Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh () is a Bangladeshi Islamic Party registered with Bangladesh Election Commission. It is the successor to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh was a member of the 20-Party alliance. It was a member of Islami Oikya Jote and which it left in 2008.
History Muhammad Wakkas, secretary general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, was elected to parliament in 1986 and 1988 from Jessore-5 as a candidate of Jatiya Party. He served as the minister of religious affairs in the cabinet of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
In 2016, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh organized a protest against Islamic militancy in Dhaka.
In 2017, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh sought nominations from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, and other Islamist parities, to contest the upcoming general election in 2018.
Nur Hossain Kasemi, secretary general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh criticised the government of India for seeking Bangladeshi land to build an airport in Agartala, Tripura in August 2019.
In 2020, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh campaigned to cancel the invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh by the government of Bangladesh.
Associate organisations Chhatra Jamiat Bangladesh Jubo Jamiat Bangladesh
Leaders Deen Muhammad Khan Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi Muhiuddin Khan Abdul Momin Imambari Zia Uddin
See also List of Deobandi organisations
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