Flash floods hit 3 northern dists

Vast tracts of low-lying areas in three northern districts have been inundated due to an onrush of water from upstream and torrential rainfall.
5 October 2023

Rain triggers traffic chaos in Dhaka

Incessant rain yesterday pounded Dhaka and other parts of the country, causing city dwellers to suffer and disrupting traffic.
5 October 2023

Concerns as another elephant 'killed' in Sherpur

The forest department has recovered body of a wild elephant from a paddy field in the hilly area of Sherpur’s Jhenaigati upazila
5 October 2023

Russia will take back spent fuel of Rooppur nuclear power plant: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Russia has promised to take back the spent fuel of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) to their country
5 October 2023

Many areas of Rajshahi city submerged following ‘very heavy’ rainfall over 24hrs

Major parts of Rajshahi city were submerged as the city corporation experienced “very heavy” rainfall in 24 hours till noon today.
5 October 2023

Rooppur receives uranium in ceremony attended virtually by Hasina, Putin

Bangladesh today officially received the first batch of uranium for its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) to become the 33rd nuclear power-producing country of the world
5 October 2023

Typhoon Koinu brushes past Taiwan with lashing rain; 190 injured

Typhoon Koinu brushed past southern Taiwan on Thursday, injuring 190 people and causing some damage but no deaths, as lashing rains and strong winds forced millions of people in a swathe of cities to miss work and school.
5 October 2023

AI of the tiger: Tiny camera 'protects' predator and people

Tiger populations are on the rise in the jungles of India and Nepal and the predators are roaming ever closer to villages, sparking a race among conservationists to find ways of avoiding conflict.
5 October 2023

September was hottest on record by 'extraordinary' margin: EU monitor

Last month was the hottest September on record by an "extraordinary" margin as the world flirts dangerously with breaching a key warming limit, the EU climate monitor said on Thursday
5 October 2023

North braces for flash floods as Teesta swells

Rising water levels of the Teesta’s due to heavy rains, severe flooding, and a breach in a dam in India’s northeastern Sikkim may trigger flash floods in the northern parts of Bangladesh.
4 October 2023

‘Address rise in temp with urgency’

Authorities should address the rising temperatures in Dhaka and other cities with urgency, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.
4 October 2023

Dhaka city will be noise-free for a minute on Oct 15

In order to create widespread public awareness about noise pollution, the government has decided to make Dhaka city noiseless from 10:00am to 10:01am on October 15
4 October 2023

Rooppur nuke plant to play vital role in building 'Smart Bangladesh': PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hoped that the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) will play an important role in building a “Smart Bangladesh”
4 October 2023

Unesco lauds initiatives to protect Sundarbans: minister

The Unesco World Heritage Committee has supported Bangladesh's continued effort to protect resources of the Sundarbans through planned afforestation, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin said today
4 October 2023

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to take 1.5 years to commission

Science and Technology Minister Yeafesh Osman has said that it will take about one and a half years to commission the first unit of 2400 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
4 October 2023

Russia to hand over first batch of nuclear fuel to Rooppur power plant tomorrow

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is going to officially receive a fresh batch of uranium from the Russian contractor, Rosatom, at a formal "Graduation Ceremony" tomorrow
4 October 2023

Climate change draws great white sharks north, threatening ecosystem

There never used to be young great white sharks basking off the busy beaches of central California, but as climate change starts to bite, warmer waters are enticing them north -- with possibly catastrophic consequences for a whole ecosystem.
4 October 2023

2 earthquakes strike Nepal, blocking major highway, injuring one

Two earthquakes rocked western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring one person, damaging homes and triggering a landslide that blocked a major highway, authorities said, sending tremors as far away as the Indian capital.
3 October 2023

Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Nepal

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Nepal today, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.</p><p>The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said.</p><p>The quake was also felt in parts of India including its capital New Delhi.</p>
3 October 2023

Severe drought, heat linked to deaths of dolphins in Amazon river

The carcasses of 120 river dolphins have been found floating in a tributary of the Amazon River over the last week in circumstances that experts suspect were caused by severe drought and heat.
3 October 2023