DSCC plans to turn it into Hatirjheel-like space; cleaning work already underway

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rains or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind at a few places over eight divisions including Dhaka in 24 hours commencing 9:00am today

Dhaka’s air quality has turned ‘moderate’ during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays as most of the residents left the capital for their respective villages to celebrate the religious festival

Hatfield's Ferry Power Station, a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, stopped producing electricity in 2013. Its closure came in a wave of coal-plant shutdowns triggered by competition from cheaper, cleaner natural gas and incentives in the US Clean Air Act

People of three upazilas of Munshiganj, including Sadar, was without power for four-and-a-half hours after a storm damaged a substation of the district.

More rainfall is likely tonight and tomorrow

Dhaka’s air quality was “unhealthy” yesterday morning.

The maximum temperature in the country was recorded at 42.8 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga today, said Rakibul Hasan, senior observer of Chuadanga First Class Weather Observatory.

About 2.4 million people in Thailand have sought hospital treatment for medical problems linked to air pollution since the start of the year, health officials said, as toxic smog chokes parts of the country

The 40-foot-long whale, weighing around 25 tonnes, which was found dead on Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach on Tuesday, has been buried.

“Are you talking about those big pankhas?” auto-rickshaw driver Osman Ali responded when this reporter asked to take him to the wind power plant in Khurushkul area of Cox’s Bazar.

The temperature may drop across the country and rainfall may increase in a day or two, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said today

Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been taking cover beneath any shelter they can find as they pray for cooling rains with record temperatures hitting the region..Bangladesh saw its highest temperature for almost 60 years in the past week, while

After five days, Rampal power plant today resumed production.

Rapid urbanisation is shrinking green space in the city bringing more extreme heat

A large dead whale was seen floating in the sea near Himchari on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive road today..The Bryde's whale was first seen one kilometre away from the sea beach in the morning, reports our local correspondent quoting Md Masum Billah, executive magistrate in charge Cox's

A committee of Rajshahi division asked health officials of eight districts to advise people to stay indoors between 10:00am and 4:00pm, drink plenty of fluids, and shop after dark to deal with the heatwave.

There could be relief from the ongoing severe heatwave during the Eid vacations as there is a possibility of rain in at least four districts, including Dhaka, on April 21 and 22

After almost two weeks of severe heatwave, finally rain poured down in different upazilas of Sylhet

The country has generated a record 15,604 megawatts of electricity as of 9:00pm tonight