34 more arrested in joint drives in Mohammadpur
Law enforcement agencies arrested 34 more people in joint drives at places in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area in the past 24 hours till Monday morning...
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Six put on remand over Mohammadpur robbery
A Dhaka court on Monday granted seven-day remand to six people arrested in connection with the organised robbery at Mohammadpur in the capital late at night wearing army and Rapid Action Battalion uniforms early Saturday...
Relocation of utility services causes tailback
The relocation of the lines of the utility services for the construction of mass rapid transit line 1, the first underground metro rail system in Bangladesh, is causing traffic congestion at different points in the capital...
Ex-MP Rahim, ex-MP Zillur鈥檚 brother arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Feni-3 Rahim Ullah in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area and former Moulvibazar-3 lawmaker...
Robbers loot Tk 60 lakh, 60 bhoris of gold impersonating Army, RAB
At least 20 people wearing uniforms of the Bangladesh Army and Rapid Action Battalion robbed Tk 50-60 lakh and 50-60 bharis of gold from the second floor of a five-storey building...
RAB arrests ex-AL lawmaker Asaduzzaman
The Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-3 constituency Asaduzzaman Asad in Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Salam Murshedy sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Friday sent former Khulna-4 lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy to jail in a case lodged over the killing of garment worker Rubel during the recent student-led mass uprising.
RAB arrests another accused in Twaki murder case
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested another person, a relative of prime accused Ajmeri Osman in a case over the killing Tanvir Mohammad Twaki, at a bus on...
Ex-MP Henry, husband arrested
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday placed former lawmaker Sultan Mohammad Monsur Ahmed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of a Juba Dal leader, Shamim Mia, in the capital鈥檚 Paltan area...
RAB arrests two more
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested two more persons accused of killing Bangladesh Army Lieutenant Tanzim Sarwar Nirjon in a joint operation in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Friday midnight.
RAB arrests one more over killing of Bangladesh army lieutenant
The Rapid Action Battalion on Friday arrested one more person accused of killing Bangladesh Army Lieutenant Tanzim Sarwar Nirjon in a joint operation in Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
Two alleged extortionists arrested in Khulna
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested two alleged extortionists in Khanjahan Ali area of Khulna recently...
RAB claims progress in investigation into Taqi murder case
Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday claimed that they were making progress in the investigation into the murder case of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, who was found dead two days after his abduction in 2013...
RAB arrests inspector for involvement in burning students鈥� bodies in Ashulia
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 on Friday arrested inspector Arafat Hossain for his involvement in burning bodies of students and common people in front of the Ashulia Police Station on August 5, reports UNB.
Ex-MP Nayeb Ali placed on 4-day remand
A Jhenaidah court on Friday placed former Awami League lawmaker for Jhenaidah-1 constituency Nayeb Ali Joarder on four-day remand in two separate cases on allegations of...
Ajmeri Osman鈥檚 driver arrested
Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested the private car driver of Ajmeri Osman, son of late Jatiya Party lawmaker Nasim Osman and a nephew of former Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman, in connection with the case of killing Tanwir Muhammad Taqi...
Time, cost overruns in projects must first be investigated
BUS Rapid Transit Line 3 Project, taken up about 12 years ago to connect Gazipur to the Dhaka airport with a dedicated bus service on a 20.5-kilometre corridor, has become an example of irregularities and mismanagement of development projects. The project, once completed, is meant to carry close to half a million people every day. The estimated travel...
Ex-lawmaker Mazharul Islam arrested
Rapid Action Battalion claimed that they arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Thakurgaon-2 constituency, Mazharul Islam Suzon, at Nikunja in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Bus rapid transit project to get 6th extension, cost to rise for 3rd time聽聽聽
The deadline of the country鈥檚 first-ever bus rapid transit line project, undertaken nearly 12 years ago to connect Gazipur and Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport through a dedicated bus service over...
RAB arrests three accused in Taqi murder case
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested three accused in the much-talked about murder of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, who was found dead in Narayanganj 11 years ago.
RAB arrests fugitive condemned convict
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested a fugitive death row convict, who escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur over a month ago, at a residential hotel in Kodda area of Gazipur city...
RAB arrests fugitive condemned convict Emdadul
The Rapid Action Battalion on Monday arrested a fugitive death row convict of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail.
Looted arms, bullets recovered in Satkhira
Members of Rapid Action Battalion have recovered arms and bullets, which were looted from Satkhira police station on August 5, on Saturday.
7 RAB members sued for disappearance of youth
Seven members of the Rapid Action Battalion have been named in a case filed over the alleged abduction and disappearance of a youth from Godagari upazila in Rajshahi in 2016...
RAB arrests ex-commerce minister Tipu Munshi
Rapid Action Battalion arrested former commerce minister Tipu Munshi in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan area in the early hours of Thursday in a murder case filed in Rangpur...
Major reshuffle in police, RAB, AG resigns
A major reshuffle was taken place in security forces, including in the police and Rapid Action Battalion, on Wednesday while the government cancelled the contractual appointment of Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah, the principal secretary of former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina...
Major reshuffle in police, DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman relieved
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman has been sacked in a major reshuffle of police force on Wednesday, authorities said on Wednesday...
RAB arrests 290 more people from Dhaka, elsewhere
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested 290 people from different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests.
Govt mustn鈥檛 use coercion to resolve quota reform protests
THE deployment of the army in aid of civil administration to contain the protests of the students who have legitimately sought reforms in civil service job reservations means that the government鈥檚 earlier employment of the ruling Awami League鈥檚 fronts Chhatra League and Juba League and the deployment of various law enforcement units, including the...
55,000 flee Sudan town as RSF battles army
More than 55,000 people have fled Sinja, the capital of Sennar state in southeastern Sudan, as fighting rages between paramilitary forces and the regular army, the UN humanitarian office OCHA has said...