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.
Rajshahi ‘drug peddler’ dies after diving into water during raid
An alleged drug peddler dies after jumping into a pond while trying to avoid arrest in a raid conducted by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi.
4 ‘JMB militants’ arrested in Dohar
Members of Rapid Action Battalion claim to have arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a house in Dohar upazila of Dhaka.
8 sued over ‘suicide blast,’ Rab to probe
Police file a case over the “suicide blast” at Ashkona accusing eight persons, which will be handed over to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) for probe.
Ashkona suicide blast: Youth picked up by Rab dies
A youth, who was picked up by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) hours after the suicide blast at Ashkona Rab barrack, dies.The deceased is identified as Hanif Mridha from Amtoli area in Barguna.
Attacks on RAB isolated incidents: DMP Commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzamman Mian says the attacks targeting members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in city's Ashkona and Khilgaon are isolated incidents.
Case filed over suicide blast at Ashkona Rab barrack
Rapid Action Battalion has filed a case accusing seven to eight unknown persons in connection with the yesterday’s suspected suicide attack at a barrack of the elite force in Dhaka’s Ashkona area yesterday.
Man ‘carrying bombs’ killed in Rab firing at Dhaka check post
A man carrying bombs was killed in Rab firing when he tried to penetrate a check post with a motorcycle in Khilgaon area of Dhaka, Rab says. Two Rab members were also injured during the incident. One handmade improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered from the bag and several bombs were tied to a vest on his body.
Suicide blast at Rab barrack
A suspected suicide bomber sneaked into a Rab barrack and blew himself up in the capital's Ashkona yesterday, in what appears to be the country's first such attack by a terror suspect inside a law enforcement agency's compound. Terror group Islamic State claimed credit for the attack, reports BBC Bangla.
Islamic State’s media reports ‘suicide blast’ at Dhaka Rab barracks
Amaq News Agency, run by the Islamic State (IS) militants, reports the suspected suicide blast at proposed headquarters of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka’s Ashkona area, according to US-based SITE Intelligence Group.
4 female JMB members on 4-day fresh remand
A Dhaka court places four female members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a four-day fresh remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.