Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a countrywide heat alert for 48 hours starting last evening.

Around 50 illegal brick kilns have been set up over the last several years across vast shoal lands on the Padma river under Ishwardi upazila of Pabna.

Residents of the hilly areas on both sides of Chimbuk-Neelgiri road in Bandarban have been facing a severe water crisis amid the ongoing hot spell.

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Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today issued a countrywide heat alert for 48 hours starting this evening

An oriental garden lizard takes a sip of water from a drying puddle on the road in Jalma area of Khulna's Batiaghata upazila recently. Lizards are ectothermic, or "cold blooded" animals, which means they rely on the environment around them to regulate their body temperature, unlike mammals who can produce heat internally to stabalise their temperatures

Heatwave to continue in several districts

After a month-long severe heatwave, Dhaka experienced rain and thundershowers in parts of the capital last night

After a month-long severe heatwave, Dhaka experienced rain and thundershowers in parts of the capital early today.

A legal notice was served on the government today, asking it to formulate environment-friendly law, rule, regulation or policy for felling and planting trees

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has slashed bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices by Tk 4.10 per kilogramme

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A key reason behind Bangladesh's adverse environmental condition is increasing encroachment of rivers, water bodies, forest lands and other natural resources in the name of development, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzman said today

Met office forecasts rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind in parts of five divisions

Farmers in Patuakhali are concerned that the ongoing heatwave, that has been persisting for almost a month, will severely disrupt their crop production

Average rainfall in Bangladesh was one millimetre in April, which is the record lowest in the country since 1981

Farmers in districts under Rangpur division are facing an acute shortage of farm labourers amid the ongoing hot spell

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today said Jashore, Kushtia, Chuadanga, Pabna, Rajshahi, Bagerghat and Satkhira have been experiencing extreme hot weather as a "very severe" heatwave is sweeping over the districts

The High Court yesterday directed the government to prepare a time-based action plan to restore three canals and two beels at Savar and take appropriate action against their encroachers and polluters

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