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.
Rab detains 5 members of 'int'l drug smuggling gang'
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained five suspected members of an international drug smuggling gang from the capital's Kaula area on Monday.
8 ‘robbers’ held in Munshiganj
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested eight members of an inter-district robbery gang from Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj.
1 held for ‘spreading rumour’ on social media
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) today claimed to have detained a man on charge of spreading rumours on social media.
4 ‘JMB members’ held in Mymensingh
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a woman from Biddaganj Railway Station in Mymensingh.
Rab raids 15 houses in C’nawabganj, detains ‘JMB militant’
Rapid Action Battalion raids at least 15 houses in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj and detains a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jamaa’atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB).
JMB 'plan for prison van attack' foiled
Banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was planning a Trishal-like prison van ambush to snatch the inmates accused in the Gulshan café attack case.
5 ‘drug traders’ held in Kadamtoli
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of five drug traders from Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area.
3 held for ‘spreading fake photos, derogatory remarks on PM’
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained three men in Chattogram, Bogura and Rajshahi for allegedly spreading photoshopped images and making derogatory comments about the prime minister on social media.
Fake note factory busted in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) members claims to have busted a factory of manufacturing fake currency in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area.
8 held in Dhaka for ‘spreading rumours’ over election
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrest eight people from Maghbazar and Mowchak areas in Dhaka city last night allegedly for spreading rumour on social media over tomorrow’s national election.