Environment

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 civil service academy on Cox’s Bazar forest land: Parliamentary body

A parliamentary body today strongly opposed the public administration ministry’s proposed plan to build a civil service academy on a 700-acre land at Cox's Bazar due to it being declared as reserved forest and ecologically critical area.

19 September 2021, 14:16 PM

Govt can construct in Suhrawardy Udyan, protecting environment: HC

The High Court today observed that the government can implement construction project in Suhrawardy Udyan, protecting the environment and historical elements.

19 September 2021, 09:22 AM

Protect ‘oxygen centre’ of port city

People from all strata of life, including writers, artists, cultural activists and lawyers, came together at Shahbagh to protest the government decision of building a hospital in the CRB area of the port city.

18 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Ruet suspends cutting down of trees as project director fails to show forest dept’s permission

The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology (Ruet) suspended the activities of felling trees on the campus today.

16 September 2021, 14:11 PM

Development not at cost of environment: Demo against tree felling at Ruet

Paribesh Andolon Oikya Parishad today held a human chain in front of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, protesting the felling of 50-year-old trees.

16 September 2021, 09:41 AM

Development the priority, not nature!

To make space for new administrative and academic buildings, authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology (Ruet) have felled around 50 trees recently, most of which are over half a century old.

15 September 2021, 18:00 PM

44 fishermen detained in Sundarbans by Forest Department

The Forest Department, in a drive last night, detained 44 fishermen and seized four trawlers for unauthorised entry into the Sundarbans.

14 September 2021, 10:34 AM

Savar Tannery Complex: Environment ministry taking steps as per parliamentary committee's recommendation

The Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry has started taking steps to shut down Savar Tannery Complex, in line with the parliamentary standing committee's recommendation.

12 September 2021, 12:25 PM

Green organisations call to cancel lease of forestland in Cox’s Bazar

Twenty green organisations, based in Cox’s Bazar, urged the government to cancel the lease of 700 acres of protected forestland in the area.

12 September 2021, 10:04 AM

DoE files case against firm over razing hill

Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram (metro) has filed a case against a firm for cutting a hill while building a government office in the port city.

11 September 2021, 11:37 AM

DoE fines AK Khan Group, former councillor, 2 others for damaging hills

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today fined AK Khan Group and three others for damaging hills in Khulshi area of the port city.

8 September 2021, 12:49 PM

Kuwait starts to recycle massive tyre graveyard

More than 42 million old vehicle tyres dumped in Kuwait's sands have started to be recycled, as the Gulf state tackles a waste problem that created one of the world's largest tyre graveyards.

7 September 2021, 11:00 AM

Tree felling spells doom for birds

When Rajshahi Medical College Hospital authorities felled a tree on Saturday afternoon, it still housed a couple of nests for Asian open-bill storks.

5 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Not noble gesture, but absolute necessity

When the world’s leading conservation congress kicks off Friday in the French port city of Marseille it will aim to deliver one key message: protecting wildlife must not be seen as a noble gesture but an absolute necessity -- for people and the planet.

31 August 2021, 18:00 PM

29 brick kilns fined over Tk 1 crore for damaging hills in Bandarban

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram (region) fined 29 brick kilns Tk 108,70,000 for damaging environment by cutting hills in Lama upazila of Bandarban.

31 August 2021, 13:23 PM

DoE Chattogram fines garment factory for filling up pond

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram today fined a garment factory Tk 2.16 lakh for filling up pond at Uttar Kattoli area of the port city.

24 August 2021, 15:20 PM

But what about the trees?

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs yesterday submitted a meeting resolution centring the construction of an independence monument at the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan to the High Court. The resolution, however, did not specify any decisions on whether the old and ecologically important trees will be cut.

23 August 2021, 18:00 PM

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