Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health

Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue at crunch UN climate talks starting next week
26 November 2023

Dhaka’s air 5th most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka has ranked fifth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality this morning
26 November 2023

Tiger carcass recovered in Sundarbans

The Forest Department recovered a tiger's carcass from a river in the Sundarbans around 5:00pm
25 November 2023

Cyclone likely to brew over Bay of Bengal this week

There is a possibility of another cyclonic circulation leading to formation of a low pressure over Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal around November 27, which is likely to intensify into a depression on November 29
25 November 2023

Dhaka’s air 2nd most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka's air quality was ranked second worst in the world this morning
25 November 2023

Elephant found dead in Cox’s Bazar

An elephant was found dead near a forest of Eidgaon upazila in Cox’s Bazar yesterday morning.
24 November 2023

Dhaka’s air most polluted in the world Friday morning

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 323 at 9:30am, Dhaka's air remained in the 'hazardous' zone, according to IQAir
24 November 2023

Ctg mobile court sends 2 to jail for destroying forest

A mobile court today sentenced two women to jail on charges of destroying a portion of reserve forest in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila..The convicts are Sharmen Akter and Rasheda Akter, from Baganbazar area of the upazila, reports our staff correspondent quoting forest officials..
22 November 2023

Two brick kilns demolished in Lalmonirhat

A mobile court today demolished two brick kilns built illegally on agricultural land in Karnopur village of Moghalhat union in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila
22 November 2023

Dhaka’s air 2nd most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka's air quality was ranked second worst in the world this morning
22 November 2023

World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds: report

The richest one percent of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world's poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published Sunday by the non-profit Oxfam International
20 November 2023

Midhili damages Aman paddy in Gazipur: farmers

Heavy rains due to cyclone Midhili have damaged Aman paddy in Gazipur, said farmers
18 November 2023

5 killed as Cyclone Midhili crosses coast

At least five people were killed as cyclone Midhili crossed the country today, inundating low-lying areas in many parts of several southern districts
17 November 2023

One killed as Cyclone Midhili batters Sandwip

A man was killed as a branch of a tree fell on him in front of his house at Moghdhora village in Sandwip upazila of Chattogram as Cyclone Midhili lashed Bangladesh coasts this evening
17 November 2023

Ctg Port on Alert 3 as it braces 'Midhili'

Chattogram Port was put on Alert No 3, its second-highest alert, this morning after the met office advised to hoist danger signal no 6 due to cyclonic storm Midhili
17 November 2023

Depression over bay intensifies into Cyclonic Storm ‘Midhili’

The cyclonic storm was centred at 6:00am today about 470 km west-southwest of Chattogram port, 445 km west-southwest of Cox's Bazer port, 330 km southwest of Mongla port, and 330 km southwest of Payra port
17 November 2023

Factories dumping wastes in reserve forest

Raghunandan Hill Reserve Forest in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj is facing a severe environmental crisis due to indiscriminate dumping of industrial waste.
16 November 2023

Canals of Sunamganj dead and dying

The Sunamganj town has numerous waterbodies crisscrossing across it, including seven canals that flow through the low-lying land before joining the Surma river.
16 November 2023

Around 300 tourists stranded on St Martin's Island

Around 300 tourists have been stranded on St Martin's Island due to the formation of a depression in the Bay of Bengal
16 November 2023

Depression over Bay likely to turn into cyclonic storm

The deep depression over west-central Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and expected to cross Bangladesh coast between Mongla and Payra Sea Port tomorrow packing a maximum wind speed of 80km per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said today
16 November 2023