Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has allocated Tk 10 crore for 10,000 flood victim families of Sylhet and Sunamganj.

Villagers in Kurigram are putting up a 50-meter bamboo wall to control the flow of water in the Brahmaputra River to save their village Durgam Porar Char from flooding.

Dhaka's air quality remains moderate today (July 3, 2022). The capital of Bangladesh had an air quality index (AQI) score of 64 at 10am today, ranking 28th in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.

From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies -- with uncertain implications.

Criticising the approach of safari parks to conserve wildlife, Begum Habibun Nahar, deputy minister for environment, forest and climate change, yesterday said “it’s sad to watch wildlife suffering in the enclosures of safari parks”.

More rains are likely to drench Bangladesh in the next 24 hours, the weather department said today (July 2, 2022).

Gas is being emitted from an enclosure at a fish farm in Mongla of Bagerhat. The landowner’s family is now using the gas for cooking.

More than two dozen crew members are unaccounted for after their ship broke into two during a typhoon in the South China Sea on Saturday (July 2), with rescuers scrambling to find them.

Criticising the approach of safari parks for the so-called conservation of wildlife, Begum Habibun Nahar, deputy minister for environment, forest and climate change, today (July 2, 2022) said “it’s sad to watch wildlife suffering in the enclosures of safari park”.

Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.

Dhaka's air quality remains in the "moderate" zone.

Rehabilitation of around four lakh people, who were worst hit by the floods and lost their homes, is the biggest challenge in the government’s recovery efforts.

Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has monitored the water level of the country’s rivers at 109 river stations and recorded a rise in level at 61 stations while a fall in 41 others.

Crops on around 16,383 hectares of land have been damaged due to floods in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts. “Aush” paddy, jute, maize, nuts and various vegetables have been damaged in the floodwater.

“How much more can we take?”

The flood situation in the Sylhet division has left a destructive effect on the lives of its residents. Women and children are the worst victims as of yet, with severe health complications, especially, malnutrition.

Moderate rain inundated around two-thirds of Khulna city yesterday, causing immense sufferings to residents.

Flood claimed four more lives in the country in 24 hours till this morning (June 30, 2022), raising the total fatalities to 92.

The people living around Dharla River shoal in Lalmonirhat district are now having to face another onslaught of floods as the river water is flowing above the danger level as of today (June 30, 2022).

Almost a quarter of the world's population are exposed to significant flood risks, according to new research published Tuesday, which warned those in poorer countries were more vulnerable.