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Climate crisis
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Natural resources
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Environment
Floods worsen in north, north-central
Many areas of the country’s northern and north-central districts have been facing inundation as adjoining rivers continue to swell.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Heavy Downpour: People suffer as bridge connecting road collapses
Sudden collapse of an approach road, connecting Bhakterbari Bridge in Panchagarh’s Boda upazila, due to landslide caused by flash flood has left thousands of people of five unions under three upazilas of the district in immense sufferings.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Eight pry schools in Kurigram devoured in a month
Unabated erosion by Teesta, Dharla, Brahmaputra and Dudhkumar has devoured eight primary schools in the last one month and 25 more schools are on the verge of extinction in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Flood situation likely to worsen in 9 districts in next 24 hours
Teesta river in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat and Brahmaputra, Dharla and Jamuna in Sirajganj are flowing over the danger-level due to rain and water from upstream. Many other rivers’ water-levels were also rising.
28 August 2021, 10:03 AM
Body of giant whale washes up on Teknaf sea-shore
Partially decomposed corpse of a giant whale floated on the shores of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar last night.
28 August 2021, 06:44 AM
Air pollution linked to severe mental illness: study
Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased severity of mental illness, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
27 August 2021, 18:00 PM
New frog on the block!
The worldwide scientific community is too often bombarded with bad news -- from first time ever rains at the Greenland ice summit to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) doomsday forecast, there is hardly ever a reason to celebrate.
27 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Owl
The first bird that many remember from childhood might be an owl. In my case, there was a massive Krishnachura tree just behind our house.
27 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Brahmaputra water crosses danger level in Kurigram
The water level in the Brahmaputra river crossed the danger level due to rain and water from the upstream.
27 August 2021, 06:02 AM
Flood hits low-lying areas
Low-lying areas of the country’s northern and north-central regions have been submerged by floodwater, causing immense sufferings for people.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM
‘10,000 trees to be cut down if safari park is built in Moulvibazar’s Lathitila forest’
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) today demanded cancellation of a plan to convert Lathitila forest into a safari park in Moulvibazar.
26 August 2021, 14:16 PM
Climate Catastrophe on the Horizon
Some of the damage due to climate change will be irreversible for centuries.
26 August 2021, 10:59 AM
Jamuna water crosses danger level; 60,000 people stranded in Bogura, Sirajganj
Water of Jamuna river has crossed danger level worsening flood situation in Bogura and Sirajganj.
26 August 2021, 09:51 AM
A day’s rain submerges port city
The port city once again went under water as yesterday’s overnight torrential rain, coupled with tidal surge, created waterlogging in its low lying areas, wrecking havoc on citizen life.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Heavy overnight rain in Ctg city, major areas waterlogged
Heavy rain last night left large areas of Chattogram city under water causing immense suffering to city dwellers as low-lying areas are submerged in knee-to-waist-deep water.
25 August 2021, 10:26 AM
DoE Chattogram fines garment factory for filling up pond
Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram today fined a garment factory Tk 2.16 lakh for filling up pond at Uttar Kattoli area of the port city.
24 August 2021, 15:20 PM
Lightning strikes kill 7 in Dinajpur
At least seven people, including four teenaged boys, were killed and two others injured as lightnings struck in Dinajpur town and Chirirbandar upazila yesterday afternoon.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
But what about the trees?
The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs yesterday submitted a meeting resolution centring the construction of an independence monument at the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan to the High Court. The resolution, however, did not specify any decisions on whether the old and ecologically important trees will be cut.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
7 dead in separate lightning strikes in Dinajpur
Seven people including four teenagers died in separate lightning strikes in Dinajpur today.
23 August 2021, 11:57 AM
People evacuated as new wildfire hits Greek island
Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early Monday on the southern part of Greece's Evia island, less than two weeks after an inferno decimated its northern part.
23 August 2021, 08:30 AM