Operating without environmental clearance, factory dumped chemical waste into nearby fields

A Phayre’s leaf monkey mother cradles her infant amid the lush canopies of Moulvibazar’s Lawachhara National Park, the baby’s wide eyes fixed curiously on the camera.

The High Court yesterday further directed the government to implement its nine directives to curb air pollution in Dhaka and submit a compliance report to the court within three weeks.

Daytime temperatures may fall by one to two degrees Celsius

Over 30,000 deaths directly attributed to fossil fuels

Light to heavy rain likely across several Bangladesh divisions, says BMD

Melissa has already been blamed for at least four deaths in Haiti and the Dominican Republic this week

Bangladesh Met Office issues Cautionary Signal 1 for four seaports

Ports asked to hoist signal 1

The only giraffe at Gazipur Safari Park has died while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The adult female giraffe, brought from South Africa, passed away on Thursday afternoon, but the news was made public yesterday.

Adult female African giraffe had been ill for a week

A pink sea fan, or pink gorgonian coral, sways gently in the Bay of Bengal off Saint Martin’s Island -- a living lacework of colour and resilience.

Students pledge to protect nature

Over 271,000 people in Bangladesh died from air pollution-related causes in 2023, according to a new global report.

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.

Demand relocation of the facility

Water Development Board in Kurigram took steps to evict the grabber after The Daily Star published a report on the canal's encroachment on October 16

Experts urge awareness as rediscovered predator faces survival threats

Bangladesh’s hard-won economic resilience is being tested as the twin pressures of climate change and mounting external debt converge to threaten its financial stability.

A low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining area around October 24, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.