Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)
Jailing rights defenders sends the wrong message
Instead, investigate and stop human rights violators
Was the US visa policy against undemocratic actors necessary?
The message between the lines is that the US is keeping a very close eye on Bangladesh at the moment.
147 illegal handsets worth Tk 15 lakh seized
BTRC, RAB conducted a drive at Siddhirganj’s Kassaf Shopping Centre
An attempt to impede free journalism
Even if the state has an objection against a citizen’s activity, can they legally pick up that person?
What really happened to Sultana in Rab custody?
Rab’s modus operandi again comes into question as calls for independent investigation grow
Rab must answer for latest killing
The way it conducted its operation in a Narayanganj village is concerning
Video released by Rab: Families trace missing ones
Abu Jafar’s family was sure that he had been living in the Maldives for the last three years. He last visited Bangladesh in 2019 and left home saying he was going to the Maldives.
US SANCTIONS / A ‘tonic’ for our security forces?
It is unfortunate that security agencies have been used in a manner that has generated more fear in people’s mind than confidence and faith in them.
Cutting Extrajudicial Killings: US satisfied with Rab’s progress
Visiting US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu yesterday expressed satisfaction that Rab reduced extrajudicial killings since late 2021, when the US imposed sanctions on the force.
2 ‘robbers’ killed in Noakhali ‘gunfight’
Two suspected robbers are killed in what law enforcers say a “gunfight” with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Hatia upazila of Noakhali.
3 foreign fraudsters held in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of three foreign fraudsters from Dhaka.
3 ‘drug smugglers’ held in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to arrest three members of a drug smuggling racket in Dhaka and seized a huge amount of drugs from their possession.
2 ‘JMB men’ held in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion claims arrest of two alleged activists of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Dhaka’s Sabujbagh and Wari areas.
‘Robber’ killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’
An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in Sharankhola range of the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
2 ‘JMB militants’ held in Dhaka
Two alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) are held from Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area.
No place for militants on Bangladesh soil: Rab chief
Militants will get no place on Bangladesh soil even if they enter the country as Rohingya refugees, Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed says.
Prime accused in Mymensingh teenager murder held
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested Akkas Ali alias Akka, who is the prime accused in a case filed for killing a teenage boy in Mymensingh on September 25.
11 held for ‘funding militancy’ in Dhaka
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in separate drives have arrested 11 persons for their alleged involvement in funding militancy.
5 ‘muggers’ held after 'gunfight' in Dhaka
Two suspected muggers sustain bullet injuries in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Bosila Beribadh area in Hazaribagh of Dhaka.