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Around 13 shops gutted as a fire broke out in Nizambagh area under Kamrangirchar thana of Dhaka city on Friday morning. Fire Service sources said that the fire broke out in a stationary shop from an electric short -circuit around 5:55am and engulfed the adjoining 12 others, reports UNB. On information, six firefighting units from Lalbagh,Hazaribagh fire stations and fire service headquarters rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 7:12am. The affected shop owners claimed that the fire caused a loss of Tk 1.0 million.....

Published at: 2017-02-24 00:00:05

An alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Khoiyabazar area in Harintana thana of Khulna district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Zia Sana alias Hat Kata Zia alias Bomaru Sana, 45, son of Kabir Ali Gazi of Gutudia village of Dumuria thana, according to UNB report. Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Harintana Police Station, said being tipped off that a gang of robber was taking preparation for committing robbery a team of police conducted a raid in the area around 2:30 am. Sensing the presence of police, the robbers opened fire on the law enforcers, prompting them to retaliate that triggered a gunfight. At one stage, Zia was caught in the line of fire and injured critically while others managed to flee the scene, the OC said. He was rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead. Four policemen were also injured in the gunfight. Police also recovered a pistol, 4 rounds of bullet, a pipe gun and 50 pieces of Yaba tablets from the spot. Zia was wanted in 10 cases, including of murder and robbery, with different police stations of the city.....

Published at: 2017-02-24 00:00:05

An indefinite transport strike in Chuadanga district protesting bus driver Jamir Hossain's life sentence in a case filed over the deaths of Tareque Masud, Mishuk Munier, and three others in 2011, entered the third day on Friday, causing immense sufferings to passengers. The District Bus and Truck Workers Union of Chuadanga enforced the strike around 2pm on Wednesday following the announcement of the verdict, reports UNB. Meanwhile, transport workers have blocked five main routes of the district. Earlier, the Manikganj court on Wednesday sentenced bus driver Jamir Hossain to life in prison in a case filed over the deaths of acclaimed filmmaker Tareque Masud, journalist and cinematographer Mishuk Munier, and three others in 2011. The fatal accident took place on August 13, 2011, on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Ghior upazila in Manikganj.....

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Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain has said that policemen must discharge their duties with honesty and neutrality without any fear and favour. Urging the law enforcers to work for the welfare of the countrymen, he said the police forces’ work should be people-oriented and they should be ready to discharge their duties with supreme sacrifice to ensure a peaceful environment in the country. He made the call while addressing a grand rally of Chittagong district community policing at Zorargong High School playground under Mirarsari Upazila in Chittagong. Public representatives, religious clerics and high officials of police, among others, attended the function. The minister also called upon the police and peace loving people to be aware so that none can create anarchy in the country. – source BSS  ....

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Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, was killed by a highly toxic nerve agent, says Malaysia. Mr Kim died last week after two women accosted him briefly in a check-in hall at a Kuala Lumpur airport. Malaysian toxicology reports indicate he was attacked using "VX nerve agent", which is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations. Malaysia has not blamed the North Korean state for the death, but says North Koreans were clearly behind it. Mr Kim died on the way to hospital shortly after the 13 February airport encounter. His body remains in a hospital mortuary, amid a diplomatic dispute over who should claim it. North Korea responded furiously to Malaysia's insistence on conducting a post-mortem examination and has accused Malaysia of having "sinister" purposes. The most toxic of the known chemical warfare agents, it is a clear, amber-coloured, oily liquid which is tasteless and odourless. Works by penetrating the skin and disrupting the transmission of nerve impulses - a drop on the skin can kill in minutes. Low doses can cause eye pain, blurred vision, drowsiness and vomiting. It can be disseminated in a spray or vapour, or used to contaminate water, food, and agricultural products. VX can be absorbed into the body by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, or eye contact. Clothing can carry VX for about 30 minutes after contact with the vapour, which can expose other people. Official chemical name is S-2 Diisoprophylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate and it is banned by the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Malaysia's police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the presence of the nerve agent was detected in swabs taken from Mr Kim's eyes and face by the Chemistry Department of Malaysia. He said other exhibits were still under analysis and that police were investigating how the banned substance might have entered Malaysia. "If the amount of the chemical brought in was small, it would be difficult for us to detect," Reuters quoted him as saying. Bruce Bennett, a weapons expert at the research institute the Rand Corporation, told the BBC it would have taken only a tiny amount of the substance to kill Mr Kim. A miniscule amount of nerve agent could have been used, said Mr Bennett, which would have begun affecting his nervous system immediately, causing first shaking and then death within minutes. The two women were seen in CCTV footage approaching Mr Kim, with one wiping something across his face. Mr Khalid has previously said the fact the woman immediately went to wash her hands showed she was "very aware" that she was handling a toxin. She and another woman are in custody. Several North Koreans are also wanted in connection with his death, including a senior official at the North's embassy in Kuala Lumpur as well as an employee of the state airline, Air Koryo. Four other North Koreans named earlier in the case are thought to have left Malaysia already, while a fifth North Korean has been detained. Mr Kim was once seen as a possible successor to his father, Kim Jong-il, but was bypassed in favour of his younger half-brother, Kim Jong-un, and spent many years living abroad. He had been travelling on a passport under the name Kim Chol. North Korea has yet to confirm that the deceased was actually Kim Jong-nam. On what seemed to be the first reference to the case in the North's state media, Pyongyang said on Thursday only that Malaysia was responsible for the death of one of its citizens. It also accused Malaysia of trying to politicise the return of his body and called "absurd" Malaysia's request for DNA samples for official confirmation of his identity. Doan Thi Huong, 28, Vietnamese, one of two women suspected of wiping toxins on Mr Kim's face. She is thought to be the woman seen in CCTV footage wearing a white top emblazoned with the letters "LOL". Siti Aisyah, 25, Indonesian, is the other female suspect. Indonesian authorities say she claims she thought she was taking part in a TV prank.   ....

Published at: 2017-02-24 00:00:05