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No security risk at Ijtema Ground: RAB DG
RAB Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman said there is no security risk at Tongi Bishwa Ijtema Ground. We do not see any other risk at the moment except internal conflicts between the two sides. All the necessary measures for the overall security of the Maidan (ground) have already been taken,...
Sheikh Hasina advises killing of Brigadier General Azmi
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has uncovered evidence suggesting that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directly ordered the disappearances and killings of political opponents during her tenure. In its report, After the Monsoon RevolutionA Roadmap to Lasting Security Sector Reform in Bangladesh, HRW...
ICT issues arrest warrant against ex-RAB DG Harun
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued an arrest warrant for Md Harun-Ar-Rashid, the former Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The arrest warrant was issued on Sunday in a case filed for his alleged crimes against humanity during the July-August Mass uprising of 2024....
Investigations closed by ‘superior’s command’
The report of Enforced Disappearances Inquiry Commission has revealed that the victims were deprived of justice and basic rights during the Sheikh Hasina regime. According to the report, the attempts to find out victims and recovery them were barred by the authority and no bustle was seen from...
Govt announces new uniforms for police, RAB and Ansar
The government has decided to introduce new attire for Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB),Ansar and VDP. The new uniform colours were decided at a meeting of the Law and Order Advisory Committee at the secretariat on Monday, said Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General (Retd) Md....
Meeting to finalize uniform designs for police, RAB, Ansar
After months of discussion over reforms and uniform changes for law enforcement agencies, the government is set to introduce new attire for the police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Ansar, reports UNB. According to reliable sources, the Home Ministrys advisory council is expected to approve...
Night in capital still frightful
The Dhakas night is turning dangerous nowadays; city dwellers are living in extreme insecurity everywhere from walking on the streets to riding vehicles as they worried about returning home safely. The increase in the number of of robbery, extortion, and theft cases in the capital is causing...
Mobile surveillance tech used in enforced disappearances under past regime
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh has revealed that mobile phone surveillance technology was instrumental in locating victims before their secret abductions by the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina. BSS reported this on Sunday. The commissions report, titled...
Enforced disappearance victims faced brutal, methodical torture
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has revealed that victims of enforced disappearance have endured systematic and inhuman torture in secret detention centers. The accounts of torture we have documented are both profoundly brutal and disturbingly methodical, the commission...
Ex-MP Ripu arrested in Netrokona
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker of Bogura-6 constituency Ragibul Hasan Ripu from Netrokona district on Wednesday night. A team of RAB arrested Ripu from the Mohanganj municipality area in Netrokona district. The elite force in a short message confirmed the arrest,...
Tensions intensify at Biswa Ijtema ground after clashes; 2 dead
Authorities have tightened security in and around the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi to prevent any untoward incidents following violent clashes between two groups that left two people dead and many injured. A large contingent of the Army, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Rapid Action Battalion...
RAB to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances and killings: DG
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will investigate all allegations of enforced disappearances and killings, announced its Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference held at the Media Center in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka, he assured that such incidents would not occur...
DG apologizes to RAB victims, promises reforms
Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Additional IGP AKM Shahidur Rahman has publicly apologized to the people who has been oppressed or hampered by the force members. He said: There are various allegations including involvement in killing, enforced disappearance against the...
I couldn’t endure the torment any longer and said, ‘Just shoot me’
Barrister Shakila Farzana, the daughter of former National Parliament whip and BNP leader Syed Wahidul Alam, was arrested in 2015 on charges of financing the so-called militant organization Shaheed Hamza Brigade (SHB). She was in jail for more than 10 months after her arrest in this case. She...
Awami League leader arrested by RAB in Sylhet
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Mohsin Mortuza Chowdhury Tipu (48), Chairman of Zakiganj Union Parishad, in connection with a case linked to the anti-discrimination movement. Tipu, also the President of the Barothakuri Union Awami League, was detained at his home in Uttarkul village on...
Khaled Hossain Chowdhury named best model at “TRAB Award 2024”
Khaled Hossain Chowdhury was honored as the best model in the Television Reporters Association of Bangladesh (TRAB) Award 2024. The 25th TRAB Award 2024 were held on Saturday, November 23, at a hotel in Bijoynagar, Dhaka, where Khaled Hossain Chowdhury was awarded the esteemed title of Best...