Khulna conference warns of climate crisis in coastal zone
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Abandoned motorcycle sits at Rangpur filling station for 12 days
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Energy
Eastern Refinery unit-2 tender by May, trial run in 2029: State minister
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Energy
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17 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Wild Life
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant gets commissioning license for first unit's fuel loading
16 April 2026, 23:41 PM
Energy
PM seeks $2bn global support to tackle Bangladesh’s energy crisis
15 April 2026, 22:02 PM
Energy
Fuel stocks secured for April-May: Energy Division
15 April 2026, 17:01 PM
Energy
Fuel prices may rise if Persian Gulf tensions persist: PM’s adviser
15 April 2026, 14:45 PM
Energy
Eastern Refinery production drops sharply amid crude shortage
14 April 2026, 22:27 PM
Energy
Endangered Bengal Slow Loris rescued in Habiganj
13 April 2026, 22:16 PM
Wild Life
Policy café ‘Spotlight on Wildlife Exploitation’ addresses wildlife trafficking
The Centre for Research and Information (CRI) and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), successfully arranged a 'Policy Cafe' titled "Spotlight on Wildlife Exploitation" at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) Auditorium recently
3 November 2023, 12:39 PM
Sixth batch of nuclear fuel reaches Rooppur plant
The sixth batch of nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant reached the project site in Pabna this morning amidst special security arrangement.
3 November 2023, 09:40 AM
The Phayre’s perils
Phayre's leaf monkeys, locally known as "Choshma Bandor", were recently spotted at Habiganj's Satchari National Park. This arboreal primate is native to India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, where they find shelter mainly in tropical, deciduous, and evergreen forests
3 November 2023, 04:58 AM
LPG price hiked Tk 1.48 per kg
Now customers have to pay Tk 1.48 more for a kilogramme of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
2 November 2023, 09:57 AM
Dhaka’s air quality ‘unhealthy’ this morning
Dhaka's air quality has been categorised as "unhealthy" this morning
2 November 2023, 05:44 AM
100 trees felled at JU without permission
Nearly a hundred trees were felled on Jahangirnagar University campus, sparking protest among students.
1 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Ravaging a forest for fish farming
Encroachers have destroyed 95 acres of the Gohira mangrove forest in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila and turned the area into fish enclosures.
1 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Dhaka’s air 4th most polluted in the world this morning
The air in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka was ranked fourth worst among the cities around the world this morning, according to Air Quality Index (AQI) this morning
1 November 2023, 04:26 AM
Waste-to-energy plant underway LGRD minister tells JS
For the first time, the construction of an incineration plant to generate electricity has been undertaken at Aminbazar landfill under DNCC, LGRD Minister Tazul Islam told parliament yesterday.
30 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Dhaka’s air 3rd most polluted in the world this morning
Dhaka ranked third on the global list of cities with the worst air quality this morning
30 October 2023, 03:47 AM
Make Loss and Damage Fund on climate change fully operational: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the authorities concerned to make the Loss and Damage Fund fully operational
29 October 2023, 12:27 PM
Climate scientist Saleemul Huq no more
Professor Saleemul Huq, eminent climate change expert and director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development, died in Dhaka yesterday. He was 71
29 October 2023, 02:59 AM
5th batch of nuclear fuel reaches Rooppur Power Plant
The fifth batch of nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant reached the project site in Pabna this morning amidst special security arrangement
27 October 2023, 08:45 AM
Abandoned, left to starve
Sharmin Akhter and her husband salvaging the ravaged fences and wrecked tin roofs of what was once their home in Samitypara area of Cox’s Bazar -- this is what this correspondent saw during his visit to the area yesterday.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Cutting, uprooting 175 trees for road safety!
Police today arrested a man for cutting and uprooting flowering trees on a road divider and footpath of a road in the Kashiadanga area of Rajshahi City Corporation
26 October 2023, 12:46 PM
Five killed as Hamoon lashes Ctg
The cyclonic storm Hamoon lashed the southern part of Chattogram district on Tuesday night, leaving behind a trail of destruction in Banshkhali, Chandanish, and Satkania upazilas.
25 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh to import 1.5m metric tonnes of crude oil from Saudi, UAE
Bangladesh will import 1.5 million (15 lakh) metric tons of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the year 2024
25 October 2023, 13:20 PM
Cyclone Hamoon: 250 mud houses damaged in Cox’s Bazar’s Samitypara
Around 250 mud houses were damaged in Samitypara of Cox's Bazar yesterday due to the heavy rain and strong rain caused by Cyclone Hamoon
25 October 2023, 08:32 AM
Cyclone Hamoon weakens, maritime ports asked to hoist local cautionary signal 3
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as the cyclonic storm 'Hamoon' weakened into a deep depression
25 October 2023, 03:58 AM
Protect fields and parks: DNCC mayor
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today urged all to protect fields and parks in the city corporation area
24 October 2023, 14:40 PM