PM conferred Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award

Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award has been conferred to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, acknowledging her leadership in championing climate actions
1 December 2023

COP28: UAE launches new $30 billion climate investment fund

The United Arab Emirates said Friday it is launching a new $30 billion private investment fund focused on climate projects in developing countries
1 December 2023

PM for putting climate change victims in charge of fighting impact

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has coauthored an article on climate change with the Global Center on Adaptation CEO Patrick Verkooijen in the famous American weekly news magazine, Newsweek
1 December 2023

Plastic for bread

At one end of the world, leaders from different countries have gathered to discuss climate change and how to save the environment from further deterioration. At the other end, monkeys are having to eat plastic and polythene discarded by tourists of the Sundarbans in Khulna
1 December 2023

CCP28 Climate Summit: Loss and damage fund launched

The launch of a climate “loss and damage” fund yesterday drew praise and hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges at the UN’s COP28 talks but also warnings that much more is needed to help vulnerable nations.
30 November 2023

COP28 launches climate 'loss and damage' fund

The UN's COP28 climate conference formally launched on Thursday a "loss and damage" fund long sought by vulnerable nations devastated by natural disasters linked to global warming
30 November 2023

German govt loses key climate case ahead of COP28

The German government today lost a key climate case brought by environmental groups, in an embarrassing slap down the day before Chancellor Olaf Scholz was due to travel to the COP28 climate summit
30 November 2023

Pratapnagar’s climate woes never end

Upon reaching the Harishkhali village in Pratapnagar union, an area on the forefront of climate impacts in the country,the first thing noticed was a red flag, hoisted by the launch terminal, fluttering against the southernbreeze.
29 November 2023

Zilla Parishad, Habiganj: Bapa protests move to fell 77 trees

Environment activists submitted a memorandum to Zilla Parishad, Habiganj today, protesting a move to cut down trees within the premises of the district council office
29 November 2023

What happens at a COP climate summit?

Imagine a massive industry expo with the drama of a dozen simultaneous political conferences, a few flashes of impassioned protest and the occasional crowd crush to glimpse a climate celebrity
29 November 2023

Low pressure may intensify into cyclonic storm over Bay: Met office

A low-pressure area near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal within the next few days, according to a forecast by Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).
29 November 2023

Work for waste to energy plant starts Jan: mayor

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today said construction work to set up a plant for turning waste into energy will start from January next year
28 November 2023
28 November 2023

World must act before climate displacements become humanitarian crisis: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for international support for the worst-affected countries by climate displacements to prevent situation from turning into a humanitarian crisis
28 November 2023

Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes north of Papua New Guinea

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with one witness saying the ground swayed "like you are on a boat"
28 November 2023

‘Environment officials managed by kiln owners’

The High Court yesterday blasted the Department of Environment (DoE) and Dhaka city corporations for failing to prevent air pollution and dengue infection in and around the capital despite its repeated directives.
27 November 2023

HC blasts DoE, Dhaka city corporations for failure to prevent air pollution, dengue

The High Court today blasted the Department of Environment (DoE) and two Dhaka city corporations for their failure to prevent air pollution and dengue infection in the capital and surrounding areas despite its repeated directives
27 November 2023

Low pressure on Bay may turn into depression, head to Bangladesh Nov 29

The low pressure that is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal due to a cyclonic circulation in South Thailand and adjoining South Andaman Sea is expected to intensify into a depression on November 29 and may head towards Bangladesh after changing course, said the Indian Met department and some global forecasting models
27 November 2023

Low pressure may form in South Andaman Sea, intensify further

A low pressure is likely to form over South Andaman Sea and adjoining area during next 48 hours.
26 November 2023

New gas reserve found in Sylhet

A new gas reserve has been found in Well-10 under the Sylhet Gas Field Limited in Jaintapur upazila of the district.
26 November 2023