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
Rich nations should pay the poorest at least $60b a year: Environment groups
Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world’s poorest nations to combat biodiversity loss, an alliance of environment groups said on Tuesday.
2 March 2022, 09:22 AM
Brick kiln in elephant sanctuary finally shut down after a decade
Department of Environment (DoE) today shut down a brick kiln -- built a decade ago, in an elephant sanctuary -- in Fasiakhali union of Chakaria upazila under Cox’s Bazar.
1 March 2022, 11:43 AM
64 illegal brick kilns shut in 3 CHT districts
Local administrations have shut down operations of a total 64 illegal brick kilns in the areas of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) in compliance with a High Court directive to curb pollution and to save the environment.
23 February 2022, 12:03 PM
Forest robbers destroy 5,000 trees
A gang has been mindlessly lifting earth from a reserve forest in Gangamati area adjacent to Kuakata sea beach in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Illegal structures under boundary of canals will be evicted: LGRD Minister
All the illegal structures which will fall under the boundary of canals in Dhaka city will be evicted, said Local Government Rural Development Minister Tazul Islam today.
16 February 2022, 12:57 PM
Sundarbans Day: Activists apologise to largest mangrove forest
To stop criminal acts of deforestation and raise awareness on the Sundarbans, a mass apology was offered to the largest mangrove forest.
14 February 2022, 06:58 AM
India plans to implement zero diesel use in its agro sector by 2024
India is hoping to cut diesel use by farms to zero and migrate the agriculture sector to renewable energy as early as 2024, the country's power ministry said on Friday, as a part of its broader plan to transition to cleaner energy sources.
11 February 2022, 13:42 PM
Once there were hills
Once, Rupaichhara government hills in Habiganj used to be around 500 feet high. Due to sand extraction and tree felling, they now stand on the verge of extinction.
10 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Legal notice served to stop sand extraction in Cox’s Bazar
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and Youth Environment Society (YES) today served legal notice to the authorities concerned to take steps to stop extraction of sand in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar.
6 February 2022, 06:22 AM
Achilles’ Hills: Rampant hill cutting puts 200 families in Moulvibazar under risk of landslide
Even though everything came to a halt during the pandemic, hill cutting didn’t.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
DoE fines Tk 55 lakh to 11 brick kilns in Narayanganj
The Department of Environment in Narayanganj today fined 11 brick kilns Tk 55 lakh for operating without any clearance certificate and valid documents.
2 February 2022, 15:53 PM
Masks pandemic: Huge amount of healthcare waste generated while fighting Covid, WHO says
The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves, “moon suits” and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide.
1 February 2022, 16:32 PM
Lightning bolt stretching 477 miles over 3 US states breaks world record
A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three US states is the new world record holder for longest flash.
1 February 2022, 05:22 AM
DoE fines chemicals industry, 2 others in Ctg
The Department of Environment (DoE) today fined Ananda Chemicals Industries in Chattogram for keeping their effluent treatment plant (ETP) shut.
30 January 2022, 14:53 PM
CRB may never be the same
While going for a morning walk in port city’s Central Railway Building (CRB) area on Thursday, Abdul Aziz, a resident of Kazir Dewri, was taken aback after seeing a notice that read “This road has been closed permanently for public use; kindly use an alternative road”.
25 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Shut illegal brick kilns in CHT in a week: HC
The High Court today directed the government to shut down illegal brick kilns, which are running without licences in Khagrachhari, Bandarban, and Rangamati, in seven days to curb pollution and to save the environment.
25 January 2022, 13:20 PM
Native Americans reclaim ancient redwood forest in California
The descendants of Native American tribes on the Northern California coast are reclaiming a bit of their heritage that includes ancient redwoods that have stood since their ancestors walked the land.
25 January 2022, 12:25 PM
Celebrating the country’s rivers
A cultural show on the country’s rivers was held at Mymensingh Zila Shilpakala Academy auditorium on Sunday evening.
24 January 2022, 18:00 PM
DiCaprio congratulates Bangladesh on ‘marine protected area’ around St Martin's Island
Academy Award winning Hollywood actor and an outspoken climate activist Leonardo DiCaprio has extended congratulations to the government of Bangladesh on the recently established “marine protected area” around Saint Martin's Island.
22 January 2022, 06:42 AM
Almost Gone
Taltala canal, once a two kilometre-long vital waterbody flowing through Khulna city, is approaching extinction due to indiscriminate garbage dumping.
19 January 2022, 18:00 PM