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
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seals off eight coaching centres in Dhaka’s Jatrabari and Dania areas and fines them for continuing their operation defying a government ban.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members claim to have detained a man involved in fake question paper leak in Dhaka.
Rab arrested two suspected fraudsters who swindled about 500 government officials out of large sums of money masquerading as anti-corruption officials about to sue them.
Banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team had plans to assassinate an editor of a leading national daily for publishing an article that allegedly criticised the “hadith on marriage”.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has scaled up intelligence operations to prevent question paper leak ahead of the upcoming SSC examinations, scheduled to begin on February 2.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested the main accused in a rape case from Dhaka’s Dhamrai.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained five suspected members of an international drug smuggling gang from the capital's Kaula area on Monday.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested eight members of an inter-district robbery gang from Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) today claimed to have detained a man on charge of spreading rumours on social media.
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.
