A suspected suicide bomber sneaked into a Rab barrack and blew himself up in the capital's Ashkona yesterday, in what appears to be the country's first such attack by a terror suspect inside a law enforcement agency's compound. Terror group Islamic State claimed credit for the attack, reports BBC Bangla.

Amaq News Agency, run by the Islamic State (IS) militants, reports the suspected suicide blast at proposed headquarters of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka’s Ashkona area, according to US-based SITE Intelligence Group.

A Dhaka court places four female members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a four-day fresh remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains five alleged members of newly formed militant outfit Al Ansar (Huji), including its chief coordinator, from Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area.

Rakibul Hasan alias Rigan is an alleged militant activist who sustained bullet injuries during a joint drive in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area on July 26, 2016 and has been missing for a year.

Benazir Ahmed, director general of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), announces Tk 10 lakh reward if any activist of militant outfits returns to normal life and gives specific information about their activities.

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.

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.

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.

Rapid Action Battalion arrests four members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Dhaka district unit chief in the capital.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of six fraudsters who took money from people and assured them of providing government jobs.

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.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested the president of Sylhet Jatyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) last night.

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.

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.

Rapid Action Battalion detains an alleged illegal arms trader and seized arms and ammunition from his possession in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of 14 people including 12 foreign nationals for committing crimes using different social media platforms across Bangladesh.

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.

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.

Rapid Action Battalion members arrest an army impersonator from Dhaka’s Tikatuli area over swindling people’s money by offering them jobs.