Gazipur suicide bomber was killed and the Chittagong suicide bomber, Abul Bashar, was seriously injured in the incident.
November 16: JMB sent letters to four judges in the Pabna, Khulna and Rajshahi districts asking them implement Islamic laws. The outfit’s cadres also made phone calls to a sub-district administrative officer and an assistant commissioner in the Bhola district threatening to kill them.
November 15: JMB, in a letter sent to the district and sessions judge of Patuakhali, threatens to blow up the Patuakhali district Judge Court.
November 14: A JMB cadre, belonging to the suicide squad of the outfit, exploded a bomb killing two senior assistant judges and wounding three people in the district headquarter of Jhalakathi.
November 7: Six suspected JMB cadres are arrested from the Bogra and Chapainawabganj districts.
November 7: The Bangladesh Home Ministry orders security agencies to arrest JMB leaders Shaikh Abdur Rahman and Siddiqur Rahman alias ‘Bangla Bhai’ and other absconding members of the outfit by November 10.
November 6: JMB threatens to blow up the Dumuria Police Station, Upazila Nirbahi Office and the Rangpur Union Police Camp in the Khulna district before November 25. A hand-written letter to this effect was received by the Dumuria sub-district Nirbahi Officer and the officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station.
November 2: Police seize one kilogram of RDX, 500 grams of ammonia and 500 grams of sulphur from a private courier consignment belonging to the JMB in Rajshahi district.
October 28: The Government announces a reward of $152,000 for information leading to the arrest of JMB chief Abdur Rahman and JMJB leader Bangla Bhai.
October 25: The JMB threatens to blow up all police stations in Bangladesh unless Islamic law and Islamic constitution are implemented. A JMB leader, Maulana Hafizur Rahman, sent a letter to this effect from Chapainawabganj district to the police commissioner in Rajshahi.
October 23: The JMB, in a letter sent to the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet, threatens to blow up two police stations in the Khulna district, Kanai Ghat and Zakiganj, within the next 15 days.
October 20: JMB threatens to bomb the office of the Tangail district jailor and the hospital within a week.
October 18: The Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge, Biplob Goswami, is injured in a bomb attack carried out by a JMB cadre in front of the judge's residence in Sylhet city.
October 17: The JMB threatens to blow up 17 offices and important establishments in the Kushtia district if police continued to arrest and harass its activists and their activities are obstructed.
October 6: The police raid a militant hideout at Chandpur town and arrest Shamim Hossain alias Ghalib, a 'sector commander' of the JMB in charge of operations in the Chandpur, Comilla, Luxmipur and Noakhali areas.
October 3: Two persons were killed and 38 others, including a district judge and one police personnel, were injured in five bomb explosions targeting courtrooms and court premises in the Chandpur, Laxmipur and Chittagong districts.
September 22: A JMB hideout, used to manufacture at least 60 bombs used in the August 17 bombings, was neutralised at Batiaghata in the Khulna district.
September 15: Police arrested two top JMB cadres, Maolana Shahidullah Faruk, 'section commander' in Chapainawabganj, and Mohammed Tufan, an explosives expert in Chapainawabganj, from Rajshahi district.
September 11: Police arrests Moulana Obaidur Rahman Ibne Fazle, younger brother of the JMB chief Abdur Rahman, at Madarganj sub-district in the Jamalpur district.
September 4: State Minister for Home Affairs, Lutfozzaman Babar, said that the JMB and Janajuddha faction of the PBCP are primarily responsible for the August 17 serial bombings.
August 28: Khagrachhari police arrests four suspected JMB leaders and activists and recovered bomb-making material, remote control devices and party literature from their possession.

August 27: Seven JMB terrorists are arrested from the Barpakhia Kwami Madrassa at Delduar and adjoining areas in the Tangail district.

August 26: The Government for the first time officially disclosed that the banned Islamist militant organisation Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh was responsible for the August 17 serial bomb blasts across the country. "It seems from the confessional statements of the four JMB activists that the organisation is responsible for the bombings," said Mohammad Mohsin, Joint Secretary (Political) in the Home Ministry.

August 22: Government orders the arrest of JMB leader Abdur Rahman "at any cost."

Moulana Fariduddin Masud, a former Director of the Islamic Foundation and a suspected top leader of the JMB, is arrested from a London-bound flight at the Zia International Airport in Dhaka.

August 17: JMB is suspected to be involved in the 459 country-wide explosions in 63 districts in which at least two persons are killed and 100 others sustain injuries.

August 3: A court in Natore acquits 12 JMB cadres, who were arrested on February 1 in connection with a bomb attack on local theatre in the Boraigram sub-district.

February 24: Eleven JMB cadres are arrested from different places in the Dinajpur and Thakurgaon districts.

February 23: The Government proscribes the JMB.

February 22: Twelve suspected JMB cadres are arrested in Gaibandha.

February 3: Twelve JMB activists arrested in Natore district on February 2 have links with the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front, the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS).

January 31: The Natore police, reportedly with the help of villagers, arrests 12 JMB activists.

Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.