World's oceans set new surface temperature record

The world's oceans set a temperature record in the past week, with their surface hitting 20.96 degrees Celsius (69.7 Fahrenheit)
4 August 2023, 15:04 PM

Heavy rain: Most low-lying areas in Ctg city go under water

Chattogram city dwellers today faced waterlogging in low-lying areas of the port city after spells of heavy downpours since last night
4 August 2023, 13:42 PM

Underwater decor?

Christmas Tree worms, found in the coral reefs of Saint Martin's Island, may look like underwater holiday decorations, but are actually tube-building worms! Widely distributed throughout the world's tropical oceans, they're known to occur from the Caribbean to the Indo-Pacific and find habitat mostly in corals.
4 August 2023, 05:12 AM

Dhaka welcomes Indian parliamentary committee’s call over Teesta issue

Bangladesh has described “encouraging and significant” the recent recommendation made by India's Parliamentary Standing Committee regarding Teesta water sharing agreement
3 August 2023, 15:36 PM

Sea ports asked to hoist signal 3

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep local cautionary signal 3 hoisted as the monsoon depression over India’s West Bengal-Bihar and adjoining areas moved west-northwestwards and now lies over north Chhattisgarh and adjoining area.
3 August 2023, 07:57 AM

As rain continues, Dhaka's air quality remains 'moderate'

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 91 at 9:11am, Dhaka ranked 12th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality
3 August 2023, 04:41 AM

LPG price hiked, 12kg cylinder now Tk 1,140

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the month of August.
2 August 2023, 10:42 AM

9 Dhaka areas to be without gas supply for six hours tomorrow

Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital for six hours -- from 2:00pm to 8:00pm – tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works
2 August 2023, 09:23 AM

Typhoon Khanun kills one, knocks out power to one-third of Japan's Okinawa homes

High winds hit power lines in Japan's popular tourist destination Okinawa, knocking out electricity to more than 200,000 households on Wednesday morning, as powerful and slow-moving typhoon Khanun neared the country's southwestern islands
2 August 2023, 08:24 AM

Low-lying coastal areas could be inundated due to land depression: Met office

Low-lying areas of Bangladesh's coastal districts and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind-driven surge, at a height of two-three feet above normal astronomical tide, under the influence of a full moon and steep pressure gradient
2 August 2023, 07:30 AM

Thanks to rain, Dhaka's air quality 'moderate' this morning

Dhaka's air quality was marked "moderate" this morning due to rain in the capital city
2 August 2023, 04:04 AM

Rain likely in country as low intensifies into depression over Bay

Rain or thunder showers is likely in Dhaka and other seven divisions as a well-marked low over central part of the north Bay and adjoining area concentrated into a monsoon depression over northeast Bay and adjoining areas today.
1 August 2023, 10:53 AM

Rampal power plant shut down again due to coal shortage

The BIFPCL officials said they have already completed all necessary procedures to import coal from abroad
30 July 2023, 16:10 PM

Eight dead, 10 hospitalised after hurricane in Russia

Eight people died and another 10 were hospitalised in Russia when trees crashed into a campsite during a severe storm described as a "hurricane", authorities said on Sunday
30 July 2023, 08:59 AM

Don't overstate 1.5 degrees C threat, new IPCC head says

The newly appointed head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jim Skea, spoke to two major German news outlets over the weekend, soon after his appointment to the role
30 July 2023, 05:14 AM

Dhaka's air quality 'moderate' this morning

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 80 at 9:00am, Dhaka ranked 15th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality
30 July 2023, 03:51 AM

July 2023 set to be world's hottest month on record

July 2023 is set to upend previous heat benchmarks, UN Secretary-general António Guterres said on Thursday after scientists said it was on track to be the world's hottest month on record
27 July 2023, 15:53 PM

PM to open Matarbari coal-fired plant in December: project officials

The first unit of Matarbari coal-fired power plant in Maheshkhali of Cox's Bazar is likely to go into production by this December, adding 600MW of electricity to the national grid.
27 July 2023, 06:15 AM

Mild heatwave sweeping over Dhaka, other parts of country: Met office

A mild heatwave is sweeping over different parts of the country, including Dhaka, and it may abate in some places, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)
26 July 2023, 06:38 AM

Banshkhali-Meghnaghat 400KV power transmission line comes into operation

The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has commissioned its 400 kV power transmission line from Banshkhali in Chattogram via Madunaghat to Meghnaghat in Narayanganj
25 July 2023, 15:51 PM