21,443 illegal structures evicted from riverbanks: State minister

Around 21,443 illegal structures have been evicted from different riverbanks of the country so far and some 723.62 acre shoreline has been recovered, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury today.
18 November 2021, 13:35 PM

Of dead and dying dighis

Chattogram city’s historic Rother Pukur pond is truly a part of history books now.
17 November 2021, 18:00 PM

JU students stage puppet show, protesting killing of elephants

Jahangirnagar University’s (JU) Deep Ecology and Snake Rescue Foundation organised a human chain and a puppet show to protest the country's continuous elephant killings.
17 November 2021, 11:59 AM

Govt working sincerely to curb illegal wildlife trade: Minister

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin today said that the government is working sincerely to curb the illegal trade of wildlife.
17 November 2021, 09:23 AM

Schools in Indian capital shut indefinitely as smog worsens

Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential trucks from entering the Indian capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution.
17 November 2021, 08:52 AM

Genome sequencing opens new horizon for Halda carp, dolphins

Researchers in Bangladesh have been able to decode the genome sequencing of brood fish and riverine dolphin -- opening a new horizon for carp-like fish and the endangered cetacean in Halda river, a unique waterbody in the world where spawning occurs naturally.
16 November 2021, 11:42 AM

Cop26 Climate Deal: Global powers urged to go further

UN climate change summit host Boris Johnson, on Sunday hailed a last-ditch agreement to tackle global warming but said he was disappointed it did not go further on tackling use of high-polluting coal.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Bill proposes tougher punishment for pollution in Ctg Port area

A Bill titled "Chattogram Port Authority Bill 2021" was placed in the parliament today, incorporating tougher provision of punishment for polluting environment in the port area.
15 November 2021, 07:30 AM

Climate summit 2021: ‘Compromised’ deal ‘not enough’

Nearly 200 nations came together late Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises. 
14 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Downgrading shipbreaking industry's status: BELA sends legal notice seeking cancellation

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) today sent a legal notice to the authorities concerned seeking cancellation of the downgraded status of the harmful shipbreaking industry in Chattogram from "red" to "orange".
14 November 2021, 14:23 PM

Nations poised to adopt compromise on climate action; India objects to coal plans

Almost 200 nations were poised Saturday to adopt a compromise on how to curb climate change and to keep a key global warming target alive after 15 days of contentious climate talks.
13 November 2021, 18:37 PM

Issues remain as COP26 set to close

Negotiators yesterday shuttled between delegations at the UN climate talks in Scotland, seeking a deal to give the world a fighting chance of avoiding the worst effects of global warming, as the British host told them they had just hours left.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Six elephants killed in eight days

The killing spree of Asian elephants continues.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Man dies in elephant attack in Chattogram

A man died in elephant attack in Podua union of Chattogram's Rangunia upazila this evening.
13 November 2021, 17:22 PM

One more elephant ‘electrocuted’ in Cox’s Bazar

The killing spree of Asian Elephant is continuing with another found buried under mud -- presumably killed by electrocution -- in Chakaria forest of Cox's Bazar today.
13 November 2021, 10:14 AM

Climate summit 2021: COP26 nears end with 1.5C goal at risk

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday appealed to richer countries to place more “cash on the table” to secure a climate breakthrough as the COP26 meeting in Glasgow slipped into overtime.
12 November 2021, 18:00 PM

A park plagued by renovation

When Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) inaugurated renovation work for the capital’s Osmani Udyan back in January 2018, it had promised to complete it in 10 months.
12 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Another elephant found dead in Ctg, taking death toll to 4 in 5 days

Another Asian elephant was found dead in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram this morning.
12 November 2021, 05:53 AM

COP26 concludes today, here's what happened so far

The climate summit in Glasgow enters its final day.
12 November 2021, 05:47 AM

Climate Summit 2021: Surprise US-China deal spurs hopes

A surprise deal between China and the United States, the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, has boosted the COP26 UN climate summit as it enters the last day of hard bargaining to try to stop global warming becoming catastrophic.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM