The US sanctions on RAB and the international community's voice against human rights violations in Bangladesh have helped rejuvenate the BNP rank and file to take to the streets fearlessly, as reflected in its recent rallies, according to the opposition party's secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.He also said that
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New militant outfit being trained by KNF in CHT: RAB
Members of Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, a recently discovered Islamist group, were being trained by the armed wing of the separatist Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in the Chattogram Hill Tracts as part of an agreement between the two outfits, according to the Rapid Action Battalion. The insurgents provided combat training
Militant group Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya unearthed: 4 youths who joined new extremist outfit held
Four youths had left their homes to join new militant outfit 'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of RAB's legal and Media Wing has said. Some leaders and activists of some banned militant outfits including Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansar Al Islam and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) formed
Fast food worker led airport robbery gang: RAB
Fifty-one-year-old Amir Hossain, a food shop opposite Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for the last 15 years, has orchestrated the robberies of more than 300 migrant workers as the leader of a gang based in the airport area, according to the Rapid Action Battalion. Amir is implicated in over 15 cases
Reforms in RAB on review of US report: Kamal
Crimes Against Humanity: Fugitive death-row convict held in Savar
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has detained a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to death by a tribunal for committing crimes against humanityin Netrakona, from Savar, on the outskirts of the capital. The detainee was Khalilur Rahman, 68, son of Nobi Hossain of Durgapur in Netrakona district. Tipped off, a team of Rab-14
RAB holds four tied to a Dubai-based trafficking ring
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four members of a Dubai-based human trafficking ring that has duped more than 100 Bangladeshi jobseekers who eventually ended up paying a hefty amount as ransom to their captors. The arrestees are Tofael Ahmed, 28, from Cumilla’s Debidwar, Md Rasel, 30, from the same area,
Momen in NY: No specific info given by the US on sanctioning Rab, its top officials
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the US government provided no specific information to Bangladesh on the sanctioning of the country's special security force, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), and some of its top serving and former officials. He said this in reply to a question during a media briefing
US sanctions outcome of USD 100 million project: IGP
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has said that the US sanctions on some Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members, including him from his time leading the paramilitary force, are the result of a USD 100 million project. The IGP said this at areception organized in his honor on the occasion
RAB held five Rohingyas with fire arms
The Rapid Action Battalion held five Rohingya people with illegal fire arms and 4.10 lakh pieces of yaba from Balokhali area on Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Friday night. The arrestees were Abdur Razzak known as Razzak Mazi, Mohammad Ilias, Mohammad Sahed, Mohammad Ayas, alias Azizul Hoque, and Saiful Islam. RAB members seized 4.10