Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday said the Department of Environment has formulated a roadmap to build a country free of land degradation by updating the land use map and identifying the causes and indicators of degradation.

Despite widespread criticism of cutting trees in the name of development, at least 200 trees were chopped down in the last couple of weeks at Sylhet city’s Shahjalal Upashahar area.

Despite protests from environmentalists, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change today approved the feasibility study report for setting up a safari park in Lathitila forest in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.

A parliamentary body today recommended giving compensation to victims of pollution from the fines collected from those responsible.

The Nabinagar-Chandra highway is one of the busiest highways in the country. But with result of indiscriminate garbage dumping along Ashulia’s Palli Bidyut to Baroipara area, the area has become hazardous for both traffic movement, commuters, and locals.

Thirteen environmentalists, rights activists, and prominent citizens have issued a letter to Sylhet divisional commissioner, demanding the protection of ancestral and customary land of the Khasi people living in Daluchhara and Belkuma Khasia Punji -- located in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila -- from forced plantation projects.

Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram fined 13 people Tk 32.48 lakh for damaging hills at Panchlaish area of the port city today.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today fined 16 people Tk 32.3 lakh for damaging hills in the port city.

A sudden bout rainfall triggered traffic chaos in different parts of the capital. With vehicles stranded on roads for a long lime, it caused quite the sufferings to commuters.

Rivers across the country are becoming victims of influential and vested quarters’ greed, said National River Conservation Commission chairperson ASM Ali Kabir at a webinar yesterday.

Biomedical waste management systems will be established at Bangladesh hospitals to manage medical waste properly. Initially, a system will be set up in a hospital on pilot basis, which will act as a model for other hospitals.

Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Science University (CVASU) has built a dormitory in a protected forest -- which was leased out to them by the land ministry for building an institute for coastal biodiversity, marine fisheries and wildlife research, amid strong opposition from the forest department.

The High Court yesterday observed that the government can implement construction project in Suhrawardy Udyan, protecting the environment and historical elements.

A parliamentary body today strongly opposed the public administration ministry’s proposed plan to build a civil service academy on a 700-acre land at Cox's Bazar due to it being declared as reserved forest and ecologically critical area.

The High Court today observed that the government can implement construction project in Suhrawardy Udyan, protecting the environment and historical elements.

People from all strata of life, including writers, artists, cultural activists and lawyers, came together at Shahbagh to protest the government decision of building a hospital in the CRB area of the port city.

The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology (Ruet) suspended the activities of felling trees on the campus today.

Paribesh Andolon Oikya Parishad today held a human chain in front of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, protesting the felling of 50-year-old trees.

To make space for new administrative and academic buildings, authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology (Ruet) have felled around 50 trees recently, most of which are over half a century old.

The Forest Department, in a drive last night, detained 44 fishermen and seized four trawlers for unauthorised entry into the Sundarbans.