Rapid Action Battalion

Opinion / Tackling the bad apples of police

The onus of ensuring malpractice-free management of the police force squarely rests with the police hierarchy.

‘Biggest militant threat’ country has ever faced

Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya posed a bigger security threat than any militant outfit ever did, law enforcers said.

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.

Extrajudicial Killings: Numbers drop sharply since US sanctions

Numbers of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have dropped drastically in Bangladesh since the US imposed sanctions on Rab and seven of its former and current officials for alleged human rights abuses, the Human Rights Watch observed in its annual report.

Star Investigates: How did a bike accident become an extortion case?

A simple motorbike accident by a teenage boy in the capital’s Mirpur has been turned into an extortion case against eight school and college students for reasons the victim, his family and witnesses cannot explain.

Return of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing?

It was a sombre occasion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises on April 30.

No scope to repeal sanctions on Rab without concrete actions: US Ambassador

There is no scope for repealing the sanctions against Rab, without concrete actions and accountability, United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas said today.

Who will speak for the George Floyds of Bangladesh?

In the US, being Black or just a person of colour is enough to get one killed or arrested by a cop, merely for being at the wrong place at the wrong time—or even the right place at the right time.

Snapshot of reality / Were those really incidents of ‘crossfire’?

So, someone can be deliberately killed in “crossfire”! The “crossfire” killings, understood to be a blatant violation of all human rights laws, have been termed by an MP an “instant action” when it comes to dealing with criminals.

May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019

2 killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Two persons are killed in a reported gunfight between Rapid Action Battalion and a drug dealer group in Cox’s Bazar.

March 29, 2019
March 29, 2019

Make sure no innocent harassed

Stressing the importance of upholding human rights in enforcing laws, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the Rab members to be careful so that people are not unnecessarily harassed while taking actions against criminals.

March 16, 2019
March 16, 2019

Painter turns conman!

The Rab has arrested seven members of a gang which used to “deceive people” in the name of selling Saudi Riyal at half price.

July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018

Youth held with car, phensidyl

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a youth with a car carrying 700 bottles of phensidyl on Patuakhali-Barisal road in Lebukhali area under Dumki upazila early yesterday.

June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018

Sundarbans to be free of robbers by Oct

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Director General Benazir Ahmed announces today that the Sundarbans will be free of robbers by October next and asks the bandits to surrender by this time to escape dire consequences.

May 17, 2018
May 17, 2018

‘Drug peddler’ killed in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’

A suspected drug peddler is killed in a “gunfight” between their cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in Rajshahi city early today.

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

Drugs worth Tk 15cr seized in 10 days: Rab

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains 1,415 people during countrywide anti-narcotic drives that started from May 4, its Director General Benazir Ahmed said.

April 27, 2018
April 27, 2018

Tk 10cr, some puzzles

The Rab has claimed to have recovered Tk 10 crore from the house of a businessman with a Commercially Important

March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018

5 Years into Taqi Murder: Rab still sitting on charge sheet

For Taqi's parents, the last five years have been a long, agonising wait for justice. And they have no clue as to when that wait would be over.

January 12, 2018
January 12, 2018

Militants killed in Nakhalpara den were JMB men: Rab

Three “militants” who are killed during a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) operation in Tejgaon area of Dhaka are members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, says an official of the elite force.

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