Chinese authorities have ordered a major social media platform to curb "harmful content" more effectively as they intensify oversight of online expression -- even taking aim at rap music, crude cartoons, dirty jokes and celebrity gossip.

Czech President Milos Zeman won a second term in a presidential election on Saturday, gaining the backing of voters for his tough stance against immigration and his courtship of Russia and China.

At least seven people watching a football match have been shot dead in Mexico, sources said Saturday, adding to the country's murder toll which last year hit a two-decade high.

The swollen Seine rose even higher yesterday, keeping Paris on alert, though forecasters said the flooding should peak by the end of the day.

The Syrian government and a war monitor said yesterday that Turkish shelling of the Kurdish-held Afrin region of Syria had seriously damaged an ancient temple.

A shooting in downtown Amsterdam on Friday night left one person dead and two injured, Dutch police said.

Twelve personalities have been named as winners of the Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2017.

Five kilometres from Bogra town is a village that gleams with copper and brass. The displays of handcrafted jewellery in Baropur

Cryptocurrencies took a dip after Japan-based digital exchange Coincheck suspended client deposits and withdrawals for virtual currencies except bitcoin, saying it had been hacked.

The government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and release of men held by security agencies beyond jurisdiction, said the Human Rights Watch in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Outgoing Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque has said police need to improve the quality of service in line with the expectations of the people.

An Indian trader died after falling from a five-storey building while trying to escape confinement through the ventilator in Magura Sadar upazila yesterday, said police.

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman was picked up by the Mumbai Indians for 2.2 crore rupees on the first day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction yesterday.

They used to publish fake job advertisements in newspapers assuring the jobseekers of processing their visa applications to land jobs in Hong Kong and realise a handsome amount.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday sought support from Indonesia for a safe, dignified, sustainable return of the Rohingyas to Rakhine State in Myanmar.

The BNP will boycott the next election if the government “hatches a conspiracy” to keep its chairperson Khaleda Zia out of the polls.

The German government said yesterday it had asked a US court to throw out a lawsuit brought by indigenous groups from Namibia seeking reparations for the genocide of their peoples under German colonial rule.

Dutch police yesterday launched the country's biggest ever DNA search, asking over 20,000 men to come forward as they seek to resolve the 1998 murder of a young boy.

US President Donald Trump yesterday made a rare apology over his decision to retweet anti-Muslim videos posted by a British far-right group, a move which strained tensions with London.

An internal inquiry for the United Nations recommends tactical changes to the UN mission in the Central African Republic to protect civilians, according to findings made available yesterday to AFP.