The announcement comes as world leaders prepare to meet in the Brazilian Amazon for a summit ahead of annual UN climate negotiations.

CCC officials thanked residents for giving up land and praised BNP and Jamaat leaders for funding canal renovations

Night temperature may rise slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country

Depression over Bay triggers widespread rainfall across Bangladesh

New plan includes urban lounge, coffee shop, and exhibition centre

Operating without environmental clearance, factory dumped chemical waste into nearby fields

A Phayre’s leaf monkey mother cradles her infant amid the lush canopies of Moulvibazar’s Lawachhara National Park, the baby’s wide eyes fixed curiously on the camera.

The High Court yesterday further directed the government to implement its nine directives to curb air pollution in Dhaka and submit a compliance report to the court within three weeks.

Daytime temperatures may fall by one to two degrees Celsius

Over 30,000 deaths directly attributed to fossil fuels

Light to heavy rain likely across several Bangladesh divisions, says BMD

Melissa has already been blamed for at least four deaths in Haiti and the Dominican Republic this week

Bangladesh Met Office issues Cautionary Signal 1 for four seaports

Ports asked to hoist signal 1

The only giraffe at Gazipur Safari Park has died while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The adult female giraffe, brought from South Africa, passed away on Thursday afternoon, but the news was made public yesterday.

Adult female African giraffe had been ill for a week

A pink sea fan, or pink gorgonian coral, sways gently in the Bay of Bengal off Saint Martin’s Island -- a living lacework of colour and resilience.

Students pledge to protect nature

Over 271,000 people in Bangladesh died from air pollution-related causes in 2023, according to a new global report.

With the dry season approaching, Dhaka city’s air quality has once again slipped to an unhealthy level, underscoring the inadequacy of the limited measures taken by the authorities to curb air pollution.