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A man died and two other people were hurt after a man drove into a pedestrian area in Heidelberg, Germany on Saturday, reports BBC. The attacker, said to have been armed with a knife, was shot, injured and arrested by police in a brief standoff after fleeing the scene on foot. His motives are unclear, but there are no indications this was a terrorist attack, police say. In December an Islamist attacker drove a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 49. In Heidelberg the attacker, described by police as a 35-year-old German "without a migration background", drove what is thought to be a rental car into pedestrians in one of the city's central squares, injuring three people. One of them, a 73-year-old German man, later died in hospital. The attacker then left the car but was tracked down, shot and seriously injured by police near an old swimming pool. Police were unable to confirm local media reports that the attacker was mentally disturbed. He is thought to have acted alone. The two injured people were a 32-year-old Austrian national and a 29-year-old Bosnian woman, police said. Their injuries are said to be minor and they have been discharged from hospital.....

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Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 11 points after victory over battling Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, reports BBC. Cesc Fabregas marked his 300th Premier League appearance by firing the Blues ahead, poking the ball through the legs of Jack Cork and into the net. The hosts were stunned when Swansea equalised from their first serious attempt on target on the stroke of half-time - Fernando Llorente heading in Gylfi Sigurdsson's free-kick. Fabregas hit the bar before Pedro's curling effort restored the lead and Diego Costa netted the third from close range. Swansea, however, were denied a penalty when Cesar Azpilicueta handled inside the area at 1-1.....

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The board of directors of Reliance Insurance has recommended 15 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2016, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The final approval of this dividend will come during the annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled to be held on April 30 at 11:00am at Lake Shore Hotel in Dhaka. The record date for entitlement of dividend is on March 16. The company has also reported earnings per share (EPS) of Tk 4.53, net asset value (NAV) per share of Tk 55.81 and net operating cash flow per share (NOCFPS) of Tk 0.56 for the year ended on December 31, 2016 as against Tk 4.01(restated), Tk. 52.60 (restated) and Tk. 2.51 (restated) respectively for the same period of the previous year. There will be no price limit on the trading of the shares of the company today (Sunday) following its corporate declaration. Each share price of the company, which was listed on the Dhaka bourse in 1995, closed at Tk 54.40 on Thursday last. The company disbursed 15 per cent cash and 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2015. The company’s paid-up capital is Tk 790 million and authorised capital is Tk 2.0 billion, while the total number of securities is 79,009,082. The sponsor-directors own 63.38 per cent stake in Reliance Insurance, while institutional investors 5.39 per cent and the general public 31.23 per cent as on January 31, 2017, the DSE data shows. -bb/rmc//....

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The airport terminal where the half-brother of North Korea's leader was killed with a nerve agent has been declared free of any "hazardous material" by Malaysian police. Security teams in protective suits had earlier swept the area. Malaysia's health minister said that an autopsy suggested the toxin used to kill Kim Jong-nam caused "very serious paralysis". Tests show Mr Kim was killed with the highly toxic nerve agent VX. An Indonesian woman arrested for the murder has said she was given 400 Malaysian ringgit ($90; £72) to carry out a prank. Siti Aisyah, 25, told Indonesian embassy officials that she was given the cash to smear Kim Jong-nam's face with "baby oil" as part of a reality show joke. VX is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations. A drop on the skin can kill in minutes. Mr Kim died two weeks ago after two women accosted him briefly in a check-in hall at Kuala Lumpur International Airport's low-cost carrier terminal, known as KLIA2. Health Minister S Subramaniam said the discovery that the VX toxin was used confirmed the hospital's autopsy result, which suggested that a "chemical agent caused very serious paralysis", leading to death "in a very short period of time". The airport has been swept for toxic chemicals by various specialised police teams, forensic experts, the fire department's hazardous materials unit and the Atomic Energy Licensing Board. "As a result of this screening process done we confirm: number one, there is no hazardous material found in KLIA2. Number two, KLIA2 is free from any form of contamination of hazardous material. And thirdly, is KLIA2 is declared a safe zone," said Abdul Samah Mat, the police official heading the investigation. There is widespread suspicion that North Korea was behind the attack, which it strongly denies. A Vietnamese woman and a North Korean man have also been arrested in connection with the killing. The Vietnamese foreign ministry confirmed that the Vietnamese national being held was Doan Thi Huong, born in 1988, saying she had told officials she thought she was taking part in a television prank. At least seven other suspects are wanted for questioning by police, including Hyon Kwang Song, 44, second secretary at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur. After a 30-minute meeting with Siti Aisyah on Saturday, Indonesian Deputy Ambassador Andreano Erwin said: "She only said in general that somebody asked her to do this activity. She only said in general she met with some people who looked Japanese or Korean. "According to her, that person gave her 400 ringgits to do this activity... She only said she was given a kind of oil, like baby oil." The officials said they did not see any physical signs that the suspect had been affected by the chemical. Malaysian police say the attackers had been trained to immediately wash their hands after the attack. Some experts have suggested that they might have each smeared two different non-lethal elements of VX, which became deadly when mixed on Mr Kim's face.  ....

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The Board of Directors of United Finance Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2016, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The final approval of this dividend will come during the annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled to be held on April 27 at 10:00am at Dhaka Ladies Club..  The record date for entitlement of dividend is on March 16, 2017. The company has also reported earnings per share (EPS) of Tk 1.84, net asset value (NAV) per share of Tk 17.29 and net operating cash flow per share (NOCFPS) of Tk (2.86) for the year ended on December 31, 2016 as against Tk 2.22, Tk 17.49 and Tk 18.27 respectively for the year ended on December 31, 2015. There will be no price limit on the trading of the shares of the company today (Sunday) following its corporate declaration. Each share price of the company, which was listed on the Dhaka bourse in 1994, closed at Tk 25.40 on Thursday last. The company also disbursed 15 per cent dividend (5.0 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock) for the year ended on December 31, 2015. The company’s paid-up capital is Tk 1.70 billion and authorised capital is Tk 3.0 billion, while the total number of securities is 169,718,472. The sponsor-directors own 52.48 per cent stake in United Finance, while institutional investors 21.51 per cent, foreign investors 0.83 per cent and the general public 25.18 per cent as on January 31, 2017, the DSE data shows. -bb/rmc//....

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