The interim government has decided to rename the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The force will now be called the “Special Intervention Force” (SIF).

Lieutenant General (Retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser on Home Affairs, announced the decision on Tuesday after a meeting of the law-and-order core committee at the Secretariat.

Chowdhury said a committee had recommended the change, and an official order regarding the renaming will be issued soon.