Tobacco cultivation expands in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat amid profit lure
9 November 2025, 13:58 PM
World Habitat Day: Habitats not just for humanity, but for life
4 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Providing permanent support to the people of Tanguar Haor
16 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Solving the climate change problem
28 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Desertification And Drought Day: The threat of parched land
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Conservation delayed is conservation missed
1 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Why should you care about the air you breathe?
22 March 2020, 18:00 PM
A breath of not so fresh air
20 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Save the environment, not posters
24 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Why count birds?
13 January 2020, 18:00 PM
We are on the verge of welcoming another world
Perhaps, the Pakicetus had metamorphosed into Ambulocetus and then into whales only to be plucked out of their kingdom of waters centuries later.
24 May 2019, 18:00 PM
How to save lives, before it’s too late
Many of us today interpret economic development to mean installation of a metro rail system, grand openings of franchise fast-food chains, a steadfast rise of GDP rates, and all such vantage points of corporate success.
22 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Urgent action vital to stop nature’s destruction and climate change
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ report on the global state of biodiversity is shocking but not entirely surprising. The question is, how much more evidence and repeated warnings will it take for governments, companies and financial institutions to wake up to the urgency and act?
17 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Reducing the environmental impact of RMG industry
On April 22, people in countries across the world took part in a global day of political and civic action for World Earth Day, an annual event dedicated to environmental protection, first celebrated in 1970.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Striking a balance between development and environment
Just as a country’s development cannot be sustainable without a properly functioning democracy, development without environmental protection is also bound to fail. While Bangladesh is advancing with its various development projects at a fast pace...
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Neither necessary nor sufficient
On the surface—from the philosophical (life and death) to physical (rainfall and flood)—these appear to be simple questions with causal connections.
2 May 2019, 18:00 PM
We live, if our forests live
Different organisa-tions working with forests and the environment have come up with different estimates of Bangladesh's total forest coverage. While the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change estimates that Bangladesh currently has 17 percent forestland,
18 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Early flash floods in the haor region: A new normal?
A flash flood in early April of 2017 devastated the boro crops in six haor districts that were worth Tk 13,000 crore (Kaler Kantha, July
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Raising our children amidst poisonous air
This is no city to raise your children in,” a friend was telling me the other day. “Either you leave the country or leave the city and go somewhere where your kids don't have to breathe poison.”
5 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Reducing carbon footprint in the RMG sector
Sustainabi-lity in the Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) industry is a subject that is never far from people's minds and occupies conversations with customers and industry partners.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Will Bengal tigers really disappear from the Sundarbans?
We recently published an article titled “Combined effects of climate change and sea-level rise project dramatic habitat loss of the
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Who will pull us out of the climate change conundrum?
Every year since 1995, our leaders or their representatives met at the so-called Conference of Parties, debating climate change, global warming in particular.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Make cities greener, healthier and happier places to live in
Against the backdrop of the ever-increasing rate of deforestation and encroachment in almost every country in the world including Bangladesh, every year since 2012, March 21 has been celebrated as International Day of Forests.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Legislate Clean Air Act before it's too late!
Few months ago, Delhi had been declared as the most polluted city in the world. For most of us who breathed a sigh of relief, the breathing just got heavier.
15 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Dhaka's toxic air: A major public health concern
The electronic and press media in Bangladesh has recently been highlighting the findings of the 2018 World Air Quality Report published by Greenpeace and AirVisual. As per this report, Bangladesh has the most polluted air in the world, and Dhaka is the second most polluted capital city.
10 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Haor development: From trade-offs to eco-friendly solutions
The ecosystem of the haors and wetlands in the northeast region of Bangladesh—including the districts of Sunamganj, Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Netrokona, Kishoreganj
10 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Welcome to the age of climate change
Our planet is under tremendous stress. During the last week of January, major cities in the US Midwest and Northeast were colder than some regions in Antarctica.
9 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Conserving wetlands to tackle climate change
Every year on February 2, nations have been celebrating the World Wetlands Day since 1997. But unfortunately, despite national and international efforts, wetlands are still treated as revenue-generating machines or wastelands in many countries including Bangladesh.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Conserve haor to combat climate change impacts
Each year, the second day of February is commemorated worldwide as the World Wetlands Day, marking the day when the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was adopted by UN member-states in 1971,
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Toxic air is harming our children with every breath that they take
We need to see cleaner, renewable sources of energy and we need better waste management to prevent open burning of harmful chemicals...We cannot let children breath toxic air. Speaking up for one's children is a first step.
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM