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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
Meghna tanker capsize: oil spillage can pose a threat to marine life
Experts and officials of the Department of Environment and Fisheries suspect there may be an extensive damage to the biodiversity and aquatic life, including the hilsa, following the oil split from the submerged tanker in the Meghna river.
26 December 2022, 08:51 AM
Foggy weather to persist: Met office
A light to thick blanket of fog is likely to envelop large parts of Bangladesh in the next 24 hours, starting this morning.
25 December 2022, 07:51 AM
Dhaka air ‘hazardous’, most polluted in the world on Christmas morning
Dhaka has topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality on Christmas morning.
25 December 2022, 04:57 AM
Malaysia campsite landslide search ends with 31 dead
Rescuers have called off the search for bodies after a massive, predawn landslide blanketed a campsite north of Malaysia's capital killing 31 people, officials said on Saturday.
24 December 2022, 12:36 PM
Brace for foggy weather: Met office
A light to thick blanket of fog is likely to envelope large parts of Bangladesh for up to 12 hours from midnight.
23 December 2022, 07:58 AM
Dhaka tops list of cities with most polluted air
Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality.
22 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Counting Tiger, Deer: 1,330 cameras to be installed in Sundarbans
Bangladesh Forest Department will set up 1,330 cameras at 665 spots in the Sundarbans to count tigers, deer and pigs from January 1, 2023.
21 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Putting everything at risk to build a park
Houses, roads, shops, bridges and culverts near Atrai river in Natore’s Singra upazila are at risk of being ruined, all because the local UP chairman has reportedly been lifting sand from the riverside for a hi-tech park that is being constructed in the upazila.
21 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Magnitude 6.4 quake leaves 2 dead in northern California
A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before dawn on Tuesday, damaging homes, roads and water systems and leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity.
21 December 2022, 03:06 AM
Energy security will be ensured by addressing all challenges: Nasrul
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said energy security will be ensured by facing all challenges through honesty, integrity and dedication.
20 December 2022, 14:54 PM
Rampal Power Plant: First unit ready to start commercial production
One of the two units of the coal-fired Rampal Power Plant has started supplying electricity to the national grid on a trial basis.
19 December 2022, 08:54 AM
EU strikes deal to boost carbon market
European Union negotiators reached a political deal on Sunday to overhaul the bloc's carbon market, cutting planet-heating emissions faster and imposing new CO2 costs on fuels used in road transport and buildings from 2027.
18 December 2022, 11:41 AM
Be prepared to pay actual cost of electricity generation: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has fulfilled its commitment to provide electricity connection to every house.
18 December 2022, 10:53 AM
Coal consumption may rise in Bangladesh this year
Although the coal consumption declined in Bangladesh last year, it is expected to increase sharply this year, the International Energy Agency said yesterday.
17 December 2022, 05:58 AM
Curbing deadly air pollution: 4 nations draw up roadmap
Four South Asian countries -- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan -- have agreed to drastically bring down the annual average of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 in the countries’ air to 35 microgrammes per cubic metre by 2030.
17 December 2022, 01:00 AM
Locals beat up leopard cub
Locals have beaten and broken the left leg of an endangered leopard cub, which ventured into the locality in Rahisal village of Habiganj’s Lakhai upazila, after losing its habitat.
16 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Payra, Rampal power plants now linked to Dhaka
Aminbazar in Dhaka to Gopalganj 400KV double circuit line, considered one of the major power transmission lines in the country, is ready to transmit electricity.
16 December 2022, 01:00 AM
Tiger census begins in Sundarbans
The government yesterday started the much-awaited tiger census in the Sundarbans under the “Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project”.
15 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Tiger census begins in the Sundarbans
Tiger census by using camera trapping method and by surveying creeks and rivers began in Sundarbans today under the 'Sundarban Tiger Conservation Project'.
15 December 2022, 15:34 PM
Payra, Rampal power plants now connected to Dhaka
Aminbazar to Gopalganj 400KV double circuit line, which is considered one of the major power transmission lines in the country, is now ready to transmit electricity..This essentially means the line is almost ready to transmit electricity from Payra Thermal Power Plant and the Rampal Power
15 December 2022, 14:52 PM