17 highly harmful pesticides widely used across country
Experts said several of these pesticides are linked to cancer and long-term health effects
25 November 2025, 18:17 PM
25 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Experts flag growing underground stress
Three earthquakes hit near Dhaka in just 32 hours, raising concern as seismologists warn they could be foreshocks of a much stronger one.
22 November 2025, 18:17 PM
22 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Climate finance fuels ‘debt trap’
From 2002 to 2023, Bangladesh secured only $1.41 billion in adaptation funds, less than 1 percent of its projected needs.
10 November 2025, 18:10 PM
10 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Barind’s rice bowl is running dry
In Rajshahi region, erratic monsoons and rising heat are devastating crops and threatening farmers' futures. Pinaki Roy reports from the ground.
9 November 2025, 18:25 PM
9 November 2025, 18:25 PM
Bangladesh saw 2.25 lakh deaths from air pollution in 2022: Lancet report
Over 30,000 deaths directly attributed to fossil fuels
29 October 2025, 14:40 PM
29 October 2025, 14:40 PM
Govt project to save 4 rivers around Dhaka falters
Even 16 years after HC directive to restore Dhaka’s four rivers to their original state, the govt has yet to complete even half of the work
24 October 2025, 18:20 PM
24 October 2025, 18:20 PM
Dhaka air turns unhealthy even before dry season
With the dry season approaching, Dhaka city’s air quality has once again slipped to an unhealthy level, underscoring the inadequacy of the limited measures taken by the authorities to curb air pollution.
21 October 2025, 18:07 PM
21 October 2025, 18:07 PM
Eastern coast sinking faster as sea level rises
Bangladesh’s eastern coast, a key zone for development activities, is sinking faster than the central and western coasts amid rising sea levels, posing threats to infrastructure, vast swathes of farmland and the livelihoods of millions of people, warns a new study.
3 October 2025, 18:25 PM
3 October 2025, 18:25 PM
Child marriage in pandemic: A scourge returns on tiptoe
She wanted to be a teacher one day and was studying hard to reach that goal. But that dream, she feels, has just slipped away.
10 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Munshiganj Rivers: Prize, not penalty for top grabber
Though the district administration and National River Conservation Commission have identified the company as the top river grabber in Munshiganj, the shipping ministry has been helping boost its business by awarding it shipbuilding contracts.
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Import helps push the rice prices down
Rice prices have started to drop after the government allowed private importers to bring in the staple from other countries.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Air heaviest with reek of death
The air was heavy with the stench of death. The smell of burnt plastic, packaging papers, and other factory materials was still lingering.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt scraps 10 coal power projects
The prime minister has approved a proposal to scrap 10 coal-fired power plants that were okayed earlier.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Food Grains From Local Sources: Govt to buy less despite low stock
In a surprising move, the government has reduced the internal procurement target of food grains for the coming year, even though it had reached its lowest just two months ago in the current year.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Food Grains: Govt paid no heed as stock plunged
It was obvious that the price of rice would increase amid the pandemic. No special expertise was required to see it coming.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Food stock now only 4.62 lakh tonnes
With only around 4.62 lakh tonnes of grains in the public food stocks, one of the lowest in years, the government has moved to procure paddy, rice and wheat from local farmers and millers at prices higher than last year’s.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Salinity in Coastal Areas: Alternative crops ignite farmers’ hope
People living by the Kirtonkhola river in Barishal noticed in March this year that the river’s water had become unusually salty.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM
World Water Day: Cry for water in the south
Roksana Khatun moves aside dirt and floating leaves from a pond, slowly lowers her earthen pitcher into it and fills it with around 20 litres of water.
21 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Dying in silence
The 14 languages declared endangered over two years ago remain in various stages of decline as the number of users diminish, with experts calling for extensive measures from the government to preserve these.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
The last of the Kharia speakers
Since her husband Abrahm Soreng died two years ago, 70-year-old Veronica Kerketa doesn’t get the chance to talk in her mother tongue at home. None of her children or grandchildren speak the Kharia language.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Brick Kilns in Khulna’s Dumuria: United they kill rivers
The Bhadra, once a free-flowing river in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila, has been turned into a narrow canal over the years, thanks to encroachment by brick kilns run by local influential people, including elected representatives.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sangu Reserve Forest: Left exposed to human greed
A vast number of century-old trees have been felled by loggers at a remote reserve forest and wildlife sanctuary in Thanchi of Bandarban in the last two months, and as seen in satellite images, about a hundred acres of it have been totally razed over the last few years.
26 December 2020, 18:00 PM
A train to massacre
It was past midnight at Saidpur Rail Station. In the dim light, mostly Hindu Marwaris and some Bangalees from all walks of life could be seen standing beside the platform. Tense, even those who knew each other were not talking.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Part of river now MP’s
A ruling party MP has filled up more than 54 acres from the Buriganga river and wetland to construct a power plant and a private economic zone in Basila, according to a government probe report.
30 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Future not coal power
Coal-fired power projects are on the chopping block as the government finally plans to give up its obsession for the dirty energy over rising coal import costs and environmental concerns.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Onion Self-Sufficiency: Possible, but not so soon
The government intends to make the country self-sufficient in onion by increasing the production of this essential cooking ingredient but it may take years as overcoming the seed crisis remains a major challenge.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Just vanished!
So where have they gone?
Despite 76,000 children being born in the camps in the last three years, the number of Rohingya refugees in all camps of Ukhiya and Teknaf has actually decreased to 8.60 lakh as of July this year.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Aman Farming: Recurring flood ruins a season
Prolonged and multiple monsoon floods have disrupted cultivation of Aman paddy, which provides around 36 percent of total rice production in the country.
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM