Dhaka, May 19 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government started drafting a new law aiming to reinforce accountability and transparency of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

"We (the government) have taken an initiative to enact a new law. Under that law, a force will exist as an elite unit. Whether RAB will be renamed or whether an entirely new elite force will be formed, the government is still considering that," he said while addressing as the chief guest an event marking RAB's 22nd founding anniversary at the crime busting force's headquarters in the capital's Kurmitola on Monday (18 May).

"Whatever the structure is, accountability, transparency and responsibility will be ensured for the elite force," he said.

"There ...