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Weather
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Wildlife
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Energy
Rain, floods damaged crops worth Tk 478cr
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Climate crisis
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Natural resources
Rare slow loris critically injured by electrocution in Moulvibazar
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Wildlife
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Environment
All for breathable air: India's first 'smog tower' inaugurated in Delhi
India installed its first smog tower in New Delhi's Connaught Place today. The tower will purify 1,000 cubic meters of air per second within a radius of around 1 km.
23 August 2021, 08:22 AM
22 killed in Tennessee flash floods; dozens missing
At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.
23 August 2021, 02:17 AM
Raging Padma threatens more crops
The mighty Padma has rapidly been swelling over the last few days, flooding vast shoal areas of Pabna Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas.
22 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Climate change activists target City of London's Guildhall
Climate change activists climbed the outside of the headquarters of the City of London's government on Sunday as they began two weeks of protests focused on the capital's financial district.
22 August 2021, 17:54 PM
DoE fines four people for damaging hills
The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram today fined four people for damaging hills in the port city.
22 August 2021, 16:21 PM
Padma river swells, crop lands damaged in Pabna
Water in Padma river has been increasing rapidly in the last few days, flooding low lying areas and shoals of Pabna’s Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas.
22 August 2021, 15:30 PM
At least 10 killed in Tennessee flash floods; dozens missing
Rescue crews continued Sunday to look for dozens of people missing in Tennessee after flooding from extraordinarily heavy rains left washed away homes and left at least 10 dead.
22 August 2021, 15:25 PM
Hurricane Grace unleashes severe flooding in Mexico, killing eight
Hurricane Grace pummeled Mexico with torrential rain on Saturday, causing severe flooding and mudslides that killed at least eight people after becoming one of the most powerful storms in years to hit the country's Gulf coast.
22 August 2021, 04:21 AM
Three quarters of Kuakata Nat’l Park gone in the sea
After taking heavy pounding from different cyclonic storms such as Sidr, Aila, Fani, Amphan and most recently Yaas, Kuakata National Park by the sea beach lost three quarters of its land and forestry in little over a decade’s time.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Jamuna Swells: Thousands marooned in low laying areas of Sirajganj
Thousands of people living in low-lying areas of different upazilas of Sirajganj have been marooned as the mighty Jamuna river has continued to swell.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Public suffering mounts as flood worsens in Faridpur
Flooding in Faridpur has worsened as Padma river’s water levels at Goaland Point rose by 8centimeters in 24 hours till this morning.
21 August 2021, 13:13 PM
Rain falls at Greenland ice summit for first time on record
Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet already melting at an increasing rate, scientists said on Friday.
21 August 2021, 09:30 AM
'Children in Bangladesh, 3 other countries at extremely high risk of climate change'
Children in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India are among those most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, according to a new Unicef report launched today.
20 August 2021, 16:56 PM
2 dolphins wash ashore in Sitakunda coastal forest, Kuakata beach
Two dolphins washed ashore at Kuakata beach in Patuakhali and the coastal forest in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today.
20 August 2021, 12:08 PM
20,000 marooned as Teesta swells past danger level in Lalmonirhat
Around 20,000 people have been marooned at five upazilas in Lalmonirhat as the low-lying and char areas of the Teesta river basin were flooded due to rain and onrush of water from the upstream in India today.
20 August 2021, 05:36 AM
Tourist spot closed around parts of Padma river in Rajshahi as water level increases
A tourist spot in Rajshahi city, called T-groyne, was closed to public yesterday as a precautionary measure after the Padma river swelled with water from upstream.
19 August 2021, 13:26 PM
Tremors strike Haitian city still reeling from quake
Tremors shook buildings late on Wednesday in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness said, a few days after a devastating earthquake killed almost 2,200 people across the Caribbean nation and injured thousands more.
19 August 2021, 05:57 AM
More areas flooded as Padma, Jamuna swell
Fresh areas of the country are being inundated as two major rivers -- Padma and Jamuna -- continue to swell due to a combination of onrush of water from upstream and heavy downpours.
18 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Swelling Teesta floods vast areas in Nilphamari
Vast croplands and many homesteads in low lying areas of 15 river basin villages in two upazilas of Nilphamari have been flooded due to sudden rise of water level in the Teesta river.
18 August 2021, 18:00 PM
DoE fines 3 industries, 2 individuals Tk 4.7 lakh over environment act violations
The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today fined three industries and two individuals a total of Tk 470,000 for violating the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act.
18 August 2021, 13:15 PM