PM's Financial Times article advocates a 'cleaner, greener, safer world'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said climate change, pandemic and the destruction of nature are common threats and these should unite all in working towards a common solution -- a cleaner, greener and safer world.
29 September 2020, 07:26 AM

Sri Lanka returns 21 containers of illegal waste to Britain

Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain 21 container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.
27 September 2020, 16:13 PM

UN roundtable on climate: PM places 5-point recommendation to protect planet

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today placed a five-point recommendation to protect the planet and save people from the adversities of the climate changes.
24 September 2020, 18:27 PM

Once operational, coal powerplants in Ctg division could kill 30,000 in 30 years: study

Pollution from ten under-construction coal-based powerplants in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar could result in 30,000 deaths in 30 years once they go into operation, according to new research findings released today.
22 September 2020, 13:03 PM

Sylhet Ratargul watchtower ‘risky’, closed to tourists

The watchtower overlooking the Ratargul Swamp Forest in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet was closed to tourists from today, after it was declared to be “risky”.
20 September 2020, 09:06 AM

Hydroponics grass could be the answer to Kurigram’s fodder crisis

At least twenty women from Kurigram’s Sadar, Ulipur, Chilmari and Rajarhat upazilas have been using hydroponics method to grow grass for the last month. Many farmers are also crowding around to see this way of growing grass without soil or land.
11 September 2020, 16:14 PM

3 dead as wildfire explodes in Northern California

Three people died in a wind-whipped Northern California wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes while carving a 25-mile path of destruction through mountainous terrain and parched foothills, authorities say.
10 September 2020, 05:25 AM

5 contracting agencies fined Tk 25 lakh for razing hills at Chakaria

Five contracting agencies, who were working under Max JV Company Limited, were fined a total of Tk 25 lakh for razing a huge swaths of hills inside a forest at Chakaria of Cox's Bazar today.
9 September 2020, 14:11 PM

Increase contributions to combat climate change: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the South Asian Regional Office of Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) in Bangladesh urging all countries to increase their “determined contributions” to combat the climate change menace and execute the 2015 Paris Agreement.
8 September 2020, 12:53 PM

PM to open regional Global Centre on Adaptation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Bangladesh regional office of the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) for South Asia on Tuesday.
7 September 2020, 09:13 AM

Dhaka canals should be under authority of DSCC, DNCC: state minister for industries suggests

State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder today suggested digging canals in Dhaka city alongside constructing walkways, green fences on both sides and handing over their authority to the two city corporations through a memorandum of understanding.
6 September 2020, 15:17 PM

Bengal loach returns to Hakaluki Haor after nearly a decade

Exactly when the world went into a complete standstill due to the coronavirus outbreak, it was also time for Bengal loach or Rani fish to breed. Good weather and total absence of people from the haors due to a shutdown resulted in their return.
30 August 2020, 15:35 PM

DoE fines Water Development Board Tk 10.6 lakh for damaging river

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram region fined the Water Development Board for damaging Bakkhali River in Cox's Bazar through the unplanned lifting of sand from the river.
25 August 2020, 13:05 PM

RMCH, adjacent areas turn into shelter for birds

Rajshahi Medical College campus and areas around the hospital premises have turned into a haven for birds, with hundreds of Asian openbill (locally known as shamukkhol), night heron, and cormorants nesting and breeding there.
22 August 2020, 13:35 PM

Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surge in July, worst in recent days

The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data shows, as some environmentalists have warned a jump could signal a repeat of last year’s surging destruction of the world’s largest rainforest.
1 August 2020, 19:00 PM

Bonayan hands over 2,000 saplings to Rab

Bonayan, the largest private afforestation program in Bangladesh, and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) are collaborating for a tree plantation program to celebrate "Mujib Borsho" -- the birth centennial of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- and 40 years of Bonayan, which began in 1980.
15 July 2020, 13:31 PM

Waste washed ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach: clean-up begins Wednesday

Cox’s Bazar district administration has formed a five-member committee to look into how waste washed ashore and got scattered along the Cox’s Bazar beach.
13 July 2020, 14:43 PM

Thousands in search of relief, drinking water as flood worsens in Gaibandha, Bogura

Thousands of people in flood-affected areas of Bogura and Gaibandha districts are in search of safe shelter, a source of fresh drinking water, sanitation facilities and relief goods but to no avail. The condition continues to deteriorate as the waters of Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Ghagot rivers is rising steadily.
29 June 2020, 15:28 PM

BELA awarded 2020 Tang Prize in ‘rule of law’

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) has received the 2020 Tang Prize in ‘Rule of Law’ for its “efforts in furthering the rule of law and its institutions through education and advocacy”.
21 June 2020, 09:04 AM

Cyclone Amphan brings five new sea birds to Bangladesh

At least five new birds were seen for the first time in Bangladesh between May 21 and 22 this year.
19 June 2020, 12:35 PM