Rapid Action Battalion

Bangladesh's RAB arrests suspected JMB leader from Dhaka, arms and ammunition seized

A top leader of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) outfit was arresed from a hideout in Dhaka by Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

Sep 09, 2021, 12:15 PM IST

Bangladesh’s RAB setting up new battalion to prevent Rohingyas from joining terrorist organisation JMB

RAB is setting up the 15th battalion – RAB 15 based out of Cox’s Bazar, where Rohingya refugee camps have been set up.

Jan 05, 2019, 22:07 PM IST

Six killed, scores injured in blasts in Bangladesh

At least six persons, including two police officials, were killed and over 40 were injured in two explosions on Saturday near a militant hideout in Sylhet city, some 240 km from capital Dhaka, local police said.

Mar 26, 2017, 10:01 AM IST

Bangladesh forces kill suspected militant carrying explosives

A suspected militant was on Saturday shot dead by security forces when he tried to cross a checkpoint run by Bangladesh's elite Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a RAB camp here.

Mar 18, 2017, 11:43 AM IST

Suicide attacker targets Bangladesh elite forces camp

A man blew himself up on Friday at a camp for Bangladesh`s elite security forces, wounding two others, in an apparent botched suicide attack.

Mar 17, 2017, 18:41 PM IST

Suicide bomber killed outside Dhaka police camp

A man, suspected to be a suicide bomber, was killed in a blast outside a police camp in Bangladesh`s capital Dhaka.

Mar 17, 2017, 16:13 PM IST

Suicide bomber blows himself up inside RAB camp in Bangladesh

A suicide bomber on Friday blew himself up inside a huge camp of Bangladesh's elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion here, injuring two security personnel.

Mar 17, 2017, 15:19 PM IST

Bangladesh detains 10 for possessing fake currency notes

Nine foreigners and a Bangladeshi woman were detained in a raid here for possessing counterfeit foreign currency and fake note-making materials, police said on Monday.

Aug 08, 2016, 13:35 PM IST

Bangladesh arrests four militants in hunt for cafe attack Islamists

Five Bangladesh militants, most from wealthy, liberal families, stormed an upmarket restaurant on July 1 and murdered customers before they were gunned down.

Jul 21, 2016, 14:01 PM IST

Bangladesh's elite security force arrests top Islamist extremist Mahmudul Hasan - Know details

Bangladesh`s elite security force said Thursday it had arrested a top regional head of the homegrown Islamist extremist group blamed for an attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were murdered.

Jul 21, 2016, 09:33 AM IST

Bangladesh says 260 missing amid hunt for extremists

The country`s elite security force, the Rapid Action Battalion, published the list on Facebook around midnight and called on citizens to report the whereabouts of the missing.

Jul 20, 2016, 04:10 AM IST

Bangladesh hangs 2 top opposition leaders for war crimes

They had sought presidential clemency admitting their guilt.

Nov 22, 2015, 03:38 AM IST