Remote communities are not receiving the compensation they are entitled to from schemes designed to conserve tropical forests, a study suggests.

The mild cold wave that started sweeping over parts of the country after a sudden temperature dip yesterday would

With cold waves blowing over Chittagong for the last few days, cold-related diseases including bronchiolitis,

Pakistan's supreme court lifts a ban on the hunting of a rare bird, the Houbara bustard.

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.

Bangladesh has been experiencing comparatively warmer winter for the last five years, including this season, according to Bangladesh

The national taskforce on rivers will demarcate the boundaries of the rivers in Chittagong to protect them against encroachment and

Thick fog and cold spell partially paralysed life in Chittagong and its adjacent areas with massive disruption of air, water and road communications causing untold sufferings to thousands of people.

She was sitting next to a clay oven to keep herself warm in the cold evening. Alone in the house, the elderly woman did not find out soon

Temperatures at the North Pole rises above freezing point, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.

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.

The transboundary haze crisis of 2015, which affected millions across Southeast Asia, will go down as one of the worst in recent history - surpassing the 1997 and 2013 crises.

Despite some misgivings, there is a recognition in India, as elsewhere in the developing world, that compromise was inevitable to get the Paris deal.

James Hansen, the former Nasa scientist, considered the father of global awareness of climate change, says the Paris climate talks is 'a fraud'.

It's clear at this point that even if the international climate accord being negotiated in suburban Paris becomes legally binding, it won't include punitive measures like trade sanctions or embargoes on straggler countries that fail to meet their commitments.

Environmentalists say the UK government is talking impressively on climate change to its international audience, but down-grading energy policy at home.

Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.

India will urge rich nations to deliver "climate justice" for developing countries at a major environmental conference in Paris later this month, the environment minister of the country says in an interview with AFP.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the government to halt the execution of death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Pollution of underground water affecting tube-wells at Munshipara of Saidpur municipality under the district poses serious health