Terrorism in Bangladesh

Terrorism in Bangladesh
	; The bomb blasts carried out by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh on 17 August 2005.
Date	First phase:; 1972 – 24 November 1975 (3 years); Second phase:; 1977 – 2 December 1997 (20 years); Third phase:; 18 January 1999 – present (26 years, 4 months and 30 days)
Location	Bangladesh (spillover into Myanmar and India)
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
Casualties and losses
	Civilians: 50,724+ dead

Bangladesh has experienced terrorism in the past conducted by a number of different organisations. In the past, both ISIL and other terrorist organisations had claimed to be active in the country. However, the Bangladeshi government believes that they mainly operated through local affiliates, before being neutralised by security forces.