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
Massive whale washes ashore in Mumbai
Mumbai's coastline is more used to rubbish washing ashore than dead mammals, but on Friday residents woke to the sight of a nearly 40-foot-long whale on one of its most popular beaches.
30 January 2016, 07:03 AM
Ecuador to sell a third of its Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies
Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country’s 8.1 million hectares of the pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies.
30 January 2016, 06:53 AM
Climate compensation schemes 'failing to reach poorest'
Remote communities are not receiving the compensation they are entitled to from schemes designed to conserve tropical forests, a study suggests.
27 January 2016, 13:35 PM
Pakistan lifts Houbara bustard hunting ban
Pakistan's supreme court lifts a ban on the hunting of a rare bird, the Houbara bustard.
23 January 2016, 07:49 AM
Disappearance of Bolivia's No. 2 lake a harbinger
Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia's second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain.
22 January 2016, 08:41 AM
'2015 Earth's hottest by a wide margin'
Last year wasn't just the Earth's hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.
21 January 2016, 04:49 AM
Was 2015 hottest year on record? US to make big reveal
US government scientists are widely expected to announce Wednesday that 2015 was the planet's hottest year in modern times, amid mounting concerns over the pace of climate change worldwide.
20 January 2016, 05:24 AM
Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997: Study
The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a study released Monday shows.
19 January 2016, 05:03 AM
Temperature may dive to 8
Meteorologists anticipate that the temperature across the country might dive to below eight degree centigrade within next two or three days.
10 January 2016, 07:51 AM
NOAA says 2015 was US' second hottest year on record
Last year was the second hottest on record in the contiguous United States, and included 10 major weather and climate events, such as droughts and storms, that each led to over $1 billion in damages, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday.
8 January 2016, 06:59 AM
What you should do when an earthquake strikes
There are some key elements to keep in mind during earthquake for safety.
4 January 2016, 06:40 AM
Why did US govt suddenly ban a bunch of soaps and bodywashes?
United States President Barack Obama approved a bill on Monday banning soaps, toothpastes, and bodywashes that contain a harmful ingredient.
3 January 2016, 05:13 AM
El Nino weather 'could be as bad as 1998', says Nasa
The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record.
30 December 2015, 10:22 AM
Rare 'corpse flower' blooms in Australia
A 2m-tall flower, known for its pungent odour which has been likened to rotting flesh, has bloomed in Australia.
29 December 2015, 05:35 AM
Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth's rotation
The melting of glaciers caused by the world's rising temperatures appears to be causing a slight slowing of the Earth's rotation in another illustration of the far-reaching impact of global climate change, scientists say.
28 December 2015, 07:53 AM
James Hansen, father of climate change awareness, calls Paris talks 'a fraud'
James Hansen, the former Nasa scientist, considered the father of global awareness of climate change, says the Paris climate talks is 'a fraud'.
13 December 2015, 10:35 AM
COP21: Final push for climate deal amid 'optimism'
Negotiators at the Paris summit aim to wrap up a global agreement to curb climate change on Saturday - a day later than expected.
11 December 2015, 04:37 AM
COP21: Rows likely over new climate text
A critical "clean" draft text has been published at UN climate talks here in Paris after delays.
9 December 2015, 14:47 PM
Birth control ‘solution’ to climate
One of the Catholic Church's most senior prelates has said that birth control could "offer a solution" to the impacts of climate change.
9 December 2015, 05:07 AM
India will ‘cut coal for climate cash’
A senior Indian negotiator says his country will cut back its use of coal, if sufficient cash for renewables emerges from a Paris deal.
3 December 2015, 05:39 AM