An elephant’s heart beats only 25 times a minute. Your heart usually beats between 60 to 80 times a minute

Government announces seven sanctuaries in the country—Chunti, Pablakhali, Teknaf, Sangu, Dudhpukuria-Dhopachhari and Fashiakhali and one national park (Kaptai national park) to conserve elephants and other wild life

The main reason for declining elephant population is destruction of elephants habitat and food resources by humans.

At around 300 BC, when Alexander the great came to conquer Bengal—then known as Ganga Rashtra, meaning Nation on the River Ganges, alias Gangaridai—he abandoned the idea of going further considering the military strength of the then ruler.

US President Barack Obama to unveil what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" to fight climate change on Monday.

Since the dawn of farming, humans have been accidentally creating a huge carbon sink that by now may store more carbon than all of the world’s living plants.

Researchers say planet's surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years.

Over a hundred of small farmers in Lalmonirhat are living the golden days owing to the yield produced by vermicompost fertiliser.

Supreme Court begins hearing on the appeal against death penalty handed to war criminal and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

An on-duty police constable has been found dead on a char in the Meghna River of Chandpur Sadar upazila.

Police arrested two alleged human traffickers at Haribhanga village in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district on Wednesday.

NASA scientists says the remnants of the Larsen B ice shelf, much of which already disintegrated back in 2002 will completely collapse by 2020, reports The Washington Post

A strong 7.4 earthquake strikes the already devastated Nepal and rocks Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh – in phases.

An artwork that gets your feet wet is about to be unveiled in Venice at the 56th International Biennale.

The beginning of the Bengali New Year is a special day for all Bengalis. But it's more so for some individuals who only get to see their

Five people have been and three others injured in separate lightning incidents in Sunamganj, the north-eastern borderline district in the county.

Chief of National Human Rights Commission blames the sexual assault at Dhaka University during Pahela Baishakh celebration on religious fanaticism and patriarchal system.

The warnings could not have been more severe: a monster named Haiyan was coming, a storm carrying rains at wind speeds no one on Earth had ever seen or felt before, so strong it could sweep the sea inland.

The world's last surviving male northern white rhino - stripped of his horn for his own safety - is now under 24-hour armed guard in a desperate final bid to save the species,

Supreme Court verdict upholding death penalty of war criminal Kamaruzzaman will be executed at the earliest possible time, law minister says.