Fishermen buy freedom

Two fishermen, who were abducted by 'forest robbers' from the Matiranga canal in the river Mamundo in the Sundarbans on Thursday, were released on payment of Tk 30,000 ransom each on Sunday afternoon. The fishermen are Nur Hossain of village Parshekhali and Murshid Gazi of village Jyotindranagar in Shyamnagar upazila.