Pressure mounted Friday on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to end a strike that has effectively shut down Canada’s largest rail network, dragging on an already slowing economy.

Two men trying to cross the Arctic Ocean on skis have run into difficulty as unusually thin ice has lengthened their journey and cut into their rations, their team said yesterday.

At least 29 people were killed in Kenya when their homes were swept away in landslides during ferocious overnight rainstorms, the government said yesterday.

A joint team of Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Army yesterday recovered 13 rocket-propelled grenades, along with some other explosives, from Satchhari forest in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila.

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has revealed for the first time that he will remain neutral in the second Brexit referendum that he has vowed to hold if he becomes prime minister next month.

By keeping the university closed for an indefinite period, the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and the government are making the students’ future uncertain, Anu Muhammad, professor of JU economics department, said yesterday.

Donald Trump’s conduct with Ukraine was far worse than the behaviour that led to Richard Nixon’s downfall, the head of the congressional impeachment probe said Thursday as he summed up the case for the US president’s removal.

Cox’s Bazar will be one of the most polluted places in the country when the 17 planned coal-fired power plants start operation in the district, predicts a report by two environmentalist organisations.

A 42-old-man died allegedly after his daughter’s stalker kicked him in the chest in Sharothi Mills area of Jashore yesterday.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the UK had “facilitated” the return of British orphans whose parents had died in Syria “because it was the right thing to do”.

A group of unidentified miscreants torched a house of indigenous Chakma community in Bandarban Sadar upazila on Thursday night.

After two-and-a-half months of inception, the special taskforce, formed to restrain accidents and bring discipline on the roads, is expected to hold its first meeting tomorrow.

Bangladesh’s resolution entitled “Natural Plant Fibres and Sustainable Development” has been adopted by consensus in the plenary of the second committee of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

Twenty-two Rohingya Muslims trying to escape one of Myanmar’s camps by boat were arrested after they were forced ashore by their leaking vessel, local police said yesterday.

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment on corruption charges prompted speculation yesterday that the end of his decade-long tenure as ‘King Bibi’ is nigh.

A three-day conference of academicians and presidents of 70 Asian universities begins in Dhaka today with a focus on showcasing the universities’ best practices and entrepreneurial education.

Gamechanger -- is what best describes the debut of Bangla Bond, a taka-denominated debt instrument, on the London Stock Exchange on November 11 for Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated that the ongoing drive against corruption, terrorism and militancy would continue.

Over two years after its formation, the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) will finally operate in full swing now as it has been empowered to investigate cases related to terrorism and militancy.

Ex-president Evo Morales urged the international community Wednesday to intervene to stop what he called a “genocide” in Bolivia, where 32 people have died in violence that erupted after his disputed re-election.