Environmental activists yesterday put placards with the names of freedom fighters, including seven Bir Shreshthas, on trees to save those at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.

The fire that broke out in Daser Bharani area of Sharankhola Range in East Sundarbans on Wednesday morning was extinguished this afternoon.

Lalpur local administration have started to fill up a pond which was made illegally on Khas land (government-owned land) in Natore.

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions in next 24hours ending at 9:00 am tomorrow, according to a Met office release issued today.

This season’s mango harvest in Rajshahi will start from May 15.

Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi today said that industries are important for economic growth and development, but there is no excuse behind polluting the environment recklessly.

A Cambodian court sentenced five environmental activists for up to 20 months in jail today for incitement to commit crimes, over their attempts to organise a march to the prime minister's residence to protest the filling-in of a city lake.

A fire broke out again in Daser Bharani area of Sarankhola Range in East Sundarbans Division today.

A fire that broke out in Daser Bharani area under Sharankhola Range of Sundarbans East Forest Division was doused this afternoon nearly 30 hours after it broke out.

Three fishermen were arrested for using poison while fishing at a canal in Sundarbans’ Satkhira range this morning.

Hathazari upazila administration today seized around 10,000 metres of illegal fishing net laid in the Halda river by poachers to net brood fish ahead of spawning.

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that asked the government to stop the operations of Maizea Advance Agro Refinery (MAAR) Limited, a dry starch powder producing company, for polluting environment at Shahpur area in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila.

Noise pollution in Dhaka city is currently three times more than tolerable level and as a result around half a crore people are at health risk, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Mohammad Shahab Uddin said at a programme today.

A team of the forest department today seized illegal logs worth Tk 26 lakh from a village at Rangunia upazila of Chattogram.

There is an acute shortage of pure drinking water along the coast of Bagerhat. Thousands of people of several upazilas in the district are suffering from various water-borne diseases due to the month-long water crisis.

An elephant calf was found dead in a pit of mud in a tea garden in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram.

The administration has sealed off Maize Advance Argo Refineries (MAAR) Limited, a dry starch powder producing company, in Habiganj on charge of environmental pollution.

The government has imposed a 65-day ban on fishing off the Bay of Bengal to try and preserve the fish stock and boost their breeding.

Local administration today destroyed at least 1500 meters of fishing net and a mechanised boat lifting sand from the riverbed at Halda river.

To protect city dwellers from mosquito menace, authorities of Mymensingh City Corporation have released 2000 frogs in a canal of the city today.