Police detains four people including an imam of a mosque from Jatrabari area of Dhaka for their alleged involvement in drug trading.

Slain Awami League leader Akramul Haque's wife has said she was living in fear.

Two alleged drug dealers were killed in what law enforcers claimed “gunfights” in Tangail and Rangpur early yesterday, taking the death toll to 131 during the anti-narcotics drive in last 20 days.

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a rights organisation, today demands judicial enquiry into all the so-called gunfight incidents including the killing of Teknaf ward councillor Akramul Haque.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the government would not bow down to any external pressure over the ongoing anti-narcotics drive.

Ten eminent citizens of the county call upon the government to stop the “extra-judicial killings” and demand a judicial enquiry into the incidents.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul calls upon the countrymen to build a strong resistance against the “extra-judicial killings” being continued in the name of war against narcotics.

Police raid the Bihari camps in Mirpur of Dhaka and detain 27 persons in accusation of selling and taking drugs.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged all member states to adhere to their commitments to promote balanced, human rights-based approaches to drug control, in line with the three international drug control conventions and the outcome document of the United Nations General Assembly special session on the world drug problem.

At least two more are killed as the countrywide anti-drug crusade continues to draw more blood, mounting a heap of 124 bodies in the last 17 days.

Expressing concern over the growing number of people dying in crackdown on drug dealers, the United States lays emphasis on catching "kingpins" and finding the sources of illegal drugs and bringing responsible persons to justice respecting human rights.

Malaysia makes its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said today, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six suspected traffickers.

It was 1:30pm. Some 1,000 policemen started gathering near Karwan Bazar kitchen market in the capital yesterday. The mobilisation of so many cops drew a huge crowd, curious to know what was happening.

The noted human rights activist said the law enforcement agencies' actions would not provide a sustainable solution against illegal drugs.

A ward councillor of Teknaf municipality and local Awami League leader was killed in what Rab claimed was a “gunfight” between the elite force and drug peddlers in Cox's Bazar early yesterday.

Eleven more alleged drug peddlers, including a municipal councillor, are killed in “gunfights” in eleven districts early today amid anti-narcotic drives of law enforcers across the country.