Dhaka losing its greenery

Dhaka has lost around 56 percent of its green spaces over the last three decades. In 1989, this mega city had 12,745 hectares of vegetation, which came down to just 5,599 hectares in 2020, a new study has found.
23 July 2022, 02:30 AM

Japanese regulators okay releasing waste water from Fukushima nuclear plant to ocean

Japan's nuclear regulators have approved a plan to release into the ocean water from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the government said on Friday.
22 July 2022, 16:46 PM

Green activists, civil society members urge govt to cancel forestland reserved for BFF training centre

Green activists, environmental rights organisations and civil society members urged the government to cancel the forestland allotted to Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) in Cox’s Bazar’s Khuniyapalong reserve forest.
20 July 2022, 16:09 PM

Low lying areas of port city waterlogged after receiving 153mm rain

Many low-lying areas of Chattogram city were submerged in knee-deep water owing to rain, causing immense distress to commuters and residents today (July 20, 2022).
20 July 2022, 12:21 PM

Nijhum Dwip submerged in “high tide”, deer being washed away

Nijhum Dwip union and national park of Noakhali’s Hatiya Upazila have been submerged due to rising water from an “unusually high tide” in Meghna.
18 July 2022, 07:53 AM

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics developed by Chinese scientists

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China.
12 July 2022, 12:38 PM

Microplastics are everywhere, in oceans, air and the human body

From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies -- with uncertain implications.
3 July 2022, 04:21 AM

Dhaka air “good” today, according to AQI

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 45, Dhaka's air quality is "good" this morning.
27 June 2022, 05:24 AM

10,000 students at health risk

Several brick kilns, built near different educational institutions, have been operating in Brahmanbaria, defying law and denying the locals’ objections.
26 June 2022, 02:00 AM

PM urges all to plant at least 3 trees to protect environment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the people to join a nationwide campaign of tree plantation during this monsoon to make the country greener.
15 June 2022, 07:12 AM

Dhaka’s air quality “moderate” today

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the ‘moderate’ zone today following seasonal rains in different parts of the country.
15 June 2022, 06:16 AM

Thanks to last night’s rain, Dhaka’s air quality “moderate” today

Dhaka dwellers saw slight improvement in air quality this morning after last night’s rain.
14 June 2022, 08:06 AM

Why failure to protect rivers not illegal? HC asks

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities of government why shouldn’t the failure to protect Mohadeo River in Netrakona which was severely damaged by sand mining be declared illegal and against the interest of people.
13 June 2022, 15:29 PM

Save CHT forests to protect biodiversity

To conserve the country’s biodiversity, efforts must be taken to protect the forests of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), said speakers at a seminar.
9 June 2022, 18:00 PM

"Save forests of CHT to protect biodiversity of the country"

To conserve the country’s biodiversity, efforts must be taken to protect the forests of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) which is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots, and is also a part of the Indo-Barma biodiversity hotspot, speakers told a seminar today (June 8, 2022).
8 June 2022, 14:57 PM

Saving rivers: Ensure more power to river commission

Political commitment, proper enforcement of laws and empowerment of the conservation commission might be able to save the rivers, speakers told a roundtable discussion yesterday.
5 June 2022, 02:30 AM

PM’s award for planting trees: "Manipulation" in nominating Hathazari Upazila Parishad?  

Hathazari Upazila Parishad, a local government body, has been nominated for the Prime Minister's National Award for Tree Plantation-2020, despite neither planting any tree nor applying for the award.
3 June 2022, 17:23 PM

Banskhali coal power plant to start operating by December: Chinese ambassador

The Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today (June 2, 2022) said the 1,224 megawatt coal fired SS power plant’s first unit will start generating electricity by December in Banshkhali upazila’s Gondamara union.
2 June 2022, 15:13 PM

Narayanganj 1st Bangladeshi city to adopt urban climate action plan

Narayanganj has become the first city in Bangladesh to adopt a climate resilient development plan.
1 June 2022, 07:20 AM

Chandpur AL leader Salim Khan can’t extract sand from Meghna river

The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court verdict that allowed Md Salim Khan, a local Awami League leader, to extract sand from the Meghna river in Chandpur.
29 May 2022, 08:53 AM