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
Trading a lake for houses
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh is filling up a large waterbody on the eastern side of the Hajj camp at the capital’s Ashkona for a housing project for its officials and employees, violating a conservation law.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Chile could be home to world's oldest tree, study suggests
A lush green forest in southern Chile might be home to the world's oldest tree after a new study found that an ancient alerce tree known as "great grandfather" could be more than 5,000 years old.
27 May 2022, 11:48 AM
Width, depth of Karnaphuli River decreased: Survey
The width of the Karnaphuli River has decreased to 410 metres from 930 metres at the Shah Amanat Bridge point, according to a survey of Chattogram Nodi O Khal Raksha Andolon.
22 May 2022, 13:50 PM
AQI Index: Thanks to rain, Dhaka air now “good”
Dhaka’s air quality has turned “good”, all thanks to pre-monsoon showers in different parts of the country.
19 May 2022, 06:08 AM
Pollution behind 1 in 6 deaths in 2019: study
Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published yesterday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the “horrifying” toll of lead poisoning.
18 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Conserve nature while developing Cox’s Bazar beach, PM directs
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned to integrate development of Cox’s Bazar beach with preservation of nature.
18 May 2022, 07:02 AM
AQI Index: Dhaka's air quality currently 'moderate'
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'moderate' zone today, mainly owing to rain in different parts of the country.
15 May 2022, 06:38 AM
Bagerhat’s Rampal sees massive deforestation due to growing industries
A vast area of Bagerhat’s Rampal upazila is at risk of environmental degradation due to massive industrialisation surrounding the power plant.
15 May 2022, 04:30 AM
Grabbers feast on Tangail hillocks
A range of red hillocks -- it’s not only a great sight, surrounded by luscious Sal forests, but is also crucial in conserving the biodiversity of the midlands of Tangail and Gazipur.
15 May 2022, 03:30 AM
Dhaka’s air quality improves during Eid holiday
Dhaka saw a marked improvement in air quality this morning.
5 May 2022, 05:24 AM
Tree felling rampant in Lathitila forest
Miscreants, allegedly under the patronage of forest department and local influentials, have been logging trees in the protected Lathitila forest in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.
30 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Waste dumping in eco park halted
The High Court yesterday imposed an injunction on dumping waste in Borshijora Eco Park of Moulvibazar for the next six months.
28 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Disaster in the making, yet again
Although road construction inside the Lathitila protected forest was halted due to the forest officials’ intervention, works have resumed ignoring their concerns, allegedly following the environment minister’s order.
28 April 2022, 18:00 PM
HC halts waste dumping in Moulvibazar Eco Park following Daily Star report
The High Court today imposed an injunction on dumping waste in Borshijora Eco Park of Moulvibazar for the next six months.
28 April 2022, 09:51 AM
HC stays sand extraction in Chakaria after Daily Star report
The High Court in a rule today stayed sand extraction in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar for three months asking district administration to assess its environmental damage and realise the penalty from perpetrators.
26 April 2022, 10:16 AM
Ethnic minorities in Madhupur vow to resist lake excavation bid
People from ethnic minority communities living in Madhupur of Tangail demonstrated today protesting the Forest Department’s plan to excavate an artificial lake on croplands at Amtoly mouja for entertaining local and foreign tourists.
25 April 2022, 14:42 PM
Bangladesh-Denmark sign framework document for climate partnership
Bangladesh and Denmark today signed an agreement on Sustainable and Green Framework Engagement to strengthen the partnership on climate and green transition between the two countries.
25 April 2022, 09:39 AM
HC clears way to evict illegal structures from Ichamati River in Pabna
The High Court today (April 24, 2022) cleared the way for the government to evict the illegal structures from four mouzas in the land of Ichamati River in Pabna.
24 April 2022, 14:15 PM
White clay extraction: Ethnic community now in danger
Unbridled white clay extraction in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh district has put the ethnic community in danger as it devoured their homestead and way of livelihood, said the civil society platform Nagorik Uddog.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM
RHD to cut down over 600 trees for road expansion in Ctg
More than one hundred trees have already been cut down and several hundred more are in the process to embrace the same fate. It is the scenario of a portion of Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway.
22 April 2022, 10:46 AM