Floods, cyclones caused Tk 41,200 crore losses in 2021-2025: Minister
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Natural disaster
Chattogram floods submerge 7,400 fish farms, ponds; losses hit Tk 39cr
50 MIN(s) ago
Agriculture
19 dead, eight hurt in rain-triggered landslides in Ctg, Cox's Bazar since July 5
4 hour(s) ago
Bangladesh
Five, including child, killed in Bandarban landslides
7 hour(s) ago
Bangladesh
Landslide at Rohingya camp madrasa kills 4 students, teacher in Cox’s Bazar
8 July 2026, 16:08 PM
Natural disaster
Heavy rainfall strands thousands in Bandarban, 2,600 take shelter
8 July 2026, 21:58 PM
Natural disaster
Rangamati primary schools to remain closed on July 9
8 July 2026, 21:39 PM
Climate crisis
Heavy rain claims 2 more lives in Cox’s Bazar
7 July 2026, 21:05 PM
Natural disaster
Hill collapse kills woman in Chattogram’s Rangunia
7 July 2026, 20:13 PM
Natural disaster
Floodwater disrupts road link between Chattogram and Rangamati, Khagrachhari
7 July 2026, 19:52 PM
Natural disaster
Australia’s rodent becomes first 'climate change extinction'
Australia officially declares a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct, making it the first mammal believed to have been killed off by human-induced climate change.
20 February 2019, 11:45 AM
2018 was 4th warmest, but next 5yrs could break records
While 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, British meteorologists are predicting the next five years will be much hotter, maybe even record-breaking.
7 February 2019, 06:30 AM
Norway's Arctic islands at risk of "devastating" warming, says report
Icy Arctic islands north of Norway are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth and more avalanches, rain and mud may cause "devastating" changes by 2100, a Norwegian report says.
5 February 2019, 04:56 AM
Power outages hit Sydney's beachside suburbs as temperatures soar
Power outages hit around 45,000 homes across Sydney's upmarket eastern suburbs as a forecast 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) heatwave hit the harbourside city, with media reports of people being trapped in lifts and one hospital losing power.
31 January 2019, 05:12 AM
Climate Change: Bangladesh seeks finance, tech transfer to vulnerable countries
Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has called for providing financial resources and ensuring technology transfer to the vulnerable countries, including Bangladesh, to face the threats posed by climate change and related disasters.
26 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Nuclear, climate threats keep Doomsday Clock close to apocalypse
The Doomsday Clock, created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as an indicator of the world’s susceptibility to apocalypse, remains at two minutes to midnight for a second year running in what the scientists called a dangerous “new abnormal.”
25 January 2019, 04:37 AM
Climate Change: World 'losing the race'
The world is "losing the race" against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned yesterday, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest runaway warming.
24 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Many coffee species threatened with extinction
Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world's wild coffee species at risk of extinction, including the popular commercial coffees Arabica and Robusta, scientists warn.
17 January 2019, 12:13 PM
Oceans heat up at faster rate: study
The oceans are warming faster than previously estimated, setting a new temperature record in 2018 in a trend that is damaging marine life, scientists said on Thursday.
11 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Organic foods perhaps good for you, but bad for environment
Organic food has been on the rise since it came into fashion; vegetables, fruit, grains, dairy and meat grown and processed using non-conventional methods not only tend to carry a hefty price tag, but are usually thought to be of higher quality and better for health, although production of organic food products may not be good for the environment.
26 December 2018, 05:06 AM
Nations agree global climate pact rules, but seen as weak
Nearly 200 countries overcome political divisions to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming.
16 December 2018, 04:13 AM
Arctic posts 2nd warmest year on record in 2018
The Arctic had its second-hottest year on record in 2018, part of a warming trend that may be dramatically changing earth’s weather patterns, according to a report released on Tuesday by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
12 December 2018, 12:26 PM
UN climate negotiators sweat over detail and divides
Half-way through talks to breathe life into the Paris climate deal negotiators haggle over how to share the cost of curbing global warming and struggle to bridge deep political divides.
9 December 2018, 04:41 AM
Bangladesh 7th most vulnerable
In a new global index, Bangladesh has been ranked seventh among the countries most affected by extreme weather events in 20 years since 1998.
5 December 2018, 18:00 PM
UN chief urges leaders to inject momentum at 2019 climate summit
The UN secretary-general urges world leaders to join a climate change summit he will host in 2019 to explain how they plan to ratchet up their efforts to reverse worsening global warming that is leading to a "very dramatic situation".
5 December 2018, 05:50 AM
Tackle 'greatest threat in thousands of years', David Attenborough urges world leaders
British broadcaster and environmentalist David Attenborough urges world leaders, meeting in Poland to agree ways to limit global warming, to get on and tackle "our greatest threat in thousands of years".
4 December 2018, 04:55 AM
Climate change could cost US 'hundreds of billions' a year: study
Climate change is already hurting the global economy and will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars annually by century's end unless drastic action is taken to cut carbon emissions, a major US government report warned on Friday.
24 November 2018, 04:24 AM
10-day long dolphin fair kicks off in Khulna
A ten-day long dolphin fair kicks off in Khulna with a call to take tangible steps to protect freshwater dolphins in the Sundarbans.
4 November 2018, 08:52 AM
World's rarest plants, vital crops can't be banked: Study
International efforts to save some of the world's rarest and economically important plants from climate change are doomed to fail because their seeds cannot be stored, researchers warn.
3 November 2018, 05:31 AM
Conquering the wild seas
Think wildlife conservation and what first comes to mind are men in grey or beige toned outfits and names like David Attenborough, George Schaller, John Muir, and Roger Payne.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM