4.0-magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka, nearby areas
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Heavy rainfall triggers flood alert across Sylhet and north Bangladesh
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Flood fears grow as Teesta nears danger level
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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

Five killed as Hamoon lashes Ctg

The cyclonic storm Hamoon lashed the southern part of Chattogram district on Tuesday night, leaving behind a trail of destruction in Banshkhali, Chandanish, and Satkania upazilas.
25 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh to import 1.5m metric tonnes of crude oil from Saudi, UAE

Bangladesh will import 1.5 million (15 lakh) metric tons of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the year 2024
25 October 2023, 13:20 PM

Cyclone Hamoon: 250 mud houses damaged in Cox’s Bazar’s Samitypara

Around 250 mud houses were damaged in Samitypara of Cox's Bazar yesterday due to the heavy rain and strong rain caused by Cyclone Hamoon
25 October 2023, 08:32 AM

Cyclone Hamoon weakens, maritime ports asked to hoist local cautionary signal 3

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as the cyclonic storm 'Hamoon' weakened into a deep depression
25 October 2023, 03:58 AM

Protect fields and parks: DNCC mayor

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today urged all to protect fields and parks in the city corporation area
24 October 2023, 14:40 PM

Cyclone Hamoon crossing Cox’s Bazar, Ctg coasts

The severe cyclonic storm Hamoon -- over the Bay of Bengal -- has started crossing Cox's Bazar and Chattogram coasts from 6:00pm today
24 October 2023, 13:13 PM

Cyclone Hamoon: St Martin's Island residents urged to seek shelter

Residents of St Martin's Island were today urged to find safe shelter as Cyclone Hamoon approached Bangladesh's coasts
24 October 2023, 11:46 AM

People of 10 coastal districts asked to move to shelters by 8:00pm

The government has asked people of 10 vulnerable coastal districts to move to shelters by 8:00pm today as severe cyclonic storm Hamoon is likely to cross Bangladesh between tonight and tomorrow morning
24 October 2023, 11:20 AM