Sudden erosion by the Padma river has devoured fresh areas in Ishwardi upazila in the last few weeks, much to the worries of the local people.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rain or thundershowers in many parts of the country in the next 24 hours, a forecast is attributed to the deep depression over the west-central Bay of Bengal.

The United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow did not meet all expectations; it, however, met many long-standing demands of Bangladesh, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin today.

Vast tracts of fertile arable land in the villages of the Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dharla, Dudhkumar and Gangadhar river basin areas in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat have been covered with sand carried by floodwater.

At least two people died and tens of thousands were left without power as Storm Arwen brought strong winds across many parts of the United Kingdom, with gusts of up to 100 miles per hour (160 kph).

Another earthquake has been felt in Chattogram this afternoon, a day after a strong earthquake jolted Dhaka, Chattogram and some other cities yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought investment from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) partners in Bangladesh's long-term climate projects such as Delta Plan.

A four-storey building has tilted slightly and leaned onto another building in the port city of Chattogram following the earthquake this morning.

A strong earthquake jolted Dhaka, Chattogram and some other cities this morning.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said although Bangladesh is affected by the adverse impacts of climate change, it can act as a role model before the world in addressing climate change.

With decreasing water level in the Padma river, erosion has taken a serious turn at two villages under Decrirchar union in Sadar upazila, devouring fresh areas including a large portion of an important village road and vast arable land.

UN climate change summit host Boris Johnson, on Sunday hailed a last-ditch agreement to tackle global warming but said he was disappointed it did not go further on tackling use of high-polluting coal.

Nearly 200 nations came together late Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises. 

Almost 200 nations were poised Saturday to adopt a compromise on how to curb climate change and to keep a key global warming target alive after 15 days of contentious climate talks.

Negotiators yesterday shuttled between delegations at the UN climate talks in Scotland, seeking a deal to give the world a fighting chance of avoiding the worst effects of global warming, as the British host told them they had just hours left.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday appealed to richer countries to place more “cash on the table” to secure a climate breakthrough as the COP26 meeting in Glasgow slipped into overtime.

A surprise deal between China and the United States, the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, has boosted the COP26 UN climate summit as it enters the last day of hard bargaining to try to stop global warming becoming catastrophic.

More than 200 scientists told the COP26 summit yesterday to take immediate action to halt global warming, warning in an open letter that some climate change impacts were “irreversible” for generations.

The United States and China, the world's two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, unveiled a deal to ramp up cooperation tackling climate change, including by cutting methane emissions, phasing out coal consumption and protecting forests.

Heavy rains on Sri Lanka's coast and in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu have killed at least 25 people, destroyed thousands of homes and snarled traffic, authorities said.