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.
5 ‘JMB’ men held with large cache of explosives
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claim to arrest five militants including a district-level chief of a banned militant outfit and seize a large cache of explosives in Matuail of Dhaka.
Nur Hossain seeks acquittal from 7-murder trial
The prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case, Nur Hossain on Sunday files two separate petitions with the High Court for scrapping two trials against him.
1 held with arms, ammo in Chapainawabganj
Rapid Action Battalion detains an alleged illegal arms trader and seized arms and ammunition from his possession in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.
Crimes through social media, 12 foreigners held in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of 14 people including 12 foreign nationals for committing crimes using different social media platforms across Bangladesh.
Mother confesses killing her kids: Rab
Mother, Mahfuza Maleq alias Jesmin, confesses to killing her two minor children who were found dead in Dhaka’s Banasree area on February 29, according to Rapid Action Battalion.
4 cases filed over ‘Sonali Bank robbery attempt’
Four cases are filed over yesterday’s incident when Rapid Action Battalion “foiled a Sonali bank branch robbery attempt” at Dhamrai in Dhaka that left an alleged robber dead.
Man held for impersonating army, swindling people’s money
Rapid Action Battalion members arrest an army impersonator from Dhaka’s Tikatuli area over swindling people’s money by offering them jobs.
Rab man held over extortion in Narayanganj
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detain one of its members along with four people in connection with extortion in Narayanganj.
2 caught while selling newborn in Shantibagh
Two people are caught selling off a two-day-old baby in Dhaka’s Shantibagh area, law enforcers say.
Keraniganj boy murder: Main accused killed in ‘shootout’ with Rab
Prime accused in a case filed for abducting and killing an 11-year-old boy in Keraniganj of Dhaka is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion. He was the mastermind behind the abduction and murder of 11-year-old Abdullah.