Militias allied to the South Sudanese army have been allowed to rape women in lieu of wages while fighting rebels, BBC reports quoting a UN report. Investigators found that 1,300 women had been raped last year in oil-rich Unity State alone, it said. The army operated a "scorched earth" policy…

Ireland and Netherlands crashed out of the World T20 yesterday after rain forced their respective matches in Dharamsala to be abandoned with Bangladesh and Oman, setting up a Group A decider to make the Super 10s, reports AFP from Dharamsala, India. While Netherlands' match versus Oman was called…

A policeman was arrested from his residence at Nandipara in the capital yesterday for shooting an employee of a cable operator agency, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Shamim Reza, assistant sub-inspector of Bangshal Police Station. Rabiul Islam, sub-inspector of Khilgoan Police Station,…

A mobile court sentenced a young man to three months’ imprisonment for eve-teasing a madrasah student in Satkhira sadar upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The mobile court of Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Shah Abdul Sadi, told UNB that Mafizul Islam, 22, son of Ali Gazi, a resident of south…

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has attacked Donald Trump for saying that Islam hates America, in a televised debate in Miami, reports BBC. Rubio, who faces a do-or-die contest in Florida on Tuesday, said Islam had a problem with radicalisation but said that many Muslims were proud Americans.…