A draft of the Rab Law-2024 is being prepared to ensure accountability within the force, AKM Shahidur Rahman, director general of the Rapid Action Battalion told a meeting yesterday.
New uniform won’t fix a broken force
The Rab chief's apology for crimes committed must be followed by meaningful reforms.
But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial
Since its formation nearly two decades ago to curb organised crime and terrorism, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has been dogged by serious allegations of human rights violations. Rights activists and critics accused it of morphing into a “government death squad” that operated with impunity.
False case victims and evidence manipulation underscore the need for accountability within our law enforcement agencies.
Instead, investigate and stop human rights violators
The message between the lines is that the US is keeping a very close eye on Bangladesh at the moment.
BTRC, RAB conducted a drive at Siddhirganj’s Kassaf Shopping Centre
Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested a member of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team in a drive that was carried out at Rajuk Uttara Housing Project today.
A Rapid Action Battalion team recovers cash worth Tk 26.55 crore and bank fixed deposits worth Tk 5.15 crore from the residence of Enamul Haque Enu, former vice-president of Gendaria Awami League, and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan in Wari, Dhaka.
Rab raids two flats belonging to Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon after arresting them from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday.
Lt Col Hasinur Rahman, a former commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), returns home over 18 months after he went missing.
A Dhaka court has taken cognisance of charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, and Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, an expelled leader of Jubo League, in two separate cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) destroys 370 litres of South American liquid cocaine that were smuggled into Chattogram Port from Bolivia in guise of sunflower oil consignment in 2015.
The man who was arrested for raping a Dhaka University (DU) student claimed to be a serial rapist, Rapid Action Battalion says.
Two hours after two members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were injured in a gun attack by Rohingya drug peddlers at Neela Noyapara Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila, the prime suspect has been killed in a reported gunfight with the elite force.
Four alleged members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) have been arrested in Nikunja area of Dhaka's Khilkhet.
The High Court summons Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Magistrate Mohammad Sarowar Alam for not providing the certified copy of an order of the mobile court, which he conducted while convicting a person in July.
