Dhaka’s air 4th most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka has ranked fourth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index score of 183 at 8:15am this morning
5 November 2023, 05:10 AM

Rescuers struggle to find Nepal quake survivors, deaths at 157

Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country's worst earthquake in eight years killed 157 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi
4 November 2023, 12:34 PM

Rescuers struggle to find Nepal quake survivors, deaths at 137

Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country's worst earthquake in eight years killed 137 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi
4 November 2023, 08:23 AM

Nepal hit by 6.4 earthquake, felt in New Delhi

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Nepal on Friday, Nepal's National Seismological Centre reported as witnesses said it caused houses in the area to collapse and buildings in New Delhi, India to shake
3 November 2023, 18:37 PM

Destroying a forest in guise of ‘legal’ sand lifting

For over six years, vested quarters have been illegally extracting sand from a more than 3km stretch of land in the hilly area of Kalirchhara Reserve Forest in Cox’s Bazar, resulting in extensive damage to the forest, hills, and wildlife.
3 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Policy café ‘Spotlight on Wildlife Exploitation’ addresses wildlife trafficking

The Centre for Research and Information (CRI) and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), successfully arranged a 'Policy Cafe' titled "Spotlight on Wildlife Exploitation" at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) Auditorium recently
3 November 2023, 12:39 PM

Sixth batch of nuclear fuel reaches Rooppur plant

The sixth batch of nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant reached the project site in Pabna this morning amidst special security arrangement.
3 November 2023, 09:40 AM

The Phayre’s perils

Phayre's leaf monkeys, locally known as "Choshma Bandor", were recently spotted at Habiganj's Satchari National Park. This arboreal primate is native to India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, where they find shelter mainly in tropical, deciduous, and evergreen forests
3 November 2023, 04:58 AM

LPG price hiked Tk 1.48 per kg

Now customers have to pay Tk 1.48 more for a kilogramme of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
2 November 2023, 09:57 AM

Dhaka’s air quality ‘unhealthy’ this morning

Dhaka's air quality has been categorised as "unhealthy" this morning
2 November 2023, 05:44 AM

100 trees felled at JU without permission

Nearly a hundred trees were felled on Jahangirnagar University campus, sparking protest among students.
1 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Ravaging a forest for fish farming

Encroachers have destroyed 95 acres of the Gohira mangrove forest in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila and turned the area into fish enclosures.
1 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Dhaka’s air 4th most polluted in the world this morning

The air in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka was ranked fourth worst among the cities around the world this morning, according to Air Quality Index (AQI) this morning
1 November 2023, 04:26 AM

Waste-to-energy plant underway LGRD minister tells JS

For the first time, the construction of an incineration plant to generate electricity has been undertaken at Aminbazar landfill under DNCC, LGRD Minister Tazul Islam told parliament yesterday.
30 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Dhaka’s air 3rd most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka ranked third on the global list of cities with the worst air quality this morning
30 October 2023, 03:47 AM

Make Loss and Damage Fund on climate change fully operational: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the authorities concerned to make the Loss and Damage Fund fully operational
29 October 2023, 12:27 PM

Climate scientist Saleemul Huq no more

Professor Saleemul Huq, eminent climate change expert and director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development, died in Dhaka yesterday. He was 71
29 October 2023, 02:59 AM

5th batch of nuclear fuel reaches Rooppur Power Plant

The fifth batch of nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant reached the project site in Pabna this morning amidst special security arrangement
27 October 2023, 08:45 AM

Abandoned, left to starve

Sharmin Akhter and her husband salvaging the ravaged fences and wrecked tin roofs of what was once their home in Samitypara area of Cox’s Bazar -- this is what this correspondent saw during his visit to the area yesterday.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Cutting, uprooting 175 trees for road safety!

Police today arrested a man for cutting and uprooting flowering trees on a road divider and footpath of a road in the Kashiadanga area of Rajshahi City Corporation
26 October 2023, 12:46 PM