Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- What began as an ordinary afternoon of simmering rice and routine errands has ended in tragedy in Narayanganj, as a mother's call for her child went unanswered -- and she found her daughter lifeless outside a neighbour's doorstep.

Overcome with grief, the mother wept uncontrollably.

"My child. she didn't even have lunch at noon. Someone killed her. I have washed dishes and carried her in my hands, yet now she's gone. Whoever did this, I want them hanged," she sobbed, before fainting.

The fifth-grade student had gone missing around 4pm on Sunday from her home. Police recovered her body on Monday morning, lying beside the plastic bag she had carried to fetch lunch.

The family resides in Ward 20, Dori Sonakanda of Naray...