Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has claimed to have arrested six people for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Ayurvedic medicines in Dhaka. The arrestees have been identified as Md Wazed Islam Shanto, 20, and his associate Md Russell, 29, Md Hriday, 29, Md Mursalin Ahmed, 18, Md Sabuj Mia 18 and Nantu,
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Daughter’s Harrasment: Two BCL activists, another arrested for attack on protester
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested three people, including two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the ruling Awami League, on charges of beating a man who protested at the harassment of his college-going daughter. The arrestees are Md Farhad, 27, son of late Entaz Ali, and his
Husband held after 21 years over killing wife for dowry
Mastermind among 10 held over robbery, rape in Tangail moving bus
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have detained ten more people, including the ‘mastermind’ of the robbery incident after hijacking a Chattogram-bound bus in Tangail when a woman commuter was raped. The detainees were identified as mastermind Ratan Hossain, 21, Md Alauddin, 24, Sohag Mondol, 20, Khandakar Md Hasmat Ali alias
Life-term convict arrested in Rangpur
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an absconding life-term convict in an abduction and gang rape case from Lalbag Rail Gate area in the city on Friday night. "Based on intelligence information, an operational team of RAB-13 conducted a raid and arrested the convict from the area. The arrested convict was identified as
Brawl between Rab, police in plainclothes leave 4 injured in Feni
Four police personnel were injured after a brawl between members of Rab and cops in Feni last night. Members of both forces were in plainclothes – and could not identify each other – at Parshuram upazila, police and Rab sources confirmed our Cumilla correspondent. The clash happened around 8:00pm yesterday when the
RAB seizes 6,600 liters of soyabean oil, fined Taka 3.20 lakh
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 6,600 liters of soyabean oil from some warehouses and grocery shops in Natore district on Friday evening. On a tip off, a team of the elite force conducted the drive against creating artificial crises of edible oil through hoarding at Zonail Bazar in Baraigram
RAB detains driver of pick-up van that killed 5 brothers in Cox’s Bazar
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday detained the driver of a pick-up van that ploughed into a group of nine siblings walking back home from a temple in Cox's Bazar last week. Tuesday's horrific accident on the Cox’s Bazar-Chattogram highway in Chakariaupazila left five brothers dead on the spot. Four other
Dhaka smells more assaults: Momen seeks counter move by patriotic citizens
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday urged the patriotic citizens abroad to put in their stronger efforts to counter conspiracies against the country's interest, noting that there might be more "assaults" on the country and its interests based on propaganda and disinformation. "It seems to me there might be
Tourist was gang raped for extortion money: Rab
With a child suffering from heart disease, the gang-rape victim and her husband went to Cox's Bazar in the hopes of collecting money from the tourists for treatment, the Rapid Action Battalion said in a briefing Monday. However, the mother ended up being gang-raped while her husband and eight-year-old child were