The highest temperature recorded in Dhaka today was 40.4 degrees Celsius, which is the highest since 1965

The severe heat wave is sweeping over Khulna division, Dhaka, Faridpur, Manikganj, Rajshahi, Pabna and Patuakhali districts, said a Met office bulletin

The railway authorities have directed all trains to reduce speed in various parts of Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Sylhet railways due to extreme heatwave

The country today recorded highest temperature of this year amid a prediction that the prevailing medium to low heatwave may turn to a severe heatwave

The country has generated record 15,304 megawatt of electricity at 9:00pm tonight.

The highest temperature of the country this year was recorded in Chuadanga at 41ºC today

The country is likely to witness a severe heatwave from today or tomorrow, according to a meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department

The Bangladesh Power Development Board produced record 14,932MW of electricity in a day around 9:00pm (peak hour) yesterday

A wildlife conservationist who raises awareness to stop the hunting of wildlife has been allegedly attacked by miscreants in Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari yesterday

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The country generated 14,800 megawatts of electricity at 9:00pm (peak hour) today, breaking all the records of single day's production.

According to today's forecast of Meteorological Department, a mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions, and the districts of Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram and Netrokona

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 199 at 9:20 am today, Dhaka ranked fifth in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.

Heatwave currently sweeping the country; temperature likely to rise further

After starting electricity supply to Bangladesh from the first unit of its plant in Godda in the eastern state of Jharkhand a few days ago, India's Adani Power Limited has said it is expected to commission its second 800 MW unit soon, according to the company statement

An avalanche on Sunday near Mont Blanc in southeastern France swept four people to their deaths and left two more missing, the officials said

Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has been appointed by UN Secretary General António Guterres as member of the Advisory Board of Eminent Persons on Zero Waste..The appointment was made in accordance with the United Nations General Assembly resolution on Zero Waste (77/161) adopted on

People in different parts of the country are experiencing a sweltering heat with the mercury soaring to 37.4 degree Celsius in Dhaka today

Any visitor who irritates animals in a zoo would have to pay a fine of Tk 2,000

The quake was relatively shallow, at a depth of 12 kilometers (seven miles)