Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)

ABT targeted top editor

Banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team had plans to assassinate an editor of a leading national daily for publishing an article that allegedly criticised the “hadith on marriage”.
1 February 2019

No one involved will be spared: Rab DG

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has scaled up intelligence operations to prevent question paper leak ahead of the upcoming SSC examinations, scheduled to begin on February 2.
30 January 2019

‘Rapist’ held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested the main accused in a rape case from Dhaka’s Dhamrai.
30 January 2019

Rab detains 5 members of 'int'l drug smuggling gang'

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained five suspected members of an international drug smuggling gang from the capital's Kaula area on Monday.
29 January 2019

8 ‘robbers’ held in Munshiganj

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested eight members of an inter-district robbery gang from Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj.
25 January 2019

1 held for ‘spreading rumour’ on social media

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) today claimed to have detained a man on charge of spreading rumours on social media.
24 January 2019

4 ‘JMB members’ held in Mymensingh

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a woman from Biddaganj Railway Station in Mymensingh.
23 January 2019

Rab raids 15 houses in C’nawabganj, detains ‘JMB militant’

Rapid Action Battalion raids at least 15 houses in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj and detains a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jamaa’atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB).
22 January 2019

JMB 'plan for prison van attack' foiled

Banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was planning a Trishal-like prison van ambush to snatch the inmates accused in the Gulshan café attack case.
20 January 2019

5 ‘drug traders’ held in Kadamtoli

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of five drug traders from Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area.
19 January 2019

3 held for ‘spreading fake photos, derogatory remarks on PM’

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained three men in Chattogram, Bogura and Rajshahi for allegedly spreading photoshopped images and making derogatory comments about the prime minister on social media.
9 January 2019

Fake note factory busted in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) members claims to have busted a factory of manufacturing fake currency in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area.
3 January 2019

8 held in Dhaka for ‘spreading rumours’ over election

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrest eight people from Maghbazar and Mowchak areas in Dhaka city last night allegedly for spreading rumour on social media over tomorrow’s national election.
29 December 2018

Rab opens Facebook page to verify fake news

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has opened a Facebook page titled 'Rab Cyber News Verification Centre' to make people aware of false news and rumour spread during the upcoming general election.
27 December 2018

Three held with Tk 8cr in capital

Rapid Action Battalion detained three people in the capital's Motijheel and Gulshan yesterday for allegedly distributing money to influence the coming election and instigate violence.
25 December 2018

1 held for spreading 'rumours' on social media

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claim to have detained one person in Dhaka for allegedly spreading anti-state rumours on social media.
7 December 2018

'Drug dealer' killed in 'shootout'

A fugitive accused of drug peddling was killed in an alleged gunfight with Rab at Shahidnagar area in Narayanganj yesterday.
2 December 2018

2 arrested over fake news sites

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested two people for their involvement in creating fake websites identical to those of different local media outlets and circulating false and “anti-government” news through them.
29 November 2018

14 foreigners held over fraudulence

They came to Bangladesh as football players or for business purposes. But after the end of their visa tenure, they formed a nexus and started amassing money by duping Bangladeshis using social media platforms.
29 November 2018

Rab raiding Gonoshastha Kendra Hospital in Savar

Rapid Action Battalion-4 conducts a raid at Gonoshastha Kendra Hospital in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka based on information of “anomalies in its treatment process”.
23 October 2018