Rain, floods damaged crops worth Tk 478cr
8 hour(s) ago
Climate crisis
Hilsa fishers face empty nets as peak season yields little catch
26 July 2026, 20:34 PM
Natural resources
Rare slow loris critically injured by electrocution in Moulvibazar
26 July 2026, 12:37 PM
Wildlife
Strong winds and rain lash China after Typhoon Noul makes landfall
26 July 2026, 08:53 AM
China
BAPA makes 7 proposals to solve Dhaka’s waterlogging crisis
25 July 2026, 19:48 PM
Environment
No timeline for restoring gas supply from faulty FSRU: Petrobangla
25 July 2026, 19:29 PM
Energy
Endangered capped leaf monkey killed in road accident in Lawachhara
25 July 2026, 13:29 PM
Wild Life
Fishing cat mistaken for tiger sparks panic in Gazipur village
25 July 2026, 13:25 PM
Wild Life
Is Rooppur ready to operate at full-capacity?
25 July 2026, 12:18 PM
Energy
Ramgarh-Sitakunda reserve forest: An endless cycle of sand mining
25 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Sundarbans & Forest
IDCOL to finance 300MW solar projects by 2025
Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has set a target to finance rooftop solar power system projects of a total generation capacity of 300 megawatts by 2025 in line with a government vision, said IDCOL Executive Director Alamgir Morshed recently.
10 March 2023, 04:00 AM
Shipbreaking yards: Where safety takes a back seat
Another accident occurred at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila yesterday, claiming one life. But such accidents, and the injuries and deaths that accompany them, are nothing new there.
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Climate change causing rights violation
Due to climate change, women in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh have been facing several violations of their gender rights, according to a study.
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Adani supplies power to national grid on trial basis
Adani Power has started power supply on an experimental basis to the national grid this evening
9 March 2023, 15:18 PM
Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: study
Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said Wednesday, raising fears that increasing forest fires could delay the recovery of Earth's atmospheric protection against deadly UV radiation.
9 March 2023, 13:26 PM
Only Karachi's air worse than Dhaka's this morning
Pakistan's Karachi and India's Kolkata occupied the first and third spots in the list, with AQI scores of 188 and 184, respectively
9 March 2023, 05:21 AM
Plastic entering oceans could nearly triple by 2040 if left unchecked
.Plastics entering the world's oceans have surged by an "unprecedented" amount since 2005 and could nearly triple by 2040 if no further action is taken, according to research published on Wednesday..An estimated 171 trillion plastic particles were afloat in the oceans by 2019, accord
8 March 2023, 07:41 AM
Dr Zafrullah for repealing ‘anti-state’ power deal with Adani Group
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury today termed the government's power deal with India's Adani Group as "anti-state" and demanded its cancellation
5 March 2023, 16:12 PM
UN states sign 'historic' accord to protect high seas
UN member states finally agreed Saturday to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet
5 March 2023, 16:04 PM
Dhaka's air most polluted in the world for 4th consecutive day
China's Beijing, Pakistan's Lahore, and India's Mumbai occupied the second, third, and fourth spots in the list, with AQI scores of 214, 210, and 197, respectively
5 March 2023, 04:12 AM
At least 4 dead, thousands evacuated in Malaysia floods
Nearly 41,000 people from six states -- but mostly from Johor -- have been evacuated to schools and community centres where food, water and clothes were provided
4 March 2023, 07:05 AM
Dhaka's air most polluted in the world for 3rd consecutive day
India's Mumbai, China's Beijing and Thailand's Chiang Mai occupied the second, third and fourth spots in the list, with AQI scores of 203, 198 and 192, respectively
4 March 2023, 04:46 AM
Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1 billion in Syria: World Bank
The earthquake that struck on February 6 hit Turkey and Syria, devastating scores of cities and killing more than 50,000 people in both countries.
4 March 2023, 02:25 AM
‘Indigenous people most effective guardians of biodiversity’
One million species teeter on the brink of extinction, due to habitat destruction, fossil fuel pollution and the worsening climate crisis.
3 March 2023, 06:49 AM
Dhaka’s air most polluted in the world for 2nd consecutive day
An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered "unhealthy," 201 and 300 "very unhealthy," and 301 to 400 is considered "hazardous," posing serious health risks to residents.
3 March 2023, 04:25 AM
Environment Network calls for cancellation of Adani Power deal
The government signed the deal under conditions that hugely favour Adani Power at the cost of Bangladesh, says Bangladesh Environment Network
2 March 2023, 11:37 AM
LPG price for March Tk 1,422
The government has reduced the price of 12kg cylinder of LPG by Tk 76
2 March 2023, 10:59 AM
Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit new record in 2022
The rise in energy-related CO2 emissions, which account for more than three quarters of the total, remains on an unsustainable growth trajectory
2 March 2023, 06:24 AM
Dhaka air most polluted in the world this morning
Iraq's Baghdad and Myanmar's Yangon occupied the second and third places with AQI of 238 and 193 respectively
2 March 2023, 03:50 AM
Take action against single-use plastic
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has asked all government offices at the district level and coastal areas to take measures for stopping the use of single-use plastic.
1 March 2023, 18:00 PM