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
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