Two suspected drug peddlers are killed in separate incidents of gunfights with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Narayanganj and Dhaka.

At least eight more suspected drug peddlers are killed as the list of “gunfights” grows longer; taking the tally of deaths to 50 so far in the last 10 days.

An alleged drug peddler is killed as police opened fire in self-defence after the “criminals” hurled crude bombs on them at Export Processing Zone of Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila.

An Ansar member is killed and seven people including a magistrate are hurt in what local authorities claim a “shootout” during a drive against drug peddlers in Feni.