Two suspects in Awami League leader Farhad Hossain murder case are killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Dhaka's Badda area early today.

Two persons, allegedly involved in the abduction and murder of schoolboy Dev Dutt, were killed in a “gunfight” with police in Kushtia's Mirpur upazila early yesterday.

A suspected drug trader is killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Bagmara Beribadh area in Sadar upazila of Bhola.

An alleged drug peddler is killed in a “gunfight” with law enforcers in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.

An alleged robber is killed in a "gunfight" with police in Bera upazila of Pabna early today.

An alleged drug peddler is killed in a reported gunfight between two rival gangs of drug dealers in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore.

An alleged robber is killed in a reported gunfight with police in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur.

Two alleged drug traders were killed in what police claimed was a gunfight in Kalibari area in the town early yesterday amid the countrywide ongoing anti-narcotics drive.

A youth is killed in a “gunfight” with detectives in Bhatara area in Dhaka.

Since the government launched the so-called “anti-drug drive” in early May, akin to the Philippines' “war on drugs”, more than one hundred people have been subjected to extrajudicial killings. Although the number and pace of these killings, described by the government as “gunfight”, have been staggering, extrajudicial killing is not a new phenomenon in Bangladesh.

The government seems to have resorted to "gunfights" to solve a problem, Human rights activist Sultana Kamal alleges.

Two suspected drug peddlers are killed in separate "gunfights" in Comilla and Cox’s Bazar amid the ongoing anti-narcotics drives.

An alleged robbers is killed during a “gunfight” with police in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar.

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.

Unidentified miscreants gun down three members of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) at Korolyachhari in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati.

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.

Nine more suspected drug traders are killed in reported gunfights with law enforcers in seven districts amid a countrywide crackdown on narcotics and its dealers.

Seven more suspected drug peddlers were killed through last night, taking the tally of “gunfights” to 41 in nine days of countrywide anti-narcotics crackdown. All of the so-called gunfights have taken place during the post-midnight hours and almost identical narrations are given everywhere.

Four alleged criminals, including three drug peddlers, are killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Jessore and Mymensingh.

A murder accused is killed in a reported gunfight in Mymensingh town.