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‘Shootouts’: Two brothers among three dead
Three men, including two siblings, were killed in two “gunfights” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh and police in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla early yesterday.
'Shootouts' not ending
Ten more alleged drug peddlers were killed in “gunfights” across the country yesterday, bringing the tally of “shootout” victims to 52 during the anti-narcotics drives by law enforcers in the last 10 days.
12 more 'drug dealers' killed
Amid criticisms over the sudden surge in the killing of suspected drug peddlers in so-called gunfights, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday defended the ongoing nationwide crackdown on narcotics.
Exploiting fear, they make a quick buck
A section of law enforcers allegedly have been making quick bucks by instilling fear into people of making their relatives victims of “shootouts” during the ongoing countrywide anti-narcotics drives.
One killed in 'gunfight' with DB men
A suspected criminal was killed in a “gunfight” with detectives in Mymensingh town early yesterday, barely half an hour after his arrest.
5 killed in 'shootouts' in one day
Five people, including three alleged robbers, were killed in “shootouts” with law enforcers in Dhamrai, Brahmanbaria, and Rajbari
News Analysis / Blood will have blood
Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday rightly described the death of militant suspects in so-called "crossfire" and "gun battle" as weakness and failure of the law-enforcement agencies.
It shows law enforcers' weakness
Terrorism cannot be controlled by killing alleged militants in crossfire as it shows the weakness and failure of law enforcement agencies, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon told parliament yesterday.
Madaripur teacher attacker killed to hide facts: Rizvi
Police have killed the alleged attacker of Madaripur teacher in a “shootout” to hide the facts, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleges.
'Shootout with cops' kills 2 suspects
Two suspects of a double-murder were killed and three others injured in a "gunfight" with police in Narsingdi Sadar upazila early yesterday, hours after the murder.