ecology

World Wildlife Day: Conversations with conservationists

Bangladesh supports nearly 1.7 percent of the world's wildlife. How is that wildlife doing? Why does the chirping of birds no longer wake us? When was the last time a frog just showed up in our bathrooms?
2 March 2023, 04:01 AM

Implement development projects keeping adequate green area: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 25, 2022) directed the authorities concerned to take high care of environment and ecology while taking up any development project.
25 May 2022, 15:09 PM

HC moved to protect Gulshan lakes

The High Court has ordered the government to report on the steps taken for sewerage and waste management of two lakes in Dhaka’s Gulshan area within a month.
17 February 2016, 05:35 AM

Sneezing monkey, 'walking' fish found in Himalayas

A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a "walking" fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the ecologically fragile eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to conservation group WWF.
7 October 2015, 03:12 AM

Python on sale rescued in Rangamati

Around 11-foot python is rescued from being on sale and handed over to forest authorities in Boragram area of Rangamati.
1 June 2015, 09:50 AM

Millions at risk from rapid sea rise in swampy Sundarbans

The tiny hut at the edge of the sea is barely large enough for Bokul Mondol and his family. The water took everything else from them, and one day it may take this, too.
18 February 2015, 15:30 PM