The vital United Nations climate talks, billed as one of the last chances to stave off climate breakdown, are taking place from November 6 to 18 in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh amid a multitude of competing crises, including the war in Ukraine, high inflation, food shortages and an energy crunch.

Sylhet Gas Fields Limited yesterday discovered gas reserves in an abandoned well in Sylhet’s Beanibazar.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to stop all operations of SAF Tannery, which is reportedly polluting the environment in Jashore, until it receives a clearance certificate from the Department of Environment (DoE).

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said Bangladesh wants to import petroleum from Saudi Arabia at a relatively lower price.

Fossil fuel lobbyists have flooded UN climate talks in Egypt, a report by watchdog groups said Thursday, as calls grow at the summit for a windfall tax on oil majors' bumper profits.

Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd has discovered fresh gas reserves at an abandoned well in Beanibazar.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin has said Bangladesh will urge the developed countries to give $100 billion to the countries affected by climate change, as promised by them, at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of The Parties, popularly called COP27.

The forest officials in Chattogram have demolished a road and four bridges inside a forest so that smugglers cannot steal timber from the area.

Money and justice are at the heart of the climate talks in Egypt this year. Low-income countries are calling on richer nations to help pay for a move to a fossil-free future, and for the damage caused by the global heating they have done so little to cause.

UN Women Bangladesh today (November 9, 2022) launched a storybook titled “From Where I Stand”, paying tribute to the exemplary efforts and leadership of women in tackling climate change-induced disasters from the ground.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has distracted world governments from efforts to combat climate change, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video message played at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Tuesday.

The High Court today (November 9, 2022) directed the district administration of Cox’s Bazar to take necessary measures to protect the “natural characters” of the sea beach and to stop further construction there.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal early Wednesday, killing at least six people and destroying multiple houses in the western district of Doti, close to populous towns, officials said.

Global sea level rise sped up dramatically at a doubled rate since 1993 due to climate change, according to a new report, as temperatures continue to rise posing “a major threat to many millions” of people living along coastal regions.

Austria will provide 50 million euros (dollars) to developing countries facing unavoidable damage and losses caused by climate change as it joins a small group of European nations to offer such funds, the country’s climate ministry told Reuters.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) today relaxed its rule to facilitate lending for establishment of coal-based power plants and buy the dirty fuel to generate electricity.

When it was announced that Coca-Cola would be a major sponsor of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, climate campaigners and activists quickly accused the company of greenwashing. 

Leaders from over 25 countries and 20 organisations on Monday launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance to accelerate action and help countries be better prepared for future droughts.

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned world leaders at a climate summit in Egypt on Monday that humanity faces a stark choice between working together or "collective suicide" in the battle against global warming.

The High Court today (November 7, 2022) directed the government to stop operations of all illegal brick kilns in four districts -- Bogura, Tangail, Lalmonirhat, and Thakurgaon -- immediately in a bid to curb environment pollution and also asked them to submit compliance reports before it within two weeks.