Says landmark UN report, blames climate change, human encroachment

More than a fifth of the world's migrating species are at risk of going extinct as a result of climate change and human encroachment, according to the United Nation's first-ever report on migrating animals published today

Dhaka has been identified as the city with the most polluted air globally for the second consecutive day this morning

Sea level rise may displace almost nine lakh people from southern Bangladesh by 2050, because their homes and livelihood will be jeopardised.

Dhaka has been identified as the city with the most polluted air globally this morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 257, categorising its air as "very unhealthy"

Dhaka city has lost a combined length of 120km or 307 hectares of canals, which could have been waterways and vital drainage, thanks to encroachment, unplanned urbanisation and lack of maintenance by the authorities in the last 80 years.

Dhaka ranks third on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 263 at 9:53am this morning

Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, under the guidance of Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC), has initiated the manufacturing of furniture from rubber wood in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila.

The government must protect Chunati, a sanctuary for wild animals in Chattogram, taking integrated short, mid and long-term plans along with proper implementation, demanded Dhoritri Rokhhay Amra (DHORA) yesterday.

A Lobophyllia corymbosa, or brain root coral, was recently spotted around 10ft under the surface of the Bay of Bengal on Saint Martin's Island

Dhaka ranked sixth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 179 at 9:20am today..The city’s air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality index. .China's Shenyang, Ghana's Accra, and Shanghai occupied the first three spots on

Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today directed the officials concerned to make the BEST project the most successful in preventing air pollution

Nasrul said this while replying to a question from ruling Awami League MP Shamim Osman, who demanded a government ban on these vehicles

Dhaka's air quality has been categorised as 'unhealthy' this morning

The government has decided to impose fines and progressive tax on a daily basis on foreigners for overstaying their visas and working illegally in Bangladesh, according to a decision taken at a meeting on Tuesday. 

Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase in a meeting today approved three separate proposals to import three LNG (liquified natural gas) consignments from Singapore-based companies

Dhaka ranked fourth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality this morning

Nepal has sent a tariff proposal to Bangladesh to export 40MW of electricity

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has launched a helpline, "333-4", for environmental concerns and complaints

The High Court today directed the government to introduce an alert system for issuing urgent cautionary messages in order to save people from unhygienic, severe unhygienic and dangerous air pollution..The court also ordered the authorities concerned of the government to fix a time-bound ac