Around 99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds World Health Organization's air quality limits, with people in low and middle-income countries being most exposed to pollution, according to the UN agency's latest database.

Recent flash floods in Netrakona and Kishoreganj has inundated new areas, while the water level in the haor areas of Sunamganj and Sylhet have been on the rise.

According to the latest survey, there are 114 tigers in the Sundarbans, Shahab Uddin, environment, forests and climate change minister, told the parliament today.

Keeping provisions of tougher punishments for polluting environment, the Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021 was passed in parliament today.

Hundreds of haor farmers in Sunamganj, Netrakona and Kishoreganj are left distraught after about 700 hectares of paddy fields became inundated in the last four days.

Consumers in different areas have been experiencing shortages or low pressure in gas supply following a technical fault in the supply process of Bibiyana Gas Field in Sylhet.

Heavy rains caused mudslides that killed at least 14 people in southern coastal cities and the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de Janeiro state, according to state and local authorities on Saturday.

The government is formulating an effective national adaptation plan to address the risks of climate change based on the views of concerned ministries, departments, and the public.

Tiger census in the Sundarbans is set to start this October. Under the “Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project”, the census will employ the “camera trapping method” and cost around Tk 3.27 crore.

Flooding cost the global economy more than $82 billion last year, accounting for nearly a third of all losses from natural catastrophes, reinsurance agency Swiss Re Institute reported Wednesday.

The government is going to undertake a major survey to assess the animals that Bengal tigers prey on in the Sundarbans and also monitor the current situation of the habitat under a new project of the forest department.

The industrial rooftop solar panels can produce electricity at Tk 6.5 per unit, which is up to 30 per cent cheaper compared to that of the gas- and oil-run power plants, according to Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Idcol).

Some 150,000 people now live in Mongla – many of whom moved from villages near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest which straddles the border of Bangladesh and India and harbours endangered Bengal tigers.

CNG filling stations across the country will remain closed from 5pm to 11pm every day during the month of Ramadan, instead of 6pm-11:00pm, according to a press release of Petrobangla.

Natural disasters like floods, drought, cyclones and river erosion have caused almost Tk 30,000 crore in damages a year between 2015 and 2020, found a first-of-its-kind government survey.

A bout of summer rain or thundershowers in the next 24 hours (till 9am tomorrow) may bring much-needed relief to people of seven divisions in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s air quality has been the worst in the world for two years in a row -- a worrying development that will only become more acute if strict measures are not taken now such as specific legislation to check the menace.

From tomorrow onwards, there is a strong chance of rain and thunderstorms in various parts of the country. Besides, there was a chance of rain in Dhaka between 5 and 10 pm today.

Brickfields next to primary schools. Children’s lives endangered by health hazards. That is how it has been for more than 20 years in Boilor area of Mymensingh’s Trishal. 

Dhaka is the world’s noisiest city, according to a latest report of the United Nations Environment Programme.