Eight arrested over robbery impersonating RAB members
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested eight men in connection with a robbery incident, impersonating members of the Rapid Action Battalion.
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3 held with Phensedyl in Sylhet
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three drug peddlers along with 200 bottles of Phensedyl in Sylhet on Tuesday night when they were preparing to send a parcel of the contraband drug through a courier service provider...
A debate worth having
AS BANGLADESH continues to navigate its democratic journey, calls for reforming the electoral system have gained traction. One of the prominent proposals is the introduction of Proportional Representation 鈥� a system designed to ensure that the distribution of seats in the legislature mirrors the percentage of votes each political party receives. While Bangladesh...
Climate crisis to legal battles
IN A quiet courtroom in the Hague, history stirred. A legal ripple, as gentle as a sigh from the Pacific, reached the shorelines of global governance. The International Court of Justice declared, in an advisory fashion though, that one country may, indeed, sue another for climate change. The words hung heavy in the air, stirring both celebrations and scepticism. Rightly so...
Mim becomes champion of Roquiah Hall Debate Competition
Mahinur Akhter Mim, a student of the Institute of Education and Research, has become champion of the debate competition organised by the Dhaka University鈥檚 Roquiah Hall...
3 jailed ex-RAB officers to be quizzed over Zia鈥檚 link
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday granted permission to interrogate three former Rapid Action Battalion officers 鈥� currently on death row in the 2014 Narayanganj seven-murder case 鈥� in connection with enforced disappearance...
Mob violence won鈥檛 be tolerated: RAB DG
Director general of the Rapid Action Battalion AKM Shahidur Rahman on Friday said that no one would be allowed to take the law into their own hands and disrupt public life through mob violence...
Man held for killing wife in Ctg, dismembering body
The Rapid Action Battalion has detained a man accused of brutally killing his wife and attempting to dispose her dismembered body in Bayezid area of Chattogram city...
RAB sends letter to SB to deport Nigerian citizen
Rapid Action Battalion took initiative to deport detained Nigerian citizen Frank Coco to his native land for his suspected link to a cyber group that extorted money from the people through fraudulence.
3 drug traffickers held with foreign pistol in city
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday night arrested three drug traffickers along with a firearm and ammunition in the capital...
Bus driver held over Ctg crash that killed 11
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a bus driver who had been on the run since a crash that resulted in the deaths of 11 passengers, including children...
Father arrested for killing son in Dhaka
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday night arrested a man at Konabari flyover area in Gazipur for his alleged involvement in the killing of his son in Hazaribagh area in the capital...
Walton launches car battery series 鈥楪raviton鈥�
Walton Mirco-Tech Corporation has released seven models of 鈥楪raviton鈥� series car batteries to be used mainly in private cars, microbuses, pick-up vans and CNG-run auto-rickshaws, said a press release...
鈥榁iral Mosharaf鈥�, 3 other robbers arrested in Dhaka
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four alleged robbers, including Mosharaf Hossain who recently went viral for brandishing a sharp weapon, while they were preparing for committing a robbery in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area.
Cold baths, shelters as Southern Europe heatwave worsens
Authorities across Southern Europe urged people to seek shelter Sunday and protect the most vulnerable as punishing temperatures from Spain to Portugal, Italy and France climbed higher in the summer鈥檚 first major heatwave...
Indonesia begins $5.9b EV battery project despite environment fears
Indonesia broke ground Sunday on a $5.9 billion megaproject for EV battery production backed by Chinese giant CATL, despite NGOs raising concerns over a lack of environmental guarantees...
Ashura on July 6
The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein (RA), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), at the Battle of Karbala, will be observed in the country on July 06 as the moon of the month of Muharram was sighted in the sky on Thursday...
Govt urged to allow tax rebate on investment in venture capital funds
The Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh has urged the government to treat investment in venture capital funds as an allowable investment for tax rebate...
Rights groups urge authorities to disband RAB
Human rights activists and victims of enforced disappearances have urged the authorities to disband the Rapid Action Battalion for its alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions...
Ehram Neem Bathing Bar launched
Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh on Wednesday launched 鈥楨hram Neem Bathing Bar,鈥� said a press release...
4 arrested with 479 bottles of wine
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested four people at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday night after recovering 479 bottles of foreign made wine in their possession...
Tanzid, Parvez reach career-best rankings
Tanzid Hasan and Parvez Hossain both reached their career-best position in the ICC men鈥檚 T20I batters鈥� rankings, that was published on Wednesday.
RAB steps up nationwide security measures ahead of Eid
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday said that it had intensified surveillance and patrols across the country to ensure safety and security of people and their properties before Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest Muslim religious festivals to be celebrated in the country on June 7...
BUP holds prize-giving ceremony of Inter-univ Debate Competition
The final round and prize-giving ceremony of City Bank presents BUP IV Inter-Varsity Debate Competition was held at Bijay Auditorium of Bangladesh University of Professionals in Dhaka on Saturday...
BDF Dialogic begins in Dhaka
The Bangladesh Debate Federation inaugurated the BDF Dialogic 2025 in Dhaka on Saturday...
Govt should go tough against threats to traditional fairs
A FAIR, Gazi Kalu-Champabati Mela, having been held for about two hundred years, at Jagannathpur of Kumarkhali in Kushtia has remained suspended since May 20 after it began on May 17. A clash between the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which wanted a permanent end to the holding of the fair, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which wanted the fair to continue, has...
Policing without guns
The recent announcement by the home affairs adviser of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government 鈥� to strip the regular police force of lethal weapons, allowing only the Armed Police Battalion to retain such arms 鈥� marks a significant turning point in the country鈥檚 law enforcement trajectory. Made in response to widespread criticism over the police鈥檚 handling...
Two-day 鈥榚nvironmental debate competition鈥� begins at DU
A two-day 12th Inter-University Environmental Debate Competition began at the Teachers-Students Centre auditorium of Dhaka University on Saturday...
Authorities have issues to shore up to ban three-wheelers
DISMANTLING battery-powered rickshaws to keep them off the main road should not be the way to deal with the threat and menace that the technically fragile vehicles pose. The Dhaka north city authorities on May 13 conducted a drive against battery-powered rickshaws and seized dozens from the main roads, declared off-limits to such vehicles, and destroyed...
Fresh gunbattles rock Libya capital after brief lull
Fresh gunbattles have erupted in the Libyan capital between two powerful armed groups, a security official said Wednesday 鈥� just a day after authorities declared the fighting over...