Hasina rules out disbanding Rab

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of disbanding Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), an elite crime-fighting force. “Rab is a reality. After operating for a long period Rab has now developed into an institution. It’s not possible to disband Rab right away,” she said on Saturday. "It's not true that Rab hasn't done anything good,” she said. “They have done a good job in many sensitive cases,” she said. She was responding to queries of reporters at a press briefing held at her official residence Ganobhaban to brief about her visit to Japan last week, according to a news agency.