Screaming loudly and wildly flapping their wings, the ducks abruptly took off from the water about two hundred feet from our boat.

An endangered vulture was rescued from a paddy field in the Kabirajpara area of ​​Sonakata union in Barguna’s Taltali upazila yesterday.

Citing the constitution that makes it mandatory to protect forest, environment and wildlife, Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin today said they were not able to conserve wildlife.

On a November afternoon several weeks back, a middle-aged man, appearing to be a fish vendor, was spotted in Kaminiganj Bazar area of Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.

India will provide 20 percent more electricity to Bangladesh under a renewed bilateral contract -- for five more years, officials said today.

Six power distribution companies have so far filed a total of 21,838 cases against customers for non-payment of outstanding electricity bills while the total arrears against these cases is Tk 594.16 crore.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the government to explain in a week why it should not be directed to re-fix the tariff of petroleum products including kerosene and diesel as per relevant provisions of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Act, 2013.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that his ministry will provide financial support to promote research and creative work in the energy and power sector.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed authorities concerned to bring the people of chars and remote areas, who are still outside the purview of the power network, under the power facility quickly.

An elephant calf was found dead in the hilly region of the newly-formed Eidgaon upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.

An elephant calf died of ‘overeating’ at Panihata Mayagachhi area under Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur in the early hours today, claimed forest officials in Mymensingh and Sherpur.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin today said that the government is working sincerely to curb the illegal trade of wildlife.

The killing spree of Asian Elephant is continuing with another found buried under mud -- presumably killed by electrocution -- in Chakaria forest of Cox's Bazar today.

Another Asian elephant was found dead in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram this morning.

Government will take strict legal action against anyone trying to create an artificial fuel crisis or selling fuel at higher prices, said a statement issued by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources today.

Senior Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Division, Md Anisur Rahman, has said that the decision to raise fuel price was “political, not bureaucratic”.

Bangladesh’s first hydrogen fuel production plant, a project initiated by the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), is all set to begin operations by June next year.

Following a recent hike in bus and launch fares, now air travellers may have to face a similar plight as Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) once again increased jet fuel prices.

Forest officials recovered a dead tiger from a remote area of Sundarbans yesterday.

Power and gas are likely to become pricier next after diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas as the government looks to calibrate the prices in the local market following a global price spiral since July.