BNP for RAB鈥檚 abolition
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party recommended the abolition of the Rapid Action Battalion, citing allegations of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings...
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28 killed in shelling of Khartoum fuel station
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said that 28 civilians were killed Sunday when a fuel station in an area of Khartoum under paramilitary control came under shelling...
Criminality in law enforcement units should be addressed
THE reported involvement of law enforcers in mugging in Dhaka underscores the significance of major police reform. Four people, including two Rapid Action Battalion and police personnel, were arrested on December 2 on charges of their being involved in mugging at the Dhaka airport. Allegations against a section of police personnel over involvement in crimes, including abduction, extortion, smuggling...
RAB, police members among 4 arrested for mugging
Four people, including members of the Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Police, were arrested while they were allegedly attempting to flee after seizing goods from a man at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday night...
67 Chikungunya, 11 Zika cases reported in 2024: IEDCR
Bangladesh has recorded 67 cases of Chikungunya and 11 cases of Zika virus so far in 2024, according to a report of The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research...
22 kids among 31 rescued in Teknaf
Members of Rapid Action Battalion foiled a human trafficking bid and rescued 31 people, including 22 children, from the hilly area of Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar early Monday while trafficking them to Malaysia.
Limon sues Tarique Siddique, Ziaul Ahsan
Limon Hossain, a resident of Jhalakati who lost his leg after being shot by the Rapid Action Battalion, has filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal against nine individuals, including...
DMTCL likely to start selling Rapid passes this month
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited is likely to start selling the Rapid passes at the end of this month, said officials.
PID cancels press accreditation cards of 30 more journalists
Bangladesh鈥檚 Press Information Department has scrapped the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards of 30 more journalists, including Imdadul Haq Milan, Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul and Ahmed Zobayer.
An elite force under scrutiny
THE Rapid Action Battalion was formally established on March 26, 2004, under the Armed Police Battalion (Amendment) Act, 2003, as an elite law enforcement unit in Bangladesh, operating under...
Mohammadpur camp gang leader Bunia Sohel, 11 associates held
The Rapid Action Battalion captured Bunia Sohel, reportedly the leading drug dealer and armed gang leader responsible for a surge in violent crime within the Mohammadpur Geneva camp in Dhaka, and...
34 more arrested in joint drives in Mohammadpur
Law enforcement agencies arrested 34 more people in joint drives at places in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area in the past 24 hours till Monday morning...
Six put on remand over Mohammadpur robbery
A Dhaka court on Monday granted seven-day remand to six people arrested in connection with the organised robbery at Mohammadpur in the capital late at night wearing army and Rapid Action Battalion uniforms early Saturday...
Relocation of utility services causes tailback
The relocation of the lines of the utility services for the construction of mass rapid transit line 1, the first underground metro rail system in Bangladesh, is causing traffic congestion at different points in the capital...
Govt should step up dengue prevention efforts
WITH at least 42,470 cases of hospitalisation and 214 deaths from dengue, the outbreak situation is likely to get worse this year unless the government takes urgent steps to contain the spread of the viral fever. Virologists and physicians are also concerned that the outbreak may turn more fatal this year as people are reporting their experience of being infected...
Ex-MP Rahim, ex-MP Zillur鈥檚 brother arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Feni-3 Rahim Ullah in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area and former Moulvibazar-3 lawmaker...
Robbers loot Tk 60 lakh, 60 bhoris of gold impersonating Army, RAB
At least 20 people wearing uniforms of the Bangladesh Army and Rapid Action Battalion robbed Tk 50-60 lakh and 50-60 bharis of gold from the second floor of a five-storey building...
RAB arrests ex-AL lawmaker Asaduzzaman
The Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-3 constituency Asaduzzaman Asad in Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Salam Murshedy sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Friday sent former Khulna-4 lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy to jail in a case lodged over the killing of garment worker Rubel during the recent student-led mass uprising.
RAB arrests another accused in Twaki murder case
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested another person, a relative of prime accused Ajmeri Osman in a case over the killing Tanvir Mohammad Twaki, at a bus on...
Ex-MP Henry, husband arrested
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday placed former lawmaker Sultan Mohammad Monsur Ahmed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of a Juba Dal leader, Shamim Mia, in the capital鈥檚 Paltan area...
RAB arrests two more
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested two more persons accused of killing Bangladesh Army Lieutenant Tanzim Sarwar Nirjon in a joint operation in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Friday midnight.
RAB arrests one more over killing of Bangladesh army lieutenant
The Rapid Action Battalion on Friday arrested one more person accused of killing Bangladesh Army Lieutenant Tanzim Sarwar Nirjon in a joint operation in Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
Two alleged extortionists arrested in Khulna
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested two alleged extortionists in Khanjahan Ali area of Khulna recently...
RAB claims progress in investigation into Taqi murder case
Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday claimed that they were making progress in the investigation into the murder case of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, who was found dead two days after his abduction in 2013...
RAB arrests inspector for involvement in burning students鈥� bodies in Ashulia
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 on Friday arrested inspector Arafat Hossain for his involvement in burning bodies of students and common people in front of the Ashulia Police Station on August 5, reports UNB.
Ex-MP Nayeb Ali placed on 4-day remand
A Jhenaidah court on Friday placed former Awami League lawmaker for Jhenaidah-1 constituency Nayeb Ali Joarder on four-day remand in two separate cases on allegations of...
Ajmeri Osman鈥檚 driver arrested
Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested the private car driver of Ajmeri Osman, son of late Jatiya Party lawmaker Nasim Osman and a nephew of former Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman, in connection with the case of killing Tanwir Muhammad Taqi...
Time, cost overruns in projects must first be investigated
BUS Rapid Transit Line 3 Project, taken up about 12 years ago to connect Gazipur to the Dhaka airport with a dedicated bus service on a 20.5-kilometre corridor, has become an example of irregularities and mismanagement of development projects. The project, once completed, is meant to carry close to half a million people every day. The estimated travel...
Ex-lawmaker Mazharul Islam arrested
Rapid Action Battalion claimed that they arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Thakurgaon-2 constituency, Mazharul Islam Suzon, at Nikunja in Dhaka on Wednesday...