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Aziza Murder: Suspect placed on 2-day remand

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.

Drug addicts burn auto-rickshaw driver alive

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

South Sudan conflict: Army 'raped and torched girls'

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