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.
Nagorik Oikya demands Manna’s treatment, release
Civil society platform Nagorik Oikya demands proper treatment and release of their imprisoned leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna.
2 held with 70,000 yaba pills in Dhaka
Detectives arrest two people along with 70,000 contraband yaba tablets from Khilgaon area in the capital Dhaka.
Mirpur ‘JMB den’: 3 suspects on 4-day fresh remand
A Dhaka court places three suspected members of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a four-day fresh remand in a case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act.
Conduct campaigns for clean Dhaka: Khokon
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon urges different government institutions to carry out awareness campaigns to promote cleanliness in the city.
2 Shibir men among 3 hurt in Joypurhat ‘gunfight’
Three people including two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, sustain bullet injuries in a “gunfight” with police in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat.
‘JMB man’ held in Mymensingh
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detain an alleged member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh.
Include provision to try 7-murder conspirators: HC to lower court
The High Court asks the trial court concerned in Narayanganj to include relevant section of penal code for trying the offences of criminal conspiracy in sensational seven murder case.
Ruet BCL leader ‘kidnapped’ using Rab identity
A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology (Ruet) is allegedly kidnapped from his home using identity of the elite force Rapid Action Battalion.
Ctg cocaine haul case handed over to Rab
A Chittagong court directs Rapid Action Battalion to investigate the case filed in connection with the seizure of liquid cocaine found in a container carrying sunflower oil at Chittagong Port.
'Missing' Rangpur BNP leader ‘detained’ in Lalmonirhat
Rapid Action Battalion claims to have detained BNP's Rangpur city unit President Mozaffar Hossain from Lalmonirhat.