Nepal-Tibet updates: 750 bodies recovered so far; missing over 3,000
30 August 2026
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World
Rain likely to continue for five days
30 August 2026
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Weather
Rangamati hanging bridge submerged as Kaptai Lake rises
29 August 2026
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Weather
Rainfall likely to continue over next 5 days: BMD
29 August 2026
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Weather
Nepal, China floods: Death toll rises to 633, nearly 3,000 missing
29 August 2026
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World
Nepal flood death toll rises to 616: police
29 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
In the Himalayas, one disaster can prepare the ground for another, scientist says
28 August 2026
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Environment
Nepal and China resume flood rescue after lake overflow threat eases, death toll 579
28 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
'This tragedy is on a different dimension': Inside the human devastation of Nepal’s flood
28 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
28 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Dhaka's air quality 'unhealthy', 5th worst in the world today
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone this morning
7 November 2023
Dhaka's air 5th worst in the world this morning
Dhaka ranked fifth on the global list of cities with the worst air quality this morning
6 November 2023
Free Haridhoa river from encroachers
The High Court today directed the government to evict all illegal structures constructed along the banks of the Haridhoa river in Narsingdi and to take appropriate legal action against the owners of the industries that are responsible for polluting the river and environment
5 November 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dhaka’s air quality ‘unhealthy’ this morning
Dhaka's air quality has been categorised as "unhealthy" this morning
2 November 2023
100 trees felled at JU without permission
Nearly a hundred trees were felled on Jahangirnagar University campus, sparking protest among students.
1 November 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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