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Climate Change
Restructuring the energy sector for sustained progress
27 July 2026, 19:26 PM
Business
Kurigram to face scheduled power cuts for seven days over grid upgrade
27 July 2026, 15:10 PM
Energy
BMD forecasts five days of rain, heavy downpours
27 July 2026, 14:05 PM
Weather
Back-to-back tiger sightings boost optimism in Sundarbans
27 July 2026, 12:00 PM
Wildlife
Rooppur's next challenge: Getting regulation right
27 July 2026, 11:01 AM
Energy
Rain, floods damaged crops worth Tk 478cr
27 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Climate crisis
Hilsa fishers face empty nets as peak season yields little catch
26 July 2026, 20:34 PM
Natural resources
Rare slow loris critically injured by electrocution in Moulvibazar
26 July 2026, 12:37 PM
Wildlife
Strong winds and rain lash China after Typhoon Noul makes landfall
26 July 2026, 08:53 AM
China
Rare, elusive bush dogs photographed in Panama
Rare and elusive bush dogs from Central and South America are photographed in a camera trap study.
22 January 2016, 12:00 PM
Disappearance of Bolivia's No. 2 lake a harbinger
Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia's second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain.
22 January 2016, 08:41 AM
'India's cleanest village' clings on to its serenity
In the tiny hamlet of Mawlynnong in India's far north east, plastic is banned and spotless paths are lined with flowers -- but its reputation as Asia's cleanest village has proved a mixed blessing.
21 January 2016, 07:05 AM
'2015 Earth's hottest by a wide margin'
Last year wasn't just the Earth's hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.
21 January 2016, 04:49 AM
Was 2015 hottest year on record? US to make big reveal
US government scientists are widely expected to announce Wednesday that 2015 was the planet's hottest year in modern times, amid mounting concerns over the pace of climate change worldwide.
20 January 2016, 05:24 AM
'Plant backpack' to fight air pollution
Five Dutch students have hit on a unique idea to replace face masks used against air pollution, and are developing a "plant backpack" to give wearers instant fresh air.
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997: Study
The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a study released Monday shows.
19 January 2016, 05:03 AM
Experts for national consensus to address climate challenges
Researchers and environmentalists at a discussion yesterday stressed the need for a national consensus to address the growing challenges of climate change.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM
UK climate expert calls for bold leadership
A leading climate expert has today called for country-level bold leadership, right policies and their implementation to meet the challenges of the climate change.
16 January 2016, 08:13 AM
No effect of metro rail on DU environment
Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project authorities yesterday claimed that Dhaka University's (DU) atmosphere would not be affected by trains running through a section of a 20-kilometre metro rail route inside the campus.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Temperature may dive to 8
Meteorologists anticipate that the temperature across the country might dive to below eight degree centigrade within next two or three days.
10 January 2016, 07:51 AM
NOAA says 2015 was US' second hottest year on record
Last year was the second hottest on record in the contiguous United States, and included 10 major weather and climate events, such as droughts and storms, that each led to over $1 billion in damages, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday.
8 January 2016, 06:59 AM
Big earthquake coming, warn Indian experts
Indian Union home ministry's disaster management experts warn of a bigger catastrophe, earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.2 or greater on the Richter scale which may hit the already ruptured Himalayan region, reports The Times of India.
6 January 2016, 09:19 AM
What you should do when an earthquake strikes
There are some key elements to keep in mind during earthquake for safety.
4 January 2016, 06:40 AM
Why did US govt suddenly ban a bunch of soaps and bodywashes?
United States President Barack Obama approved a bill on Monday banning soaps, toothpastes, and bodywashes that contain a harmful ingredient.
3 January 2016, 05:13 AM
Close to nature, on the city outskirts
On this chilly Friday morning, you may enjoy a stroll through warm sand dunes without going far from the city centre. This little known white expanse of flat sand is on the other side of the Buriganga and incredibly close to city dwellers. From Dhaka Zero Point you may cycle to this lustrous area in less than 30 minutes on holidays. You take the Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge to cross the river and turn left to follow a narrow asphalt road, which leads you to a place called Sowarighat some two to three kilometres away. Stretches of fallow land are all around Sowarighat. A branch of Buriganga once flowed through it and people took boats to cross that rivulet. Now the rivulet is dead and you cross it walking over an earth dam.
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Freak heatwave pushes temperatures at North Pole above freezing
Temperatures at the North Pole rises above freezing point, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.
31 December 2015, 09:06 AM
El Nino weather 'could be as bad as 1998', says Nasa
The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record.
30 December 2015, 10:22 AM
Rare 'corpse flower' blooms in Australia
A 2m-tall flower, known for its pungent odour which has been likened to rotting flesh, has bloomed in Australia.
29 December 2015, 05:35 AM
WORST NATURAL DISASTERS OF 2015
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, killing more than 8,800 people. It damaged or destroyed nearly 900,000 buildings, created avalanches in the Himalayas, and left almost 1 million children out of school. Major aftershocks, including a magnitude-7.3 tremor three weeks later, slowed recovery efforts and added to the devastation. This was the deadliest disaster on record for the nation of 26 million people.
28 December 2015, 18:00 PM