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4 ‘criminals’ including 2 Rohingyas killed in separate ‘gunfights’

Four men including two suspected Rohingya drug peddlers are killed in separate “gunfights” in Cox’s Bazar, Joypurhat and Mymensingh districts.

‘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.

3 killed in ‘shootouts’

Three people, including two suspected drug traders, died in “gunfights” with the police and the Rab in Dhaka, Munshiganj, and Rangpur yesterday.

Two killed in ‘gunfights’ in Gazipur, Bogura

Two men were killed in separate “gunfights” in Gazipur and Bogura early yesterday.

Home boss defends deaths in crossfire

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday defended crossfire deaths saying the law enforcement agencies opened fire during the anti-narcotics drives only in self-defence.

Two killed in 'gunfights'

Two alleged criminals -- a drug dealer and a robber -- were killed in “gunfights” with police in Kushtia and Barishal yesterday.

‘Shootout' with Cops: Top-listed yaba dealer shot dead

A “top yaba trader” was killed in a “gunfight” hours after his arrest in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar early yesterday, said police.

'Kidnapper' killed in 'shootout'

A teenager, who allegedly abducted and killed a fourth grader, was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Jashore's Monirampur upazila early yesterday.

Listed drug dealer killed in 'shootout'

From a waiter in a restaurant Nadim Hossain became a millionaire in just a few years. And behind his meteoric rise was drug dealing in Mohammadpur's Geneva Camp, said police and officials of the narcotics department.

August 25, 2015
August 25, 2015

Law minister rules out disbanding Rab

Elite force Rapid Action Battalion will remain in force, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

August 23, 2015
August 23, 2015

IGP justifies ‘gunfights’

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque justifies the recent “gunfights” saying law enforcers have the right to self-defence.

July 16, 2015
July 16, 2015

‘Gunfights’: 3 killed in Dhaka, Rangpur

Three people killed in separate “gunfights” with elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka and Rangpur.

June 22, 2015
June 22, 2015

‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Magura cops

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Magura Sadar upazila early today.

June 19, 2015
June 19, 2015

Kushtia ‘outlaw’ killed in shootout

Alleged outlaw of the Gono Mukti Fouz killed in a shootout with police in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia

May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015

'Drug peddler' killed in Dhaka 'shootout'

An alleged drug peddler is killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion at Motijheel in Dhaka.

May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015

‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Meherpur cops

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Meherpur Sadar upazila.

May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015

Texas shootout leaves 9 dead

Police in the US state of Texas say nine people have been killed and at least 100 arrested after a shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco.

May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015

Trafficker, 2 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfights’

A human trafficker and two alleged robbers have killed in separate “gunfights” in Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans respectively. This is the second time in three days that police crossed swords with human traffickers of Cox’s Bazar after The Daily Star ran a series of reports on human trafficking.

April 6, 2015
April 6, 2015

‘Robber’ killed in 'gunfight' with Bagerhat lawmen

An alleged robber is killed and another injured with bullet in a “shootout” with law enforcers in the Sundarbans under Sharankhola range of Bagerhat