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.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

27 deer rescued in Narayanganj

Rapid Action Battalion rescue 27 deer, locally known as Chitra Horin or Spotted Deer, in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

Analysis: Catching sex offenders, good job Rab

It is a rare sense of relief to note that the Rab has been able to arrest two men in connection with the gang-rape of a young Garo woman a few days ago.

May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015

Opinion: A day to salute our media

Time to stand proud of Bangladesh's media and the hard work, courage and doggedness the newsmen have shown in covering two important events – torture on DU student Abdul Kadar at Khilgaon police station and exposing the sex attackers of Pahela Baishakh.

May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015

7 rescued, 3 traffickers held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion detains three suspected human traffickers and rescues seven victims in a drive launched in Fakirapol area of Dhaka this evening.

May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015

5 lakh yaba tablets seized at Ctg port

The members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seize around five lakh yaba tablets from a fishing boat at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port.

May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015

Opinion: Salauddin becomes another forgotten case?

It seems we do not care that a man just disappeared into the blues amidst allegation that the law enforcing agency was behind the Houdini act. He seems to have gone down the annals of disappearance of the likes of Ilias Ali, Chowdhury Alam and labour leader Aminul Islam.

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