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Case filed over attack on RAB personnel

A case was filed against 172 people on Monday, a day after vehicles of the Rapid Action Battalion were confined and attacked over detention of a man at Sreepur in Gazipur...

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Govt extends tenure of RAB DG, SB chief

Bangladesh interim government has extended the tenures of Rapid Action Battalion director general AKM Shahidur Rahman and Special Branch chief Golam Rasul on a contractual basis.

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Firearm, bullets seized at school compound

The members of the Rapid Action Battalion seized a firearm and four rounds of bullets from the premises of a primary school under Golapganj upazila in Sylhet Wednesday night.

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2 arrested for killing, dismembering body at Tongi

The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested two suspects over the killing of a bus helper named Oli Mia, whose dismembered body was recovered from Gazipur’s Tongi on Friday...

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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...

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3 jailed ex-RAB officers to be quizzed over Zia’s link

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday granted permission to interrogate three former Rapid Action Battalion officers — currently on death row in the 2014 Narayanganj seven-murder case — in connection with enforced disappearance...

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Mob violence won’t 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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Body formed to restructure RAB

The interim government in a meeting on Monday decided that the police would no longer be allowed to carry or use lethal weapons in the wake of their indiscriminate use by police and other forces against protesters during the July uprising in 2024.

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2 arrested with counterfeit banknotes

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested two youths with a large quantity of forged banknotes and printing equipment at Karnakathi and Charkaua areas at Bandar police station in Barishal on Thursday night.

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2 drug peddlers held in Sylhet

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested two youths at Companiganj in Sylhet on Friday after recovering 249 bottles of Phensedyl smuggled from India.

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3 accused of sensational murder case held in Ukhia

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three accused, including the main accused, of a sensational killing case of Kutupalong under Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar, at Patabari area in the upazila early Saturday...

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Two more arrested

The police and the members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested two more accused in Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez murder case at separate places in Gaibandha and Chattogram...

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Further delay in Sagar-Runi murder case disappointing

NO TANGIBLE progress in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their rented flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in the capital on February 11, 2012, is worrying given that the government task force has sought more time to complete the investigation. In September 2024, the High Court, considering the failure of the Rapid Action Battalion...

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RAB arrests 5 abductors in Keraniganj

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion during a drive have arrested five kidnappers and rescued the abducted man at Keraniganj in Dhaka...

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Six arrested for robbery posing as RAB members 

At least six people were arrested till Thursday afternoon allegedly for robbing a house in the capital’s Dhanmondi area early Wednesday impersonating members of the Rapid Action Battalion.

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ARSA chief Ataullah, 9 operatives arrested

Rapid Action Battalion-11 arrested 10 Rohingya people, including Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s top leader Abu Ammar Jununi alias Ataullah, from Narayanganj and Mymensingh districts in two separate drives on Monday and Tuesday.

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2 arrested for attack on police

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested two youths allegedly engaged in drug dealing for attack on police in Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka city on Thursday...

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1,690 held as patrol intensifies amid rampant crimes

The police, joint forces, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and Armed Police Battalion intensified patrolling and setting up more checkpoints across the country on Wednesday to curb crimes...