United Nation's Environment Programme has named Sir David Attenborough this year’s Champion of the Earth.

After the scorching summer heat during the last several days, Dhaka finally saw a gush of much needed, though unexpected rain yesterday.

The High Court today (Wednesday) directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to immediately stop all activities of Saint Martin Resort, a tourism resort of Abakash Porjatan Ltd, at Saint Martin's Island, the only coral island of Bangladesh, as the resort has no environmental clearance certificate.

The High Court today asked the director general (DG) of Department of Environment (DoE) and deputy commissioners (DCs) of Dhaka and four other surrounding districts – Gazipur, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Munshiganj – to appear before it on May 17 and explain why illegal brick kilns were not shut down despite its repeated directives.

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday served a legal notice on the government, demanding it to formulate a time-based action plan to free 54 rivers from pollution and to prosecute the polluters.

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) today served a legal notice to the government, demanding it to formulate a time-based action plan in order to free 54 rivers across the country from pollution and to prosecute the polluters.

The road on the west of Dumuria’s Baliakhali bridge had to be crossed through the mighty Hamkura on ferries. The road is still there. The river, however, is not.

Seven parks and playgrounds were opened for city dwellers in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area today.

The forest department has demolished a road built within a reserve forest to transport sand and destroyed 28 sand extracting machines during a drive at Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar.

Once upon a time, the turbulent Bangshi river used to be one of the important rivers in central Bangladesh. However, the river is rapidly losing all its might and glory due to the filling up of its banks, mindless pollution and illegal grabbing.

A Habiganj district judge's court has stayed the restoration order of Sutki river.

Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) today served a legal notice against six ministries, one commission and 14 other government bodies over illegal stone crushing in Sunamganj.

Keeping provisions of tougher punishments for polluting environment, the Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021 was passed in parliament today.

Flooding cost the global economy more than $82 billion last year, accounting for nearly a third of all losses from natural catastrophes, reinsurance agency Swiss Re Institute reported Wednesday.

Brickfields next to primary schools. Children’s lives endangered by health hazards. That is how it has been for more than 20 years in Boilor area of Mymensingh’s Trishal. 

Dhaka is the world’s noisiest city, according to a latest report of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Forest officials and environmentalists today underscored the need to increase the efficiency of Community Patrol Group (CPG) members to conserve forest and protect it from encroachers.

If you cruise through the Ujantia canal up to its estuary with the Matamuhuri river of Cox’s Bazar, you will see the last remnants of a mangrove forest, almost obliterated from the country’s south-eastern landscape.

The High Court today directed the government to evict all the 126 structures built illegally on the land of Chaktai Khal (canal) and Rajakhali Khal in Chattogram in 90 days.

The river is called Sutki. It flows at least 20 kilometres after originating from the Kushiara river in Lohajuri area under Baniachong upazila in Habiganj before falling into the Ratna river at Pratabpur of the same upazila.