International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal that the investigators had found primary evidence of enforced disappearances and torture against two detained former Rapid Action Battalion officials...
THE unresolved murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in Dhaka on February 11, 2012, is one of the many cases that have created a public perception that the legal system was working to protect partisan interests of the deposed Awami League regime. As the investigation agency failed to submit the...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of former director general of the Rapid Action Battalion, Harun Ur Rashid, in a case over killing people shooting聽 from...
The Rapid Action Battalion said on Saturday that it had arrested 10 suspected muggers along with sharp weapons in Dhaka鈥檚 Mohammadpur and Adabar areas...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives have arrested 10 suspected muggers along with sharp weapons from Dhaka鈥檚 Mohammadpur and Adabor areas....
THE recent decision to change the uniforms of the Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion, and Ansar reflects a misguided effort to erase the stains of past abuses. While new uniforms might provide an outward sense of change, they do little to solve the underlying problems of institutional inefficiency, corruption and public distrust. Reform that tackles...
Politicians and rights campaigners on Monday said that the change in uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party was far from bringing in real reforms in the forces.
The government on Monday said that it introduced new uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.
Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance member Nur Khan Liton on Saturday said that it would not be appropriate for the government to keep the Rapid Action Battalion.
The director general of Rapid Action Battalion, Md Shahidur Rahman, has suggested of forming a special force to fight organised crimes such as terrorism and militancy.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested two siblings with a large quantity of yaba tablets in Brahmanbaria.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party recommended the abolition of the Rapid Action Battalion, citing allegations of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-3 constituency Asaduzzaman Asad in Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested two alleged extortionists in Khanjahan Ali area of Khulna recently...
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...