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1972 East Pakistan Rifles had been renamed to Bangladesh Rifles after the independence. Google | 2002 Government forms Rapid Action Team (RAT) and begins training them to tackle terrorists and criminals. Google | 2003 The Rapid Action Team (RAT) specially formed to perform law and order duties, after the Army is withdrawn, begins operations in Dhaka. Google | 2005 A Bangladeshi fighter trainee pilot of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed his plane into a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital, killing one person and injuring four others. Google | 2009 An army major general and a lieutenant colonel were killed when their helicopter crashed at Kalihati in Tangail district. Google |