US imposes sanctions on RAB, 7 individuals

The United States has imposed human rights related sanctions on Benzir Ahmed, current Inspector General of the Bangladesh Police and former Director General of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and six other individuals on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. The US Department of State has announced visa restrictions on

Illegal cigarette plant inside cinema hall in Bogura

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recently raided an illegal cigarette factory inside a cinema hall under Shibganj municipality in Bogura and arrested six people, including its owner Suraiya Sarker. The RAB-12 team also seized huge amount of illegally manufactured cigarettes from the factory named SM Tobacco. The cigarettes were manufactured evading