Scientists have identified Earth’s smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival.

Speakers yesterday urged the govern-ment, business community and civil society to remove obstacles and ensure opportunities for women and children to achieve the sustainable develop-ment goals (SDG).

The community level health facilities should be equipped with proper labour rooms, smooth electricity and water supply, and

Representatives of the ethnic community are staging a token hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding for their land rights.

Suspected robbers loot Tk 1.20 crore from an ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur, police say.

Around 50 crows died in different areas of Rajshahi city due to unknown reason in the last seven days.

A herd of 30/40 wild elephants coming down from Garo hills of India's Meghalaya state have been continuing to damage crops at

Dear reader, a very happy new year!

Ten years ago I returned to Bangladesh after three decades abroad. There were many adjustments I had to make, but

Japan will provide Tk 8,660 crore under the 36th Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan package to Bangladesh against six projects to help the country's development endeavours.

If, a few centuries ago, you offered people the opportunity to see wild animals in their environment, only hunters

“Believe it or not Carstensz Pyramid is the hardest and the most arduous mountain of my life, even harder than Everest," Wasfia says after conquering the mountain.

A Rab-5 team detains three suspects of the killing of Japanese national Hoshi Kunio from Chapainawabganj sadar.

US Ambassador and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh condemned the bomb attack that killed one person and injured 87 others in front of Huseni Dalan in old Dhaka.

A Rangpur court on Monday placed Humayun Kabir Hira, one of the suspects in Japanese national Kunio Hoshi murder case, on a ten-day

Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya is a legendary exponent of Rabindra sangeet in Bangladesh and abroad. She received her training in Santiniketan from eminent Rabindra Sangeet artistes like Kanika Bandyopadhyay, Neelima Sen and Shoilajaranjan Mazumdar.

Interagency cooperation needs to be strengthened, while criminal justice system needs to be reformed to control illegal wildlife trade as wildlife offenders have a very strong international network, speakers said yesterday.

A growing number of seizure of wild animals and birds over the last five years shows that poachers and smugglers are using Bangladesh as a route for wildlife trafficking. The Department of Forest (DoF) and law enforcement agencies recovered 21,506 live wild birds and animals, including tiger and bear cubs, during the period.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)

Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday demanded that the government take immediate steps to make Ratargul swamp forest canal