After floating bids for offshore oil and gas exploration, Petrobangla now plans to invite international bidding for onshore hydrocarbon exploration

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast rains or thundershowers in Dhaka, seven other divisions in 24 hours from 6:00pm yesterday

In the wake of the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations, with a significant exodus of residents leaving the capital for festive reunions, Dhaka's air quality remains alarmingly poor

At least 11 people died and many others injured as violent nor’westers lashed Jhalakathi, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Khulna, Bagerhat, and Netrokona districts yesterday.

As many as 200 houses were damaged, electric transmission lines snapped, and trees were uprooted, resulting in the disruption of road communication in many places

A man died after being struck by lightning in Dumuria upazila of Khulna this morning

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near New York City on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings and surprising residents in an area that rarely experiences notable seismic activity but apparently causing no major damage

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked eighth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 154 at 9:10 am this morning

Kalij pheasants spotted roaming the grounds at Chittagong University recently. These hen-sized birds can be found in forests and thickets in the Himalayan foothills, from Nepal and Pakistan to Western Thailand

When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly what to do, having experienced a similar temblor six years before

More than half the habitable land on earth was once covered in lush forest. Humans have been chopping away at it for 10,000 years, but deforestation has accelerated dramatically in the past century

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday said that operations will be conducted soon against the resort and other establishments illegally established by occupying forest land in Gazipur

Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people today, injuring more than 800, while 50 went missing en route to a national park, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to bring others to safety

A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping Dhaka, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and it may spread, the Met office said today

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) today lowered the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by Tk 3.34 per kg, setting the new rate at Tk 120.18 per kg

Police in Bandarban rescued two endangered bear cubs from Alikadam upazila and arrested a wildlife smuggler in the process

The High Court today ordered the government to stop cutting hills at Sajek in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today requested Russia's state-run atomic agency Rosatom to consider building a second nuclear power plant in Rooppur

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today directed the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to strengthen research and discover the new sources of energy

Mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over four divisions, including Dhaka, and it may continue and spread in the next 24 hours starting from 9:00am today