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
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