Oil giants have "greenwashed" their public image while locking in fossil fuel production for years to come, potentially foiling moves to prevent climate change, said a US House committee memo released Friday.

A cyclonic storm killed at least four people in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu today, the top state official said, as heavy rain and strong winds buffeted several districts damaging property and causing power outages.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is fast-tracking support for a gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh after determining that the project complies with the Paris Agreement.

Cyclone Mandous over the Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining area has moved west-northwestwards and intensified into a severe cyclonic storm.

The deep depression over Southwest Bay and adjoining Southeast Bay moved west-northwestwards and intensified into cyclonic storm 'Mandous' over Southwest Bay and adjoining area.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's main island of Java today, the United States Geological Survey said, less than a month after another quake in the same province killed more than 300 people.

Many Rangpur dwellers, including Maharani Shyamasundari, died following an outbreak of mosquito-borne malaria in 1890s.

Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said government's goal is to ensure access to uninterrupted power at an affordable cost by using clean energy..He made the remarks while addressing a discussion titled, “Investing in Green Energy Transition: Partnership Opportunit

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and several other parts of the country this morning, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Roughly 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in the southern Russian province of Dagestan, officials said Sunday.

Air pollution is killing around 80,000 people every year in Bangladesh by causing respiratory problems as well as depression, and wiping out around 4 percent of the country’s GDP, said a World Bank report yesterday.

Consumers have to pay Tk 46 more for a 12kg-LPG cylinder as the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission today raised the LPG price to Tk 108.09 from Tk 104.26 a kg.

Air pollution caused at least 78,145 deaths in Bangladesh in 2019 and also cost the country 3.9 to 4.4 percent of its GDP that year, says a World Bank report released today.

US shale oil drillers turned from scrappy wildcatters into multi-millionaires over the past two decades, propelling the United States to become the world's largest producer, but now they are running out of runway.

Terming gas price hike a "blessing in disguise" for Bangladesh, State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the government is now getting offers for deep-sea exploration.

The government has taken an initiative to set up four new vehicle inspection centres (VICs) to control emissions.

Electricity and gas prices can now be adjusted without a public hearing after President Abdul Hamid today issued an ordinance amending the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Act-2003.

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to set up a 1000 MW solar power plant in Bangladesh.

All regions of the world saw water extremes last year -- both floods and droughts -- and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The environment ministry has set a target to stop use of hydraulic horns in Dhaka by the next two months to prevent sound pollution.