Major reshuffle in police, DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman relieved
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman has been sacked in a major reshuffle of police force on Wednesday, authorities said on Wednesday...
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RAB arrests 290 more people from Dhaka, elsewhere
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested 290 people from different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests.
Govt mustn鈥檛 use coercion to resolve quota reform protests
THE deployment of the army in aid of civil administration to contain the protests of the students who have legitimately sought reforms in civil service job reservations means that the government鈥檚 earlier employment of the ruling Awami League鈥檚 fronts Chhatra League and Juba League and the deployment of various law enforcement units, including the...
APBn member injured in ARSA members鈥� firing聽
An Armed Police Battalion member was injured in firing by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army at the Ukhia 4 Extension Rohingya Camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Sunday...
DMP reimposes ban on auto-rickshaws in main roads
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police traffic division announced on Saturday that battery-run auto-rickshaws, locally made three-wheelers, and other slow-moving vehicles would no longer be allowed on main roads in the city...
Soldiers, suspected extremists killed in Indian Kashmir: police
Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in separate gun battles in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Sunday....
55,000 flee Sudan town as RSF battles army
More than 55,000 people have fled Sinja, the capital of Sennar state in southeastern Sudan, as fighting rages between paramilitary forces and the regular army, the UN humanitarian office OCHA has said...
Four of kidnapping group arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four people, including a suspected mastermind of shrimp enclosure grabbers and kidnapping group at...
First presidential debate disaster
IT WAS cruel. Sinister cruel. While Donald Trump was always going to relish the chance to be not only economical with the truth but simply inventive about it, Joe Biden, current commander in chief of the United States, leader of the self-described free world, seemed a vanishing shadow, longing for soft slippers and the fireplace with cocoa...
Three suspected members of 鈥楢nsar al-Islam鈥� arrested in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
The Rapid Action Battalion claimed on Friday that they arrested three suspected members of the banned extremist outfit Ansar al-Islam in Cox鈥檚 Bazar....
Wael to become BAT Bangladesh chair
Wael Sabra will succeed Golam Mainuddin as chairman of BAT Bangladesh from August 1, according to a press release...
One held with 1.30 lakh yaba tablets in Teknaf
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested a youth with 1,30,000 yaba tablets at Lombabil of Whykong union under Teknaf upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar Monday night...
Schoolgirl rescued after 11 days, youth arrested
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion rescued a schoolgirl early Saturday, eleven days after she was abducted from Sagarpara area in Rajshahi city.
DUDS wins 鈥楩uture Voices Face-off 2024鈥�
The Dhaka University Debating Society has bagged the 鈥楩uture Voices Face-off 2024鈥� inter-university debate competition recently.
ARSA leader held from Ukhiya Rohingya camp
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested an Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army commander at the Rohingya camp at Ukhiya upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Friday morning...
Security intensified across Bangladesh ahead of Eid: RAB
Rapid Action Battalion has said that the security system across Bangladesh has been boosted ahead of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Azha....
Six arrested with 241 stolen cell phone sets
The Rapid Action Battalion on Monday night arrested six youths at a market in Sylhet and recovered 241 stolen mobile phone sets, 10 tabs and 1 device for...
Police units trading in personal data is unpardonable crime
PERSONAL data protection is certainly in a mess as two wings of the police 鈥� the Anti-Terrorism Unit and Rapid Action Battalion 6 鈥� are reported to have sold personal data 鈥� including the national identity card details, call records and subscriber鈥檚 identity module data..
Hizb ut-Tahrir leader arrested in Dhaka
The members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested a fugitive leader of the banned extremist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from the capital鈥檚 Adabor area on...
Cancellation of trial dismissal demanded
The Hill Women鈥檚 Federation and Parbatya Chattogram Nari Sangha held a protest rally in Khagrachari on Friday, demanding that the order, issued by a Rangamati court on April 23 dismissing the trial over the disappearance of Chittagong Hill Tracts-based rights activist Kalpana Chakma, be cancelled...
Harun-Ar-Rashid appointed as new director general of RAB
Additional inspector general of police Md Harun Ar Rashid has been appointed as the new director general of the Rapid Action Battalion, the elite force of the Bangladesh Police...
RAB arrests fake police officer in Dhaka
The Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested a fake police officer with a uniform, jacket, walkie-talkie and a pistol at a house at Nandapara Dakshinpara in the Dakshinkhan area of the capital...
3 members of new extremist group 鈥楽hahadat鈥� arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday said that it had arrested three people suspected to be members of new extremist group 鈥楽hahadat.鈥�
Couple arrested pretending to be NSI in Ctg
The members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested a couple from Chattogram鈥檚 Sitakunda upazila who identified them as National Security Intelligence officials, and swindled money from people...
11 robbers arrested in Dhaka
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested 11 robbers from Jatrabaria area on Thursday evening as they were preparing to commit a robbery...
Job scam ring mastermind arrested
The members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Shaharul, an alleged mastermind behind a job scam ring, from Palashbari in Gaibandha...
Impact of recognition of a Palestinian state
RECENTLY, calls for the western world to recognise a Palestinian state in its own right have been getting louder...
Legalisation of battery-run vehicles demanded
Leaders of Rickshaw, Battery Rickshaw-Van and Easy bike Sramik Union on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, demanding...
Gaza battles flare
Israeli forces battled Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed a bid for an international arrest warrant against him on war crimes charges in the Palestinian territory...