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.

January 25, 2019
January 25, 2019

4 restaurants fined Tk 4 lakh in Dhaka

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) fines four restaurants Tk 4 lakh in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area for keeping food items in ”unhygienic condition”.

December 5, 2018
December 5, 2018

‘Drug peddler’ held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detain an alleged drug peddler along with 500 bottles of Phensidyl from Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila.

August 18, 2018
August 18, 2018

Businesswoman held, remanded

Rab has arrested a woman entrepreneur in a case filed under the controversial section 57 of the ICT Act for “spreading rumours and sharing provocative posts” on social media over the recent student protest.

August 18, 2018
August 18, 2018

'Please help us find him'

Wife of former commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Lt Col Hasinur Rahman pleads to the prime minister for directing law enforcers to find her husband, who has remained traceless for over a week.

July 30, 2018
July 30, 2018

Rab seeks authority to conduct random drug tests

Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday sought authority from government to conduct random drug testing on persons who it suspects of drug abuse.

July 10, 2018
July 10, 2018

2 ‘drug peddlers’ of Dhaka killed in ‘gunfights’

Two suspected drug peddlers are killed in separate incidents of gunfights with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Narayanganj and Dhaka.

May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018

PM asks Rab to fight drugs

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to continue its drive against drugs to save the country and children from its (drugs) clutches side by side with maintaining law and order to keep up development spree.

April 2, 2018
April 2, 2018

Rab pledges to quash leak-sters, ‘like militants’

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) pledges to crush leak-sters who are plaguing the country’s educational sector by leaking question papers of public examinations.

February 25, 2018
February 25, 2018

3 JMB men held with pistol, bomb in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrest three suspected members of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi.

February 21, 2018
February 21, 2018

Rape accused killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

The fugitive accused of a rape case is reportedly killed in a gunfight with Rab at Chokoria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.