5 students awarded in 'Waste Management Olympiad' in Narayanganj
22 October 2025, 11:43 AM
Over 2.7 lakh deaths linked to air pollution in 2023
22 October 2025, 00:00 AM
Dhaka air turns unhealthy even before dry season
21 October 2025, 18:07 PM
Baridhara residents protest garbage facility near church and school
21 October 2025, 14:47 PM
Kurigram canal freed from grabbing
20 October 2025, 19:02 PM
Declared extinct, freshwater crocodile in Padma photographed by birdwatching couple
20 October 2025, 19:01 PM
Climate debt storm threatens financial stability
18 October 2025, 22:00 PM
Low pressure likely to form over Bay on October 24
18 October 2025, 21:04 PM
Low pressure likely to form over Bay of Bengal on Oct 24: BMD
18 October 2025, 05:16 AM
Eliminating polythene key solution to waterlogging
17 October 2025, 22:52 PM
Initiatives taken to make vulnerable island, char dwellers climate-resilient: Saber
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said initiatives have been taken to increase the climate-change resilience of people living in coastal islands and riverine chars
27 March 2024, 14:45 PM
World Water Day: Public hearing held to protect Banshi, Turag
Due to unplanned industrialisation and urbanisation, encroachment, filling, the capital's Banshi and Turag rivers have shrunk
23 March 2024, 15:40 PM
Forests should be harmed for building Infrastructure: Saber
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said the country’s forests should not be destroyed for the construction of roads or any other infrastructures
21 March 2024, 14:11 PM
Methane: A powerful gas heating the planet
Methane -- which is potent but relatively short-lived -- is a key target for countries wanting to slash emissions quickly and slow climate change.
18 March 2024, 08:17 AM
DNCC auctions off 10-storey building for Tk 60,000
The DNCC today auctioned off an illegal 10-storey building constructed on the land of Ramchandrapur canal for Tk 60,000
17 March 2024, 15:33 PM
Govt wants to convert country's waste into resources: Saber Hossain
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said that the government is working to convert the country's waste into resources
14 March 2024, 13:57 PM
Hill vanishes due to legal loopholes
A hill in Chattogram’s Ashkar Dighir Par area is counting its last days, and will soon be completely leveled to make way for three multi-storey buildings.
8 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Nature Quest: A 'tail' of wonder
A green-billed malkoha perched contently among the stems and twigs of a tree in Habiganj’s Satchari National Park
8 March 2024, 05:32 AM
Ex-UP member fined for cutting hillock, selling soil to brick kilns
A mobile court in Gazipur's Kapasia upazila fined a former union parishad member for selling soil to brick kilns after cutting a hillock in Barabo village of Barishab union today
3 March 2024, 16:10 PM
Engagement of private sectors necessary in climate finance: Saber
Involvement of private sectors is crucial in climate finance, Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said today
1 March 2024, 15:49 PM
Fund allocated for combating climate change not sufficient: Saber
The minister says UN has pledged funding for climate actions in Bangladesh
26 February 2024, 14:42 PM
Govt to promote block bricks with incentives: Saber
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said that the government would introduce incentive packages to promote the production of environmentally-friendly block bricks
24 February 2024, 10:39 AM
Breath of (not so) fresh air!
Covering his nose, a man hurries away from a gust of dust on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar’s Amin Bazar area yesterday. Dust from road-digging as well as unplanned and uncoordinated construction works continue to plague this stretch of the road, posing health risk to commuters.
18 February 2024, 18:00 PM
12 city corporations: 17,000-tonne waste generated daily
LGRD minister tells JS
18 February 2024, 14:41 PM
Human chain protest plastic pollution at Kuakata beach
To raise awareness on and combat plastic pollution, Nazrul Smriti Sangsad formed a human chain at Kuakata sea beach in Patuakhali this afternoon
15 February 2024, 14:39 PM
Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city
Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai capital on Thursday
15 February 2024, 05:02 AM
120km Dhaka canals lost to urban greed
Dhaka city has lost a combined length of 120km or 307 hectares of canals, which could have been waterways and vital drainage, thanks to encroachment, unplanned urbanisation and lack of maintenance by the authorities in the last 80 years.
10 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Making furniture from rubber wood
Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, under the guidance of Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC), has initiated the manufacturing of furniture from rubber wood in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila.
9 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Protect Chunati sanctuary
The government must protect Chunati, a sanctuary for wild animals in Chattogram, taking integrated short, mid and long-term plans along with proper implementation, demanded Dhoritri Rokhhay Amra (DHORA) yesterday.
9 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Brains of the sea
A Lobophyllia corymbosa, or brain root coral, was recently spotted around 10ft under the surface of the Bay of Bengal on Saint Martin's Island
9 February 2024, 03:50 AM