Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan emphasised the need for implementing integrated planning to ensure eco-friendly tourism development and coastal area protection

The Philippines, with a population of 120 million, generates some 1.7 million metric tons of post-consumer plastic waste a year, according to the World Bank.

The High Court today stayed a lease agreement for allocating 8001 acres of forest land and 2,712 acres of ecologically critical area (ECA) at Sonadia island in Cox’s Bazar

Since appearing in the 19th century, plastic has undergone many reinventions.

The Australian Institute of Marine Science said surveys of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer of mass bleaching, two cyclones, and flooding.

At least nine dump trucks have been seized for illegally extracting soil in Gazipur's Kapasia

The four-page notice, signed by BELA lawyer S Hasanul Banna and sent yesterday via postal mail, was addressed to: secretaries to the ministries of water resources, land, environment and climate change,

As far as the eye can see, food stalls crowd every nook and corner, offering everything from “bhaja puras” to Chinese dishes. Tea vendors jostle for space alongside hawkers selling women’s ornaments at bargain prices.

Developing countries that are least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions want an annual commitment of US$1.3 trillion

Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan today announced the completion of a red list featuring 1,000 plant species.

The government has formed an 11-member working group headed by an additional deputy commissioner (revenue) to restore the flow of canals in Dhaka and reclaim them by tackling encroachment and pollution

Bangladesh and Japan have a lot in common in terms of the number of natural disasters they have to fight, said Mari Miura, senior representative (social development) at Japan International Cooperation Agency, at a discussion on November 6

The arachnids -- feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails -- are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming temperatures.

Canals and rivers are national assets and no one has the right to grab and pollute those, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan yesterday.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change along with the Department of Environment conducted a monitoring drive yesterday morning in an effort to curb the use of banned polythene shopping bags.

The Philippines, with a population of 120 million, generates some 1.7 million metric tons of post-consumer plastic waste a year, according to the World Bank.

The High Court today issued a rule questioning the legality of a law that has empowered the authorities concerned to fill Karnaphuli river in Chattogram

She warned of potential actions against the manufacturers of this banned product

1,352 Gangetic river dolphins, living in 636 pods, could be found in the rivers and waterbodies around the country

Chattogram district administration officials today removed at least 30 illegal structures built on the Kalirchara canal and hills in the port city’s Akbar Shah area amid protests