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
5 dead, 40 missing in Yemen's Socotra after cyclone
Five people are killed and at least 40 missing on the Yemeni island of Socotra as Cyclone Mekunu pummelled the area before making its way to the Arabian Peninsula's southern coast.
26 May 2018, 04:48 AM
Unusual summer this year
Summers in Bangladesh are usually unforgiving as the mercury keeps on rising throughout the season, but not this time. This year, the summer is unusual, with relentless rains and thunderstorms dominating most part of the season from March to April.
24 May 2018, 04:28 AM
Volcanic activity pauses at Hawaii crater but more eruptions expected
Volcanic activity from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano pauses on Tuesday, authorities says, while warning that more outbreaks should be anticipated.
9 May 2018, 06:34 AM
Fresh quakes hit Hawaii after Kilauea volcano erupts
A series of fresh earthquakes, including a powerful magnitude 6.9, hit Hawaii's Big Island, where the Kilauea volcano has been spewing fountains of lava into residential areas and forcing hundreds to evacuate.
5 May 2018, 04:44 AM
No harmful element found in Passur water at Harbaria point: DoE
A government scientist says that no harmful element has been found in the waters of Passur river at Harbaria point where a coal-laden vessel sank in the Sundarbans last Sunday.
18 April 2018, 05:42 AM
Bowhead whales not only singers, but avid composers too
How do bowhead whales in the unbroken darkness of the Arctic's polar winter keep busy during breeding season?
4 April 2018, 10:25 AM
Scientists to publish first-ever land health report
Scientists will publish the first-ever analysis of the global state of land and its ability to sustain a fast-growing human population that relies on it for 95 percent of all food.
26 March 2018, 06:42 AM
Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, dies aged 45
Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, dies in Kenya at the age of 45, after becoming a symbol of efforts to save his subspecies from extinction, a fate that only science can now prevent.
20 March 2018, 11:33 AM
Unlock new dynamic in renewable energy, President tells ISA
President Abdul Hamid says Bangladesh is ready to cooperate with all the International Solar Alliance (ISA) members countries in ensuring affordable, reliable, sustainable energy, and urged all to protect the environment for the benefit of the future generation.
11 March 2018, 07:26 AM
Malaysia elephant sanctuary trumpets effort to cut human-animal conflict
A herd of elephants tramp through jungle before lumbering into a river under the watchful gaze of their keepers, training at a Malaysian sanctuary for their vital work in reducing human-animal conflict.
26 February 2018, 06:52 AM
Inaction kills Dumni canal
Years of public outcries, pledges of administration and the High Court's order had failed to save the natural canal Dumni Khal in the capital's outskirts.
25 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Solving salinity
Water: the stuff of life. A reliable supply of fresh drinking water is one of the most fundamental requirements of any human society. In south-western Bangladesh high salinity in drinking water is a widespread and catastrophic problem that adversely affects human health.
22 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Factory waste pollutes Halda
The Halda River, which meanders through south east Bangladesh, is famous for being perhaps the only place in Southeast Asia where the pure Indian carp naturally occurs.
19 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Sundarbans Day being observed
Marking the Sundarbans Day, green activists under the banner of The National Committee to Protect the Sundarbans today urged the government to abort projects that harm the largest mangrove forest in the world.
14 February 2018, 06:59 AM
Protecting children from climate change
In the United States, the 21 young people who are plaintiffs in the case Juliana vs United States will soon make their case against the government for failing to take action against climate change.
9 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh 2nd worst country in curbing pollution
Bangladesh is the second worst country in curbing environmental pollution, an Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranking report says.
25 January 2018, 05:44 AM
China's waste import ban upends global recycling industry
For years China was the world's top destination for recyclable trash, but a ban on certain imports has left nations scrambling to find new dumping grounds for growing piles of garbage.
21 January 2018, 06:55 AM
Wolf found in Belgium, first time in over 100yrs
A wild wolf has been found in the northern Belgian region of Flanders for the first time in more than a century, an environmental group says.
14 January 2018, 08:28 AM
Alpine air at work? Delhi eyes novel ways to battle smog
Political apathy over the poisonous smog choking India's capital has led many like businessman Kamal Meattle to take matters into their own hands, with an office building he says pumps air as fresh as from the Swiss Alps.
9 January 2018, 10:55 AM
Bacteria makes blue jeans green
They can be tight, flared, ripped at the knee. Jeans come in all styles and colours these days, but one hue will always be synonymous with the world's favourite garment: indigo blue.
9 January 2018, 07:53 AM