Today Bangladesh stands at a vital crossroads in its development path. Having averaged a 6 percent economic growth in the past decade, the country attained lower-middle income country status in 2015 and achieved five out of eight Millennium Development Goals by the same year.

Climate finance has been at the core of negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for over two decades.

Forests provide timber, fuel and essential ecosystem services in addition to carbon storage and delivery of oxygen to the atmosphere.

With a population of about 152 million, Bangladesh has been identified as the highest ranking disaster prone countries and the fifth ranking in the risk index (2012) in the world.

People who are losing their livelihoods and accommodations following climate change effects do not want to migrate as the best adaptation strategy, according to an ongoing survey.

Mentioning that climate change issue is a dangerous threat to mankind, President Abdul Hamid emphasises concerted efforts of the global community in mitigating the impacts of climate change.

A two-day judicial conference on environment and climate change will be held in Dhaka on November 25 and 26.

The failure of Bangladeshi authorities to take decisive action against violent groups responsible for at least 10 killings over the past two months has created a climate of impunity, Amnesty International says.

Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) and Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers' Association (Bela) yesterday called on the government to

Integrated approaches have become an urgent need to mitigate adverse impacts of climate change in Rajshahi region, including Barind

A Chittagong court places three members of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who were arrested yesterday, on a five-day remand in a case filed for terrorist activities.

Friendship, a Bangladeshi non-governmental organisation, has organised an event in Paris's Le Bourget to raise

Climate experts at a discussion yesterday emphasised the importance of funding by the developed world to combat

The Paris summit might be the final opportunity to jointly address the challenge of global warming by negotiating a legally-binding

World leaders vowed yesterday to save mankind from catastrophic climate change as a historic summit opened with the "hope of all humanity" laid on their shoulders, but fault lines quickly emerged.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official visits to Malta and France have been cancelled considering the overall situation at home and Paris, diplomatic sources have said.

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Laxmipur Sadar upazila.

Dhaka has demanded that all states share responsibility in protecting people displaced by climate change and natural disasters, and

Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju has said the world leaders needed to adopt a law to save the earth from the risk

Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju has said the world leaders needed to adopt a law to save the earth from the risk