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Police recover body of

young man in city

Police recovered body of a young man from a residence in the Lalbagh area in the capital on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Mamun (28). An official of Lalbagh Police Station told the FE that Mamun hanged himself from a ceiling fan with a scarf. He said the incident happened around 10:00 am at a house at Lane No. 3, Shahidnagar, Lalbagh in the city. He said that Mamun hanged himself from a ceiling fan with a scarf. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with an unconscious state where the attending doctor declared him dead around 11:00 am. — FE REPORT

RAB arrest six highway robbers

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday night arrested six persons who were involved in highway robberies. Director (Media and Legal wing) of RAB commander Khandaker Al Moin disclosed it at a press briefing at the elite force media centre at Karwan Bazar in the capital on Saturday. He said that the arrestees (robbers) committed robberies by using a bus named Jubo Kalyan Express that carried passengers on the Dhaka-Narsingdi route. He said that the bandits robbed valuables of goods-laden vehicles on Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Chattogram highways over the last one and a half years.He said they have seized the bus that was used for carrying passengers during day time but it was used for the acts of robberies during night. — FE REPORT

Death toll from city's Turag

blast rises to eight

The death toll from city's Turag blast rose to eight with another injured succumbing at a city hospital on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shahin Mia, 25. Shahin, who was badly injured in a fire following a blast at a scrap material shop in the Kamarpara area of Turag thana in the city on August 6, died on Friday night at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. DMP Turag Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Mehedi Hasan confirmed the matter. The blast took place at a scrap material shop along with an adjacent rickshaw garage as some perfume bottles somehow came in contact with fire. Meanwhile, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost's Inspector Bacchu Miah said that the body of the deceased has been kept at DMCH morgue for autopsy. — BSS

Dhaka's air quality 'moderate'

Dhaka's air quality continues to be in the 'moderate' zone, all thanks to intermittent monsoon showers. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 95 at 8.57am, the densely populated metropolis ranked 14th in the list of world cities with the worst air quality. Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, Peru's Lima and China's Beijing occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 372, 153 and 149, respectively. An AQI between 50 and 100 is considered 'moderate' with an acceptable air quality. However, there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. On the other hand, an AQI between 101 and 200 is considered 'unhealthy', particularly for sensitive groups. — UNB