Bangladesh military detains ARSA leader Ataullah

Mar 18, 2025

Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Tuesday arrested Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of Myanmar's insurgent group, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).

2 held in Bangladesh with 13 lakh yaba pills, largest such shipment this year

Aug 24, 2020

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 24 : Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion arrested two persons and seized 13 lakh yaba pills or amphetamines, reportedly the largest such...

Bangladeshi PM slams US sanctions on elite force, says it's 'condemnable act'

Mar 28, 2022

Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 29 : Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday slammed the US sanctions on officials of the country's Rapid Action Battalion...

Bangladesh: 10 arrested in connection with brutal murder of 27-year-old Hindu youth in Mymensingh

Dec 21, 2025

Ten individuals have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old Hindu youth, in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The Rapid...

Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh's RAB from peacekeeping

Jan 20, 2022

New York [US], January 21 : The UN Department of Peace Operations should ban Bangladesh's "notoriously abusive paramilitary" Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from UN...

CRPF deploys 150 personnel for rescue ops after Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad

Jun 12, 2025

According to a statement by the CRPF, troops from the 100 Battalion of the Rapid Action Force (RAF), along with personnel from the CRPF's...