Panchagarh records country’s lowest temperature for 14th day as cold wave persists
17 December 2025, 09:00 AM
Environment
Wildlife enthusiasts protest surge in bird hunting
12 December 2025, 14:04 PM
Environment
Tentulia records season’s lowest temperature at 8.9°C as mild cold wave grips north
11 December 2025, 06:29 AM
Environment
690 climate-resilient low-cost homes launched in four cities
10 December 2025, 14:11 PM
Environment
Nearly 4.96 million people displaced by natural disasters in Bangladesh: IOM
10 December 2025, 13:19 PM
Environment
Bangladesh needs $156.8bn in climate finance by 2050: ICIMOD report
9 December 2025, 15:54 PM
Environment
Major Japan quake leaves 30 injured
9 December 2025, 03:33 AM
Environment
Powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast region
8 December 2025, 15:50 PM
Environment
Butterfly Fair: A day of colours at JU
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Environment
Lioness escapes enclosure at Mirpur Zoo, put back in cage after hours
5 December 2025, 13:18 PM
Environment
No possibility of super cyclone “Sitrang” to hit Bangladesh coast: State Minister
There is no possibility of super cyclone 'Sitrang' - to be formed over the Bay of Bengal - hitting Bangladesh coast, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman said today (October 12, 2022).
12 October 2022, 12:11 PM
500 pilot whales dead after New Zealand mass strandings
About 500 pilot whales have died in mass strandings on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, the government said Tuesday after ruling out a rescue effort in the area's shark-filled waters.
11 October 2022, 06:04 AM
3 fishers jailed in Madaripur for defying hilsa ban
A mobile court sentenced three fishers to 20 days in jail for catching brood hilsa in Padma river at Shibchar upazila of Madaripur today (October 9, 2022), defying a government ban.
9 October 2022, 13:13 PM
200 environmentalists killed worldwide in 2021: Report
Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country in the annual report by non-governmental organisation Global Witness.
29 September 2022, 05:05 AM
Development not possible by destroying environment: Sultana Kamal
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) President Sultana Kamal today (September 28, 2022) said there can be no development in the country by destroying the environment.
28 September 2022, 14:34 PM
Shut down tanneries that haven’t applied for environmental clearance: JS body
A parliamentary watchdog today recommended to divide all 140 tanneries at the Savar Tannery Industry into three categories considering their compliance and non-compliance in treating tannery waste.
27 September 2022, 14:17 PM
Drives against pollution to be conducted at Kaptai Lake: Rangamati DC
Rangamati Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Mizanur Rahman has said that the district administration will conduct drives from now on to prevent pollution of Kaptai Lake.
25 September 2022, 14:21 PM
Diesel tank leak: Cropland at risk of being polluted in Sitakunda
More than one acre of farmland is likely to be affected and crops are being feared damaged after three thousand liters of diesel oil spilled from a tank of CP Bangladesh Co Ltd in Teriail Bazar area of Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram early this morning (September 21, 2022).
21 September 2022, 15:41 PM
230 whales stranded on Tasmanian beach
About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast.
21 September 2022, 09:41 AM
How to kill a canal
Do you know how much garbage it takes to kill a 13-kilometre-long flowing canal?
15 September 2022, 18:00 PM
No earth filling on 2,500 bighas of agri land, waterbodies in Rupganj: HC
The High Court today (August 28, 2022) directed the government to stop -- for the next three months – the earth filling on around 2,500 bighas of agricultural land and waterbodies near Purbachal of Daudpur Union in Naryanganj's Rupganj.
28 August 2022, 07:08 AM
Hill razing in Cox's Bazar: Environment secy, DC, SP face contempt of court rule
Nine government officials, including the secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar, and the superintendent of police, have been charged with contempt of court for failing to follow the High Court's 2012 orders to stop hill razing in the district.
24 August 2022, 16:48 PM
Unravelling the mysteries of the cosmos
Unravelling the mysteries of the cosmos
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Tidal surges likely to inundate many parts of coastal districts
Low-lying areas of 15 coastal districts in Bangladesh, including their offshore islands and chars, are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, the weather department said on Friday.
19 August 2022, 07:24 AM
Port city lost 120 hills in 4 decades
A total of 120 hills disappeared from Chattogram city in four decades, Bangladesh Environment Forum, an environmental organisation, claimed yesterday.
13 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Chattogram city lost 120 hills in 4 decades, activists claim
A total of 120 hills disappeared from Chattogram city in four decades, Bangladesh Environment Forum, an environmental organisation, claimed today (August 13, 2022).
13 August 2022, 10:51 AM
Hills lost to greed
Many hilly areas in Tangail’s Ghatail upazila have been flattened due to rampant cutting of red clay hillocks by soil traders allegedly supported by local influential people.
10 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Razing hills: CCC councillor, wife among 3 sued in Ctg
The Department of Environment (DoE) has sued three persons including a ward councillor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) for cutting hills.
10 August 2022, 15:30 PM
Local admin issues 12 conditions for tourist boats on Tanguar Haor
The local administration of Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila has issued 12 conditions for tourist boats making trips to the Tanguar Haor.
4 August 2022, 13:16 PM
Biodiversity of Cox’s Bazar under threat
A parliamentary body yesterday said the environment and biodiversity of Cox’s Bazar are at serious risk due to the dumping of poisonous substances from the shrimp hatcheries into the sea.
31 July 2022, 18:00 PM