A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the Bay of Bengal today. The quake struck at 3:19 am (UTC), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 63 people died in the devastation wrought by Typhoon Rai in more than half of the towns that managed to contact him, bringing the death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the country this year to at least 112.

A powerful typhoon left at least 19 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces and wrought widespread destruction mostly in the central Philippines, officials said Saturday. A governor said her island province has been “leveled to the ground.”

Four months ago, Nesar Uddin (65) had a homestead, arable land and an orchard. But now there exists nothing. Nesar along with his seven-member family has taken shelter on the land of others. The family is now passing their days amid hardship and starvation.

Smoke from cooking stoves that burn coal, wood, dung, and crop residues caused the deaths of almost 18,000 people in Bangladesh in 2017, according to a global study. 

The High Court today issued an order of status quo on the earth filing, encroachment and construction of embankment and structures in Loblong Khal (canal) at Gazipur’s Kapasia.

Bangladesh banned air rifles today to stop poachers killing vulnerable wildlife, including flocks of migratory birds that fly all the way from Siberia seeking warmer winter climates.

The High Court today directed the government to demolish and evict 14 illegal brick kilns constructed within the boundaries of Bhadra and Hori Rivers in Khulna and submit a compliance report before 60 days.

Dismantling work of Crystal Gold, the ship that has remained stranded on Chattogram’s Parki Beach since 2017, started on the beach yesterday.

Screaming loudly and wildly flapping their wings, the ducks abruptly took off from the water about two hundred feet from our boat.

An endangered vulture was rescued from a paddy field in the Kabirajpara area of ​​Sonakata union in Barguna’s Taltali upazila yesterday.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday said they were not being able to conserve wildlife, citing section-18 (Kha) of the constitution that makes it mandatory to do so.

Citing the constitution that makes it mandatory to protect forest, environment and wildlife, Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin today said they were not able to conserve wildlife.

Bangladesh has urged the member states of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to abide by the UN framework to ensure effective protection of the marine environment from harmful effects that may arise from deep-seabed related activities.

The Green Factory Award 2020 was given to 30 establishments -- from six sectors of the country – today, in recognition of their contributions to protecting the environment and the job market.

Crops, especially winter vegetables, on vast areas have been damaged due to the untimely rain that lashed different districts across the country in the last three days.

The untimely rain that lashed different areas of the country for the last two days could result in extensive damage to crops, especially winter vegetables and seedbeds.

The unexpected tide of the Sakbaria river, due to depression in the Bay, has inundated two villages in Khulna's Koyra upazila. As a result, around 200 families in the villages of Gatirgheri and Hariharpur are waterlogged.

More rain is expected at places over Khulna, Barishal, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions during the next 24 hours, from this morning, as the depression in the Bay of Bengal weakened to a well-marked low.

On a November afternoon several weeks back, a middle-aged man, appearing to be a fish vendor, was spotted in Kaminiganj Bazar area of Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.