The price of private operators’ liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been increased by Tk 62 to 1,240 from Tk 1,178 per 12kg container, with effect from 6pm today at the retail level, including the value added tax (VAT).

Prof Dr Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, director of the Center for Atmospheric Pollution Studies at Stamford University, this morning revealed a survey report on which district has the worst air pollution.

Even though everything came to a halt during the pandemic, hill cutting didn’t.

The Department of Environment in Narayanganj today fined 11 brick kilns Tk 55 lakh for operating without any clearance certificate and valid documents.

A calf was born to a small elephant herd that had been stuck in a small area inside the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Chattogram's Anwara upazila on Monday.

A rain-weakened hillside collapsed in Ecuador’s capital, sweeping over homes and a sports field and killing at least 24 people, city officials said Tuesday.

The High Court yesterday blasted the government authorities concerned for their failure in taking effective measures to control the air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas despite its repeated directives.

The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves, “moon suits” and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide.

The High Court today criticised the authorities concerned of the government for their failure in taking effective measures to control air pollution in Dhaka and surrounding areas despite its repeated directives.

A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three US states is the new world record holder for longest flash.

The Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda), a nodal government agency, has recently launched a dedicated national solar help desk (NSHD) to support the proliferation of rooftop solar systems with met metering in order to ensure the transition to an energy-responsible society.

The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur today removed two top officials for their negligence in duty over the deaths of 11 zebras and a tiger in the last one month.

The authorities at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur concealed the news of the recent death of a tiger, raising questions about the state of care the animals are being given at the facility.

The Department of Environment (DoE) today fined Ananda Chemicals Industries in Chattogram for keeping their effluent treatment plant (ETP) shut.

Gas stoves are contributing more to global warming than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks while they’re off, a new study found.

The zebras at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park did not die, they were killed, Gazipur-3 constituency lawmaker Md Iqbal Hossain Sabuj said today.

One more zebra has died at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, the 10th over the last month.

The tiger, which was found dead at Rupar canal adjacent to Dublar Char in the Sharankhola Range of the eastern Sundarbans yesterday, possibly died due to old age, said forest officials.

One more zebra died this evening at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, raising the number of deaths of zebras at the park in last one month to 11.

The forest department recovered a tiger’s carcass from a Sundarbans canal yesterday afternoon.