Speakers urge for tougher punishment for perpetrators

Positive climate action at scale has never been more urgent. For Bangladesh, a low-lying and densely populated country which finds itself on the frontlines of climate change, this need is more pressing than others.

1,430 died during 2017-2021

To deal with negative impacts of climate change and reduce disaster risk, a sustainable planning in the Jamuna-Brahmaputra river basin is needed, said speakers at a roundtable today

Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 5:00pm tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works.

Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality for the second consecutive day

Eminent citizens wrote to the government yesterday demanding the cancellation of building a safari park in the Lathitila protected reserve forest

The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust was due to receive Tk 536 crore in 2016, along with the accumulated interest, but received just Tk 74 crore after around seven years

The weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy skies over the country, said a Met office weather forecast for the 24 hours from 9:00am today

Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality this morning

Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin today said that the government is working to build a social movement to control noise pollution

The government today observed a minute's silence in Dhaka city from 10:00am to 10:01am. The ministry of environment, forests and climate change took the initiative to raise awareness about the harmful effects of noise pollution

A major disruption in power transmission lines plunged a vast area of Mirpur into darkness this evening

Dhaka has once again topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI of 219 at 8:54am today

Natural and man-made disasters have caused $3.8 trillion in crop and livestock losses over 30 years, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said on Friday.

Following another month of record-breaking temperatures throughout the globe in September, the year 2023 is all but certain to be the warmest on record, a US agency said Friday.

Seven consignments for 168-nuclear fuel assemblies are expected to reach Rooppur power plant project in initial batch for unit-1 within this year

Sundarbans’ marine resources, including fish and crustacean stocks, are depleting due to indiscriminate use of poisonous substances for fish baits, raising concerns among environmentalists.

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) has served a legal notice on 15 authorities concerned for failing to protect the Atrai river in Pabna from encroachment and pollution.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday opined that illegal wildlife trade poses a serious threat to national security and regional stability.