A Narsingdi court yesterday granted a two-day remand of Tamuza Begum, a suspect in the brutal murder of Aziza Akhter, a teenage girl who was burnt alive after being suspected of stealing a cell phone.

Some drug addicts in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila allegedly set in fire an auto-rickshaw causing his death.

South Sudan's army and allied militias "abducted, torched and gang-raped girls" during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says.