Rapid Action Battalion

‘Rab feared in action’

People fear Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in their action and activities, a top Rab officer says while making his point that there is no need for army deployment in the upcoming city corporation elections.
19 April 2015

4 arms suppliers 'linked to militancy' held in Ctg

Rapid Action Battalion arrests four people in Chittagong city for their alleged involvement in supplying firearms to militant training camps.
13 April 2015

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

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

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

Return Salahuddin or face dire consequences: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia warns the government of dire consequences if it does not return missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed to his family or produce him in court
22 March 2015

2 held with 72 crude bombs in Lalbagh

Rab arrests two people with 72 crude bombs and huge amount of bomb-making material from the house of a BNP man at Lalbagh in Dhaka, Rab says
18 March 2015

Militants’ den busted in Ctg, 3 held

Rapid Action Battalion members claim to have busted a “militants’ den” at Halishahar in Chittagong city and arrested three people along with large numbers of hand bombs and explosives
28 February 2015

3 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab

Three alleged robbers are killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the Sundarbans under Sharankhola range of Bagerhat
26 February 2015

Rab hands Manna over to DB

Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, whose two leaked phone calls created quite a stir across the country, is handed over to detectives by members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)
24 February 2015

Road crash near PMO kills 2

Two people, including a Rab member, were killed in a road accident near PMO this afternoon.
24 February 2015

BNP blasts PM for Sunday’s remarks

BNP condemns Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she had expressed her worry regarding grabbing of state power through unconstitutional means
23 February 2015

Militant training camp busted in Ctg, 5 held

​Rapid Action Battalion busts militant training camp in Chittagong and arrested five persons along with large number of firearms, training equipment
22 February 2015

‘Gaibandha arson attacker’ among 2 killed in ‘shootouts’

Leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddah) killed in “shootout” with Rapid Action Battalion in Jhenidah
17 February 2015