Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh was a member of the Islamist 20-Party alliance.

[3] 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.

[4][5] He served as the minister of religious affairs in the cabinet of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

[6][7] In 2016, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh organized a protest against Islamic militancy in Dhaka.

[9] Nur Hossain Kasemi, secretary general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh criticised the government of India seeking Bangladeshi land to build an airport in Agartala, Tripura in August 2019.