Two suspected drug peddlers are killed in a reported gunfight between their cohorts and police at Bagmara in Khulna.

Another suspected drug trader was killed in what is said to be a gunfight with detectives in Raipur Railway station area in Sirajganj town early today.

Three more alleged drug peddlers were killed in “gunfights” in Rangpur, Thakurgaon and Dinajpur districts early yesterday amid the ongoing nationwide anti-narcotics drive.

BNP criticises Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader terming his remarks over the ongoing anti-drug drive as “unkind mockery with humanity”.