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Thanks to rain, Dhaka’s air quality “moderate” today

Dhaka's air quality continues to be in the “moderate” zone, thanks to intermittent monsoon showers.
27 July 2022, 05:04 AM

Flood death toll now 131

The death toll from floods in the country rose to 131 with two more deaths in Lalmonirhat district in 24 hours till yesterday morning.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Germany's plan to return to coal power plant face challenges

High coal prices, supply bottlenecks and aged plants are posing a challenge to Germany's plan to increase electricity production from hard coal-fired power plants to compensate for declining gas deliveries, according to operators and industry experts.
26 July 2022, 13:55 PM

Flood death toll now 131: DGHS

The death toll from floods in the country rose to 131 with two more deaths in Lalmonirhat district in 24 hours till this morning (July 26, 2022).
26 July 2022, 12:14 PM

Over Tk 86,811cr lost to floods

The recent devastating floods in 18 north and northeastern districts caused damages worth over Tk 86,811 crore, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman said yesterday.
25 July 2022, 18:00 PM

13-hour load shedding every day in parts of Sylhet city

Sales and Distribution Division of Sylhet Power Development Board (PDB) yesterday (July 24, 2022) published a new schedule of load shedding which shows some areas in Sylhet city won’t have electricity for 13 hours a day.
25 July 2022, 06:51 AM

Dhaka’s air quality “moderate” today

Dhaka's air quality is said to be in the “moderate” zone today.
25 July 2022, 05:52 AM

Corruption, import-dependent policies among reasons cited for current power crisis

National Committee for Protection of Oil-Gas and Mineral Resources, Electricity Sector and Ports has identified nine specific reasons for the current situation in the power sector.
24 July 2022, 17:38 PM

Dhaka’s air quality “moderate” today

Dhaka’s air quality witnessed a marked improvement this morning (July 24, 2022), after remaining “unhealthy” a day before.
24 July 2022, 05:16 AM

Floods over, not the struggles

It has been around a month since flood waters began receding across Sylhet division.
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Dhaka losing its greenery

Dhaka has lost around 56 percent of its green spaces over the last three decades. In 1989, this mega city had 12,745 hectares of vegetation, which came down to just 5,599 hectares in 2020, a new study has found.
23 July 2022, 02:30 AM

Japanese regulators okay releasing waste water from Fukushima nuclear plant to ocean

Japan's nuclear regulators have approved a plan to release into the ocean water from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the government said on Friday.
22 July 2022, 16:46 PM

60 rescued wild birds released at National Botanical Garden

The forest department in a drive rescued 60 wild birds from Mirpur Birds Market in Dhaka today (July 22, 2022) and later released them at the National Botanical Garden.
22 July 2022, 13:11 PM

Mild heatwave to continue: Bangladesh Met office

No relief is in sight as the mild heat wave sweeping through some districts of Bangladesh is likely to continue, said the weather department.
22 July 2022, 08:51 AM

Another dolphin found dead in Halda

Another dolphin was found dead in Halda river in Chattogram yesterday.
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Landslide took away everything we had’

A two-decimal land at the bottom of a hill.
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM

282 killed in weeklong rains, flashfloods in Pakistan

The death toll from five weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods jumped to at least 282 in Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, as the latest downpours continued lashing the impoverished country.
21 July 2022, 15:46 PM

7 brick kilns fined Tk 21 lakh in Narayanganj

A Narayanganj court today (July 21) fined four directors of seven brick kilns Tk 21 lakhs for operating in municipality area flouting rules and not having required environmental clearance.
21 July 2022, 13:55 PM

Govt officials directed to spend 20% less on vehicle fuel

In a latest move to promote austerity in operations, the finance ministry today (July 21, 2022) directed government officials to lower expenses for fuel and lubricants of vehicles issued to them by 20 percent.
21 July 2022, 13:27 PM

World’s oldest male giant panda euthanised at 35

An An, the world's oldest male giant panda under human care, was euthanised on Thursday at age 35, the equivalent of 105 years for humans, said the Hong Kong theme park where he lived.
21 July 2022, 05:29 AM