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.
Explosives case filed over Mirpur raid
Law enforcers have filed an explosives case over the bomb haul in Mirpur raid where seven persons including suspected militants had died.
Rajshahi man dies in Rab custody, family claims torture
A youth law enforcers identified as drug addict and arms dealer has died in the custody of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Rajshahi. Family claims he is tortured to death.
‘Hizb-ut Tahrir militant’ held in Mohammadpur
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained an alleged activist of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) from Mohammadpur area of Dhaka.
Explosives, bomb materials found in Mirpur
Lawmen have found strong bombs, improvised explosives, bomb-making materials and a stash of local weapons from the building in Mirpur’s Darus Salam.
3 'militants of Sarwar-Tamim group’ held in Tangail
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains three suspected militants of the “Sarwar-Tamim group” of the banned outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Tangail.
What goes around comes around
Doesn't the AL think that, in case of a democratic change of power, the same technique will be used against the AL men?
2 ‘fugitives JMB men’ held in Mohammadpur
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested two operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Mohammadpur of Dhaka.
2 ‘militants’ held in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests two active members of Sarwar-Tamim group of the militant outfit “Neo JMB” in Demra of Dhaka.
Youth killed in Feni ‘gunfight’
An youth has been killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Feni Sadar.
Banani college girl rape accused Ivan held
Rapid Action Battalion arrests Bahauddin Ivan, the lone accused in a case filed for raping a college girl in Banani early Tuesday, from Narayanganj city.