Dhaka: Bangladesh today arrested five suspected militants of the banned homegrown JMB blamed for a series of deadly attacks, including the trainer of its women wing, in twin raids here during which firearms and explosives in large quantities were also recovered from their posession.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stormed two hideouts in Dhaka's Gazipur district, arresting Rasheduzzaman Rose, a Canadian expatriate who is also the acting southern-region chief of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), the Dhaka Tribune reported.