Magnitude 4.9 quake strikes near India's Silchar, close to Sylhet
7 April 2026, 15:53 PM
Natural disaster
Nor’wester storm disrupts train services in Noakhali
7 April 2026, 12:56 PM
Natural disaster
Six villages flooded, cropland submerged in Mymensingh
31 March 2026, 18:47 PM
Natural disaster
Nor’wester devastates over 750 homes in Naogaon, Bogura
17 March 2026, 00:33 AM
Natural disaster
Flash flood fears grow as dyke works miss deadline in Sunamganj, Netrakona
6 March 2026, 02:32 AM
Natural disaster
'Strongest earthquake in our memory': Satkhira residents recount moments of terror
27 February 2026, 16:20 PM
Natural disaster
7.1 quake jolts eastern Malaysia
23 February 2026, 00:34 AM
Natural disaster
Mild earthquake jolts Sylhet, no damage reported
10 February 2026, 19:03 PM
Natural disaster
Tk 1,268cr project aims to shield haor and Barind livelihoods from climate shocks
6 February 2026, 13:14 PM
Climate crisis
Impactful solutions driving: A green future
5 February 2026, 00:04 AM
Climate action
‘Accept your failure to check carbon emission’
Global leaders have entirely failed to check carbon emission and reduce climate change risks, particularly at the affected countries like Bangladesh, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman says.
27 September 2019, 11:41 AM
Amazon continues to burn as global leaders meet
The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders meet in New York, the planet's largest rainforest remains engulfed in flames.
22 September 2019, 05:04 AM
Herculean task ahead to shield New York from rising waters
New York is bracing for the rising sea levels that climate change will bring, and preparations have already begun -- but the long-term costs of adapting to a warmer, wetter world are expected to be astronomical.
21 September 2019, 09:24 AM
UN urged by own staff to look at its climate footprint
Close to 2,000 United Nations employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like business-class flights and travel handouts, a letter obtained by Reuters shows.
21 September 2019, 05:09 AM
One-third Bangladeshis at risk of displacement: IMF
Bangladesh is considered especially vulnerable to climate change, with one-third of the population at risk of displacement because of rising sea levels, International Monetary Fund says.
20 September 2019, 06:47 AM
Bangladesh rural poor bear financial burden of climate change: Study
Poor, rural Bangladeshis are spending far more than the government and aid agencies to combat the impacts of climate change, diverting what little money they have away from basic needs, a study says.
19 September 2019, 04:42 AM
Climate change, food security and our vulnerability
A UN report (2018) has suggested that hunger is rising globally with unruly climate: over 821 million people in the world were undernourished in 2017. In Bangladesh, the government with many development partners, NGOs and the communities are making
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Healthy ozone layer, climate essential to meeting all SDGs: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a healthy ozone layer and climate are essential to meeting all of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
16 September 2019, 10:45 AM
Climate crisis could see collapse of some economies: UN
United Nation's trade chief says climate change poses an "existential threat to commodity-dependent developing countries" and highlighted the need to diversify economies and exports.
12 September 2019, 04:56 AM
Recommendations for the Green Climate Fund
Last week the Green Climate Fund (GCF) held a weeklong Global Programming Conference at its headquarters in Songdo, Korea, with over five hundred participants from all over the world. The GCF has recently appointed a new Executive Director, Yannick Glemarec, and is also developing its new strategy and seeking replenishment after the first tranche of USD 10 billion runs out in a year.
27 August 2019, 18:00 PM
As the world warms up, dengue could spread
Scientists expect warming temperatures will lead to worse dengue outbreaks in places the disease already lurks, and outbreaks in brand new places.
27 August 2019, 05:41 AM
G7 wrestles with Iran, Amazon fires and trade
G7 leaders close their summit with discussion of world problems including the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, but overshadowed by President Donald Trump's trade wars and questions over the group's unity.
26 August 2019, 04:38 AM
Bolsonaro to send army to fight huge fires in the Amazon
Under international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of Brazil’s Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro authorizes use of the military to battle the huge blazes while thousands took to the streets to protest his environmental policies.
24 August 2019, 04:19 AM
G7 leaders vow 'concrete measures' over Amazon fires
G7 leaders gathering in France this weekend plan to hammer out "concrete measures" in response to the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest, putting them on a collision course with Brazil's rightwing leader.
23 August 2019, 14:59 PM
Do world leaders understand the consequences of the climate crisis?
Since the Industrial Revolution, we have created a hodgepodge of human systems that are at odds with natural systems that support them. In the process, we are pushing billions of people into a dystopian future by bequeathing them with a climate crisis.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM
That river has rights: New strategy to protect planet
In a growing global movement, environmentalists are trying a new legal route to protect the planet - vesting rivers, reefs and threatened habitats with "rights of nature" that override the long-held human right to harm.
1 August 2019, 04:57 AM
22 pythons hatched in Srimangal zoo
A total of 22 python eggs have been hatched in a zoo of Sreemangal upazila of Moulviabzar. A python which was rescued in Dinajpur 22 years ago laid 35 eggs at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation last month and since then the eggs were kept with the mother python, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports.
17 July 2019, 11:52 AM
Obligations of the Sinking Boatmen
Philosop-her and ecologist Garrett Hardin was well-known for proposing a notorious solution to climate change. He imagined a lifeboat with rooms for sixty people. Fifty people are already onboard and more unfortunate people are swimming in the ocean,
16 July 2019, 18:00 PM
WB to help Bangladesh improve climate-smart growth: Georgieva
The World Bank (WB) reaffirms its continued support to Bangladesh to achieve the country’s vision of reaching an upper-middle income status through ensuring green growth, as the bank’s Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva concluded a two-day visit.
11 July 2019, 14:42 PM
Dramatic warming projected in world's major cities by 2050
By the year 2050, London's climate will resemble Madrid's today; Paris will be more like Canberra; Stockholm like Budapest and Moscow like Sofia, according to a new analysis published Wednesday that relied on optimistic projections.
11 July 2019, 05:45 AM