Armed Police Battalion (APBn)

Police running riot in Rohingya refugee camps?

Government must investigate the grave allegations of power abuse raised in HRW report

Rohingyas accuse APBn of abuse

A 36-year-old Rohingya refugee activist was preparing a list of refugees allegedly abused by Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion (APBn). In consequence, he faced arrest, arbitrary detention and torture, he claimed.

7 Rohingyas, making their way from India, detained in Cox’s Bazar camp

Seven members of two Rohingya families, who made their way from India's Jammu and Kashmir, have been detained by Armed Police Battalion (APBn) at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.

3 held with 2,600 mobile phones at Dhaka airport

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detains three people for smuggling 2,600 pieces mobile phone sets into the country through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Gold worth Tk 95 lakh seized at Dhaka airport

Customs intelligence officials recover 21 gold bars weighing two kilogrammes and detained two passengers at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

400 turtles recovered at Dhaka airport

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seize over 400 Indian pond turtles from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Scuffle at Dhaka airport

A chaos erupts at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after a security staff of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh stopped working and protested detention of one their colleagues by armed police on charge of taking bribe from a passenger.

1.7kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 6 held

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members seize 14 gold bars weighing 1.7 kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023

Police running riot in Rohingya refugee camps?

Government must investigate the grave allegations of power abuse raised in HRW report

January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023

Rohingyas accuse APBn of abuse

A 36-year-old Rohingya refugee activist was preparing a list of refugees allegedly abused by Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion (APBn). In consequence, he faced arrest, arbitrary detention and torture, he claimed.

May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022

7 Rohingyas, making their way from India, detained in Cox’s Bazar camp

Seven members of two Rohingya families, who made their way from India's Jammu and Kashmir, have been detained by Armed Police Battalion (APBn) at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.

September 7, 2019
September 7, 2019

3 held with 2,600 mobile phones at Dhaka airport

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detains three people for smuggling 2,600 pieces mobile phone sets into the country through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015

Gold worth Tk 95 lakh seized at Dhaka airport

Customs intelligence officials recover 21 gold bars weighing two kilogrammes and detained two passengers at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

July 5, 2015
July 5, 2015

400 turtles recovered at Dhaka airport

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seize over 400 Indian pond turtles from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015

Scuffle at Dhaka airport

A chaos erupts at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after a security staff of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh stopped working and protested detention of one their colleagues by armed police on charge of taking bribe from a passenger.

April 7, 2015
April 7, 2015

1.7kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 6 held

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members seize 14 gold bars weighing 1.7 kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.