Rab

‘Gunfights’: 3 killed in Dhaka, Rangpur

Three people killed in separate “gunfights” with elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka and Rangpur.
16 July 2015, 06:12 AM

Minister says Baishakh sexual offenders held, cops deny

State minister for home claims some of the women assaulters on Dhaka University campus have been caught, but neither police or Rab agree to the claim.
6 July 2015, 09:28 AM

Rab rescues abducted boy, detains 8 in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion rescue an abducted teenage boy and detain eight kidnapers in a drive launched different parts in Dhaka and its outskirts Keraniganj.
4 July 2015, 05:16 AM

13 ‘traffickers’ held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests 13 alleged human traffickers in Purana Paltan area of Dhaka.
28 June 2015, 13:53 PM

6.80 lakh Yaba seized in Feni, 2 held

Rapid Action Battalion detain two people including an official of Special Branch of police and seize around 6.80 lakh Yaba tablets from his car in Feni Sadar upazila.
21 June 2015, 06:50 AM

27 deer rescued in Narayanganj

Rapid Action Battalion rescue 27 deer, locally known as Chitra Horin or Spotted Deer, in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.
27 May 2015, 16:12 PM

Analysis: Catching sex offenders, good job Rab

It is a rare sense of relief to note that the Rab has been able to arrest two men in connection with the gang-rape of a young Garo woman a few days ago.
27 May 2015, 11:46 AM

Gang-rape victim lured with better job: Rab

The 21-year-old Garo woman, who was gang-raped on running microbus in Dhaka, was lured by the promise of a better job.
27 May 2015, 03:33 AM

Opinion: A day to salute our media

Time to stand proud of Bangladesh's media and the hard work, courage and doggedness the newsmen have shown in covering two important events – torture on DU student Abdul Kadar at Khilgaon police station and exposing the sex attackers of Pahela Baishakh.
18 May 2015, 07:38 AM

BNP leader visits Salahuddin at Shillong hospital

BNP’s assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony visits Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital in the Meghalaya state of India.
15 May 2015, 15:28 PM

7-murder: Nazrul’s wife files no confidence petition

A naraji (no confidence) petition was filed today against the charge sheet submitted by the detectives dropping the names of five accused in sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case.
11 May 2015, 07:11 AM

Opinion: Salauddin becomes another forgotten case?

It seems we do not care that a man just disappeared into the blues amidst allegation that the law enforcing agency was behind the Houdini act. He seems to have gone down the annals of disappearance of the likes of Ilias Ali, Chowdhury Alam and labour leader Aminul Islam.
10 May 2015, 08:08 AM

Accused of Narayanganj murders charged

ALMOST a year after the gruesome murders of seven men in Narayanganj, police have charged 35 individuals.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Nur, 3 Rab officials among 35 charged

Nearly a year after the bloodcurdling seven-murder in Narayanganj, police submitted charge sheet in the case, naming 35 people, including prime accused Nur Hossain and three sacked Rab officials.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

35 charge sheeted in N’ganj 7-murder

Detectives submit charge sheet of sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case against 35 naming Nur Hossain as the prime accused.
8 April 2015, 12:23 PM

7,500kg jatka seized at Karwan Bazar

Rapid Action Battalion seizes 7,500 kg of jatka and fined 11 people Tk 5000 each for selling those at Karwan Bazar wholesale fish market in Dhaka, Rab sources say.
31 March 2015, 04:38 AM

Eliminate terrorism, PM tells law enforcers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the law enforcement agencies to work with utmost sincerity to eliminate terrorism
28 March 2015, 11:32 AM

52 rescued while being trafficked to Malaysia

Law enforcers, in separate drives, have rescued 52 fortune seekers from Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar while allegedly being trafficked to Malaysia
23 March 2015, 10:19 AM

Murder accused killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab

An accused in a case filed for killing a girl and slicing her in seven pieces in Motijheel earlier this month is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur area
22 March 2015, 03:30 AM

BNP spokesman Salahuddin detained, claims wife

BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed has been picked up allegedly by law enforcers, claims his wife Hasina Ahmed.
11 March 2015, 14:52 PM