Hello, this is the edition of From Our Own Correspondent, first broadcast on Thursday, the 7th of July 2016.

Here's Kate Ade.

Hello.

Today, how a minor car accident in Nigeria leads straight down the road to corruption.

In Canada, we hear how alcoholics might be encouraged to drink themselves to a dry future.

Oscar Pistorius now faces six years in jail.

Only six, say the critics of South Africa's justice system,

is it white privilege? And in New Zealand there's a new black market in dull green avocados.

The killing of 20 hostages in a cafe in Dhaka this week has shocked Bangladesh.

It was the worst yet of many attacks which have previously targeted atheists and perceived

enemies of Islam.

It claimed that the terrorists were linked to the so-called

Islamic State, but the government blames domestic militant groups. Italians,

Japanese and Indians were among the victims, and the

perpetrators came from backgrounds which have surprised and disturbed

Bangladeshis as Sanjoy Madjumda explains.

It was a place where people would meet in the evening for a cup of coffee, a meal and to catch up with friends.

Shahana Siddiqui is speaking to me in the terrace of her elegant apartment and the upscale neighborhood of Gulshin in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

She's describing the Holy Bakery, the European-style cafe that was attacked by Islamist

gunman at the weekend, leaving 20 hostages dead, most of them from Italy and Japan.

Miss Sidiki is a friend of the owners. Like many wealthy Bangladeshis, she frequently visited the cafe and knew some of the people who were there that night.

Kuchen is a leafy neighborhood, with parks and water bodies running through it, dotted with luxury apartment blocks and majestic bungalows.

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