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Energy
‘My little son cries through the night’: Load shedding torments Chattogram families
29 June 2026, 18:36 PM
Energy
Factories count losses as power cuts intensify in Gazipur
29 June 2026, 17:35 PM
Energy
Two power plant shutdowns triggered load shedding: Energy minister
28 June 2026, 22:00 PM
Parliament
Titas consumers to face low gas pressure until June 25
22 June 2026, 20:51 PM
Energy
Domestic fuel prices may fall if global rates ease: Energy minister
22 June 2026, 17:44 PM
Energy
Govt working to increase surface water use in divisional cities: PM
17 June 2026, 21:24 PM
Natural resources
Critically endangered yellow hill tortoises hatch at Chattogram zoo
16 June 2026, 21:59 PM
Wildlife
Nepal to export 40MW power to Bangladesh
14 June 2026, 23:55 PM
Energy
Rooppur Nuclear Plant test operations paused over technical glitch
14 June 2026, 18:08 PM
Energy
Rooftop solar panels produce way cheaper power than national grid: Idcol
The industrial rooftop solar panels can produce electricity at Tk 6.5 per unit, which is up to 30 per cent cheaper compared to that of the gas- and oil-run power plants, according to Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Idcol).
30 March 2022, 15:06 PM
CNG filling stations to remain closed 5-11pm during Ramadan
CNG filling stations across the country will remain closed from 5pm to 11pm every day during the month of Ramadan, instead of 6pm-11:00pm, according to a press release of Petrobangla.
30 March 2022, 05:46 AM
4 endangered sea turtles found dead at Kuakata beach in 4 days
Two endangered species of sea turtles were found dead on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali today.
25 March 2022, 16:26 PM
Next goal is uninterrupted power supply at affordable price: Nasrul
The government’s next challenge is to ensure uninterrupted electricity at an affordable price for all, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today.
24 March 2022, 13:34 PM
Rare rhino born in Czech zoo named after Ukraine capital
A Czech zoo has welcomed a critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros baby that has taken the name of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in honor of that country’s resistance to invading Russian forces.
23 March 2022, 06:29 AM
Streams run dry in Satchhari
Once upon a time, there were ever-flowing streams running through the Satchhari National Park.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Water Crisis in the Southwest: ‘Paani Apa’ to the rescue
Mitu Sana, a homemaker from Gunari village at Khulna’s Dakop upazila, has to go to the Union Parishad pond -- far from her home -- to fetch drinking water.
21 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Water Crisis in the Southwest: ‘Paani Apa’ to the rescue
Mitu Sana, a homemaker from Gunari village at Khulna’s Dakop upazila, has to go to the Union Parishad pond -- far from her home -- to fetch drinking water.
21 March 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Too precious to lose’
After Gazipur and Dulahazra, the forest department has finalised plans to build the country’s third safari park in Lathitila forest, located in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.
20 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Leopard dies after being electrocuted
A leopard was killed after being electrocuted while trying to enter a poultry farm in a village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila on early Friday.According to the Mahbub George, chairperson of the union, the cheetah was trying to steal chicken from a poultry farm owned by one Aliar Rahman. It was accompanied by another leopard, which was hiding in a nearby maize field.
19 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Leopard dies after being electrocuted in Nilphamari
A leopard was killed after being electrocuted while trying to enter a poultry farm in a village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila early today.
18 March 2022, 11:49 AM
No urgent plans to hike fuel prices: State Minister
The government doesn't want to raise the tariffs on power and energy at this moment, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today.
14 March 2022, 13:45 PM
Qatar will continue LNG supply to Bangladesh: Foreign ministry
Amid uncertainty over global energy supplies, Qatar said it will continue supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
13 March 2022, 19:18 PM
A rare sighting: 4 tigers seen together in Sundarbans
A group of tourists has recently spotted four tigers together at one place in the Sundarbans.
13 March 2022, 18:13 PM
Gangamati Reserve Forest in Kuakata: Akashmani trees under attack
In the reserve forest in Kuakata’s Gangamati area, around 10,000 Akashmani trees were planted in the 2008-09 fiscal year. It has since come to be known as the natural wall of the sea.
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Of birds and bees: Bee-attack in Kurigram kills pigeons, injures people, livestock
At least 32 pigeons were killed in an attack by bees at Ulipur upazila in Kurigram today.
9 March 2022, 15:42 PM
Tracking device found on rare turtle in Barguna river
A rare species of tortoise has been caught in a net while a fisherman was fishing in the Payra River in Barguna.
6 March 2022, 15:34 PM
Critically endangered Batagur Baska turtle lays 34 eggs in Sundarbans breeding facility
Batagur Baska, a critically endangered riverine turtle species, has laid 34 eggs at Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
6 March 2022, 13:56 PM
2 Asiatic black bear cubs ‘smuggled from CHT’ rescued in India’s West Bengal
Two Asiatic black bear cubs, a highly-protected species, which are suspected to have been smuggled to India from Chattogram Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, were rescued by Indian police near Hasnabad in West Bengal’s border district of Basirhat on Friday night.
6 March 2022, 10:43 AM
Visiting Sundarbans just got costlier
The government has revised fees in the Sundarbans after a decade, doubling it for both local and foreign tourists and for people whose livelihoods depend on it.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM