Rab

Rab steps up nationwide vigilance ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

To prevent the sale of unhealthy or chemically fattened cattle, Rab has deployed mobile courts in coordination with veterinary experts

218 patrol teams deployed to maintain law and order: Rab

Rab has intensified its operations to apprehend criminals including thieves, muggers, robbers, and those with illegal firearms.

BNP proposes disbanding Rab

The BNP has recommended the dissolution of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), which is currently under US sanctions for serious human rights violations.

Enforced disappearance: Two former Rab officials shown arrested in ICT cases

Two former senior Rab officials were shown arrested yesterday in two cases of enforced disappearance filed with the International Crimes Tribunal.

Rab wants to shed its dark past

Since its formation nearly two decades ago to curb organised crime and terrorism, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has been dogged by serious allegations of human rights violations. Rights activists and critics accused it of morphing into a “government death squad” that operated with impunity.

Ready to counter any militant attack targeting Pahela Baishakh, says Rab DG

Rab DG M Khurshid Hossain reassured public of comprehensive security arrangements for Pahela Baishakh celebrations

Opinion / Tackling the bad apples of police

The onus of ensuring malpractice-free management of the police force squarely rests with the police hierarchy.

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023 / ‘NHRC can’t directly investigate cases involving law enforcers’

NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.

Misinterpreting threats of visa ban won’t do us any good

Misleading analyses can help propagate a narrative for immediate damage control, but are not helpful to overcome the real crisis.

March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020

Leader of fraud gang which targeted mobile banking users, held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested the leader of fraud gang, who had been misappropriating money from mobile banking users, from Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

December 6, 2019
December 6, 2019

3 human traffickers held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three human traffickers in a drive at Khilgaon in Dhaka as they were planning to send some Rohingyas abroad illegally.

October 13, 2019
October 13, 2019

BNP leader Hafiz held

Law enforcers arrest BNP Vice-chairman Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed from Dhaka Airport.

October 7, 2019
October 7, 2019

2 cases filed against Samrat under firearms, narcotics acts

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) files two separate cases against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat with Ramna Police Station under firearms and narcotics control acts.

June 16, 2019
June 16, 2019

3 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Three people, described as drug peddlers by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), are killed in an alleged gunfight in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.

May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019

Drug dealer held with yaba in B’baria

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained a man along with 3,840 yaba pills from Brahmanbaria town.

May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019

Tk 2cr cocaine seized from bus in Pabna

Rab seized about 340 grams of cocaine worth an estimated Tk 2 crore from an inter-city bus in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila on Sunday and arrested two people in this connection, said a press release issued by the elite force.

April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019

3 jailed for marketing adulterated medicine

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka jails three people for differed terms and fined Tk five lakh each for buying, reserving and marketing contaminated medicine for cancer.

April 20, 2019
April 20, 2019

Two killed in ‘gunfights’ in Gazipur, Bogura

Two men were killed in separate “gunfights” in Gazipur and Bogura early yesterday.

March 16, 2019
March 16, 2019

Painter turns conman!

The Rab has arrested seven members of a gang which used to “deceive people” in the name of selling Saudi Riyal at half price.