Coffee regions hit by extra days of extreme heat: scientists
18 February 2026, 11:38 AM
Climate Change
Japan's 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate change
15 February 2026, 09:50 AM
Climate Change
Prolonged cold wave grips northern dists, threatens livelihoods
10 January 2026, 14:50 PM
Dense fog blankets Dhaka as temperature drops to 12.5°C
3 January 2026, 05:46 AM
Environment
690 climate-resilient low-cost homes launched in four cities
10 December 2025, 14:11 PM
Climate Change
Bangladesh needs $156.8bn in climate finance by 2050: ICIMOD report
9 December 2025, 15:54 PM
Climate Change
No winter in Bangladesh by 2100?
20 November 2025, 16:31 PM
Climate Change
ILO hails Bangladesh’s NDC 3.0 as bold step for climate justice
14 October 2025, 12:50 PM
Climate Change
Teesta water level drops, flood-affected families still struggle
7 October 2025, 07:14 AM
Bangladesh
Eastern coast sinking faster as sea level rises
3 October 2025, 18:25 PM
Climate Change
About 150 nations due to deliver stronger climate plans in 2020, tracker shows
More than three-quarters of countries have indicated they will make stronger commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change by the end of 2020, despite the economic strain of the coronavirus pandemic, a new tracker showed on Tuesday.
18 November 2020, 08:55 AM
Warmer seas keep hurricanes stronger for longer, study says
Warmer seas caused by climate change are making hurricanes stronger for longer after landfall, increasing the destruction they can wreak on impact, a new study has found.
12 November 2020, 06:25 AM
Trump and Biden clash over US wildfires as campaign turns to climate change
Joe Biden brands President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" for refusing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blames lax forestry and declares, "I don't think science knows."
15 September 2020, 05:02 AM
Dhaka seeks UNSC's 'bold steps' to address climate challenge
Bangladesh has asked for a "bold decision" from UN Security Council (UNSC) to ensure security and peace across nations by addressing climate challenge through partnership and collaboration.
24 June 2020, 12:12 PM
‘They come out when humans stay home’
An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. People are also noticing animals in places and at times they don’t usually. When people stay home, Earth becomes cleaner and wilder.
22 April 2020, 07:14 AM
Of bushfires, Bangladesh and climate change
Every Bangladeshi living overseas is used to having their motherland associated with natural disasters, namely floods and cyclones. This can feel humiliating at times. It is the expatriates’ burden to perpetually challenge the sometimes negative, international image of Bangladesh.
7 January 2020, 07:18 AM
Bangladesh needs to build self-capacity to combat climate change
Bangladesh needs to build self-capacity to combat climate change as countries failed to reach any consensus on ways to implement the Paris Agreement in the latest COP25 conference, civil society members say.
4 January 2020, 09:46 AM
An effective platform for branding Bangladesh
The 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended just days ago.
25 December 2019, 18:00 PM
UN climate talks unravelling, face failure
A UN climate summit in Madrid risked collapsing after all-night negotiations between countries left them more divided than ever over on how to fight global warming and pay for its ravages.
14 December 2019, 15:40 PM
Climate Change tops list of global worries for young people: Amnesty
Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most important issues facing the world, an Amnesty International survey on the state of human rights shows.
10 December 2019, 04:42 AM
Nobel science laureates stress urgency of addressing climate
Nobel Prize laureates gathers in Stockholm to receive their awards took the opportunity to stress the importance of addressing climate change.
7 December 2019, 13:59 PM
Floods predicted to uproot 50m yearly as climate heats up
The number of people at risk of being forced from their homes by river flooding could surge to as many as 50 million a year by the end of the century if governments do not step up action to tackle climate change, researchers warn.
4 December 2019, 04:37 AM
Choose hope or climate surrender: UN chief
Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells the opening plenary of a UN climate conference.
2 December 2019, 13:16 PM
PM urges int’l community to adopt appropriate climate action plan
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community to adopt a time-befitting climate action plan and implement all provisions of Paris Agreement and other relevant global instruments and mechanisms to stop further degradation of environment.
2 December 2019, 09:13 AM
Poor nations pay price as millions flee 'climate chaos', Oxfam says
Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade - a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate threats, anti-poverty charity Oxfam says.
2 December 2019, 04:42 AM
Blue energy: Can it power a sustainable future?
Ever since global warming became a hot button issue, our leaders have told us umpteen times that “climate change is the greatest environmental threat and the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced.” Yet, they are not “bold enough to do enough” to pull us out of the climate change conundrum soon enough.
5 November 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Accept your failure to check carbon emission’
Global leaders have entirely failed to check carbon emission and reduce climate change risks, particularly at the affected countries like Bangladesh, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman says.
27 September 2019, 11:41 AM
Amazon continues to burn as global leaders meet
The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders meet in New York, the planet's largest rainforest remains engulfed in flames.
22 September 2019, 05:04 AM
Herculean task ahead to shield New York from rising waters
New York is bracing for the rising sea levels that climate change will bring, and preparations have already begun -- but the long-term costs of adapting to a warmer, wetter world are expected to be astronomical.
21 September 2019, 09:24 AM
UN urged by own staff to look at its climate footprint
Close to 2,000 United Nations employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like business-class flights and travel handouts, a letter obtained by Reuters shows.
21 September 2019, 05:09 AM