As Dharla erodes, riverbank families fear losing everything
18 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Mild tremor jolts Narsingdi
17 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Update / At least 111 killed after 7.4 quake hits Colombia
10 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Cox’s Bazar landslides kill Rohingya child, disrupt Marine Drive traffic
5 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Japan issues tsunami alert after 7.1-magnitude quake
28 July 2026
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Japan
Village on the brink: River erosion threatens families in Narail
28 July 2026
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Natural Disaster
Rain, floods damaged crops worth Tk 478cr
27 July 2026
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Climate crisis
Strong winds and rain lash China after Typhoon Noul makes landfall
26 July 2026
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China
Met office’s old ways mask true extent of rainfall
24 July 2026
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Climate crisis
Warning system struggles to keep pace as climate events intensify
23 July 2026
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Climate action
‘Saline drip’ for a 700-year-old banyan tree in India
The world's second largest Banyan tree in Mahabubnagar district of India’s Telangana which is almost dying, is on ‘saline drip’ now as part of the rejuvenation.
21 April 2018
Bangladesh among other developing nations to study ways to curb climate change
Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research into dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge if a man-made chemical sunshade would be less risky than a harmful rise in global temperatures.
4 April 2018
Seas to rise about a meter even if climate goals are met: Study
Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 meters (27-47 inches) in the next two centuries even if governments end the fossil fuel era as promised under the Paris climate agreement, scientists say.
21 February 2018
Extreme weather 'to rise even if Paris goals met'
The risk of extreme weather such as heat waves, floods and drought will rise significantly even if the commitments in the 2015 Paris climate accord are met, a study warns.
15 February 2018
Sea level rise is accelerating: Study
Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century's end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause significant problems for coastal cities, a study says.
13 February 2018
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
Before man-made climate change kicked in -- and well before “Day Zero” in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May -- the global water crisis was upon us.
Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping carbon emissions from fossil fuels began to warm Earth’s surface and affect rainfall.
13 February 2018
Trump says US could 'conceivably' return to Paris climate deal
President Donald Trump says that the United States could "conceivably" return to the Paris climate accord, although he stopped short of signalling any move in that direction.
11 January 2018
2017 2nd hottest year after 2016
Last year was the second hottest worldwide on record, just behind a sweltering 2016, with signs of climate change ranging from wildfires to a thaw of Arctic ice, a European Union monitoring centre says.
5 January 2018
2017, the year of hurricanes, wildfires and floods
2017 has been the year of Climate Change impacts and its horrors making to the news on a daily basis. From hurricanes to wildfires, the previous year was a constant reminder that the planet is in the eye of the great climate change storm.
4 January 2018
Beijing may be starting to win its battle against smog
Beijing may have turned a corner in its battle against the city’s notorious smog and environmental consultants say the Chinese government deserves much of the credit for introducing tough anti-pollution measures.
30 December 2017
PM leaves for Paris to attend One Planet Summit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Paris on a three-day official visit to attend ‘One Planet Summit’.
11 December 2017
Scientists discover resilient 'heart' of Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in peril from climate change and widespread bleaching, but scientists say a small portion may be resilient enough to keep much of the rest alive.
29 November 2017
Scientists warn of 'giant leap backward' at climate talks
Carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise this year after a three-year pause, scientists say at UN climate talks, warning that "time is running out", even as White House officials use the occasion to champion the fossil fuels that drive global warming.
14 November 2017
Climate change imperils 1 in 4 natural heritage sites: Report
Climate change imperils one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands -- nearly double the number from just three years ago, a report says.
13 November 2017
Climate target too low, progress too slow: Top scientist
The world must sharply draw down greenhouse gas emissions and suck billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air if today's youth are to be spared climate cataclysm, a top scientist warns.
11 November 2017
2017 set to be hottest non-El Nino year: UN
2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says.
6 November 2017
‘Climate change the biggest problem for sustainable dev’
The biggest problem for sustainable development in Bangladesh now is climate change, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says.
1 November 2017
$129bn in extreme weather losses last year: Climate report
Extreme weather caused some $129 billion (111 billion euros) in economic losses last year, says a report that warned the bill will keep climbing as climate change boosts droughts, storms and floods.
31 October 2017
Sydney, Melbourne could face 50C days within decades
Sydney and Melbourne could regularly face 50 degree Celsius (122F) days within 25 years even if Australia meets its Paris global warming targets, a new study warns.
4 October 2017
BIMSTEC joint exercise in Nov
Senior disaster management officials from seven countries of South and South East Asia, including Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, are to gather here to conduct a joint exercise to test their readiness for a united response to major natural disasters in a region prone to cyclones, flood, drought and earthquake.
20 September 2017