Around 30 percent of the country’s area is set to be inundated as the water level of the Jamuna and Padma is forecast to continue rising over the next three days.

Residents of Jalalpur village in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila have been passing days in constant fear over the last couple of months since the mighty Jamuna river took a serious turn at the start of this monsoon and continued devouring most of the homesteads and vast croplands at the village.

Evacuees who fled Ida before the storm hammered southern Louisiana are being urged not to return home just yet as the long, arduous recovery is only beginning from one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Flood situation in Sirajganj and Kurigram has worsened as water level in the Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Dharla rivers is above the danger level.

Almost a third of the world's tree species are at risk of extinction, while hundreds are on the brink of being wiped out, according to a landmark report published by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) on Wednesday.

Dhaka residents could live 7.7 years longer if air pollution subsides, found a recent global study.

With thousands of people still marooned by floods, river erosion has taken a serious turn at least in six districts.

When the world’s leading conservation congress kicks off Friday in the French port city of Marseille it will aim to deliver one key message: protecting wildlife must not be seen as a noble gesture but an absolute necessity -- for people and the planet.

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram (region) fined 29 brick kilns Tk 108,70,000 for damaging environment by cutting hills in Lama upazila of Bandarban.

Low-lying areas of Manikganj have been inundated as water of all rivers, including Padma and Jamuna, in the district continues to rise due to incessant rainfall for the last few days and the onrush of water from upstream, marooning several thousand families in three upazilas of Manikganj.

Japan and the United States agreed to press China to further reduce carbon emissions, the Japanese foreign minister said Tuesday after high-level talks in Tokyo.

After nearly five months of closure due to the Covid restrictions, the Forest Department is reopening the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco World Heritage Site, for tourists from tomorrow.

California's Caldor fire moved closer to more heavily populated areas in the northern part of the state on Sunday, leading to more evacuation orders and warnings as well as road closures, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, 16 hours after blowing ashore in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. mainland. Ida pushed so much water into the mouth of the Mississippi that it reversed the flow of the mighty river and blacked out New Orleans, taking down backup electricity for the city’s crucial pumping system.

After nearly five months of closure due to Covid restrictions, the Forest Department is reopening the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco World Heritage Site, on September 1.

Erosion has taken a serious turn in Manikganj and Tangail as flood water continues increasing in the Padma and Jamuna rivers, devouring more fresh areas.

The Department of Environment (DoE) today fined a dyeing factory in Gazipur Tk one lakh for not properly setting up an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP).

Hundreds of people are afraid of losing their houses and land, as water levels of Jamuna, Dhaleshwari and Jhenai rivers have been rising above the danger level, flooding most of Tangail district.

A herd of around 20 elephants, that had gone to Sujapur village under Fasiakhali union in Cox's Bazar in search of food on August 26, returned to Fasiakhali Reserve Forest last night.

Forest officials seized a truck carrying two elephants that were being trafficked in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram.