Rab
Ready to counter any militant attack targeting Pahela Baishakh, says Rab DG
Rab DG M Khurshid Hossain reassured public of comprehensive security arrangements for Pahela Baishakh celebrations
Opinion / Tackling the bad apples of police
The onus of ensuring malpractice-free management of the police force squarely rests with the police hierarchy.
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023 / ‘NHRC can’t directly investigate cases involving law enforcers’
NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.
Misinterpreting threats of visa ban won’t do us any good
Misleading analyses can help propagate a narrative for immediate damage control, but are not helpful to overcome the real crisis.
How did Sultana Jasmine die?
Sultana’s death only re-emphasises just how helpless we are at the hands of law enforcement members.
University student arrested for peddling yaba at her flat: Rab
She used to bring yaba to Dhaka from the areas near the border with Myanmar and sell those at the flat
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.
‘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.
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.
Man killed in ‘shootout’ with Rab in Manikganj
A man was killed in, what Rab says, a "gunfight" with the force members in Manikganj early today.
Rab helped contain militancy, don’t malign it: Shahriar
Describing elite force Rab as a “brand name for peace” in villages, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today (April 17, 2022) said this institution should not be maligned which helped the country contain militancy.
Actor Sohel Chowdhury murder: Fugitive Ashish Roy Chowdhury arrested
Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Ashish Roy Chowdhury, a fugitive for 24 years accused in a case filed over the murder of film actor Sohel Chowdhury in December 1998.
Last known location of 'disappearance' victim's phone near Rab-1 office: Family
The family of a pisciculturist, who allegedly became a victim of enforced disappearance, has claimed that the last known location of his iPhone, found using an application, was adjacent to the Rab-1 office in the capital’s Uttara.
Israeli digital intelligence firm decides not to sell products to Bangladesh
Cellebrite, an Israel-based digital intelligence firm, has decided to halt sales to Bangladesh, stating its concern that the tools might lead to violation of human rights. According to recent reports by Haaretz, the longest-running newspaper of Israel, Cellebrite’s "hardware was reportedly used by a paramilitary unit accused of extrajudicial killings, torture and disappearances of civilians and journalists."
Leader of fraud gang which targeted mobile banking users, held in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested the leader of fraud gang, who had been misappropriating money from mobile banking users, from Dhaka’s Mirpur area.
3 human traffickers held in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three human traffickers in a drive at Khilgaon in Dhaka as they were planning to send some Rohingyas abroad illegally.
BNP leader Hafiz held
Law enforcers arrest BNP Vice-chairman Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed from Dhaka Airport.
2 cases filed against Samrat under firearms, narcotics acts
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) files two separate cases against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat with Ramna Police Station under firearms and narcotics control acts.
3 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Three people, described as drug peddlers by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), are killed in an alleged gunfight in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.
