Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)

Law enforcers behind disappearances: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia says the law enforcers including Rab and police members, who were involved in the incidents of forced disappearances and killings, will be brought to justice.
29 June 2016, 14:55 PM

PM: Why Khaleda sheds tears for Fahim?

PM Hasina lambasts her arch rival Khaleda Zia for what she says “shedding crocodile tears” for militant suspect Golam Faizullah Fahim who lost his life in an alleged crossfire a day after he was captured by locals during a murder attempt on a teacher in Madaripur. Khaleda's criticism proves that BNP-Jamaat has link to secret killings, the premier says.
29 June 2016, 11:05 AM

Militant link suspected in murder of SP’s wife: CMP

Hours into the killing of a police official’s wife in Chittagong city, police say they suspect militant link to the murder. Motorbike riding assailants reportedly stabbed and shot dead Mahmuda Khanam Mitu near to her residence.
5 June 2016, 06:11 AM

JMB Dhaka district unit chief, 3 others held

Rapid Action Battalion arrests four members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Dhaka district unit chief in the capital.
12 May 2016, 04:47 AM

Rab claims arrest of 6 ‘cheaters’

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of six fraudsters who took money from people and assured them of providing government jobs.
29 April 2016, 14:42 PM

32 wild birds, monkeys rescued in Tongi

The forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescue 30 wild birds and two Rhesus monkeys at a bird market at Tongi in Gazipur.
17 April 2016, 11:32 AM

Sylhet JCD president held

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested the president of Sylhet Jatyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) last night.
26 March 2016, 09:48 AM

5 ‘JMB’ men held with large cache of explosives

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claim to arrest five militants including a district-level chief of a banned militant outfit and seize a large cache of explosives in Matuail of Dhaka.
13 March 2016, 16:30 PM

Nur Hossain seeks acquittal from 7-murder trial

The prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case, Nur Hossain on Sunday files two separate petitions with the High Court for scrapping two trials against him.
13 March 2016, 07:12 AM

1 held with arms, ammo in Chapainawabganj

Rapid Action Battalion detains an alleged illegal arms trader and seized arms and ammunition from his possession in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.
13 March 2016, 05:27 AM

Crimes through social media, 12 foreigners held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of 14 people including 12 foreign nationals for committing crimes using different social media platforms across Bangladesh.
4 March 2016, 11:23 AM

Mother confesses killing her kids: Rab

Mother, Mahfuza Maleq alias Jesmin, confesses to killing her two minor children who were found dead in Dhaka’s Banasree area on February 29, according to Rapid Action Battalion.
3 March 2016, 05:49 AM

4 cases filed over ‘Sonali Bank robbery attempt’

Four cases are filed over yesterday’s incident when Rapid Action Battalion “foiled a Sonali bank branch robbery attempt” at Dhamrai in Dhaka that left an alleged robber dead.
20 February 2016, 06:16 AM

Man held for impersonating army, swindling people’s money

Rapid Action Battalion members arrest an army impersonator from Dhaka’s Tikatuli area over swindling people’s money by offering them jobs.
14 February 2016, 13:54 PM

Rab man held over extortion in Narayanganj

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detain one of its members along with four people in connection with extortion in Narayanganj.
13 February 2016, 10:31 AM

2 caught while selling newborn in Shantibagh

Two people are caught selling off a two-day-old baby in Dhaka’s Shantibagh area, law enforcers say.
12 February 2016, 12:27 PM

Keraniganj boy murder: Main accused killed in ‘shootout’ with Rab

Prime accused in a case filed for abducting and killing an 11-year-old boy in Keraniganj of Dhaka is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion. He was the mastermind behind the abduction and murder of 11-year-old Abdullah.
8 February 2016, 03:59 AM

Nagorik Oikya demands Manna’s treatment, release

Civil society platform Nagorik Oikya demands proper treatment and release of their imprisoned leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna.
18 January 2016, 10:01 AM

2 held with 70,000 yaba pills in Dhaka

Detectives arrest two people along with 70,000 contraband yaba tablets from Khilgaon area in the capital Dhaka.
1 January 2016, 15:04 PM

Mirpur ‘JMB den’: 3 suspects on 4-day fresh remand

A Dhaka court places three suspected members of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a four-day fresh remand in a case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act.
1 January 2016, 11:52 AM