The US today (August 26, 2022) said it wants to join a coalition seeking to impose a price cap on Russian oil aimed at squeezing revenue streams for Moscow and softening the global energy prices.

Nine government officials, including the secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar, and the superintendent of police, have been charged with contempt of court for failing to follow the High Court's 2012 orders to stop hill razing in the district.

Bangladesh is in discussions with Russia to procure crude and refined oil, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy said today.

State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain today (August 24) said the new office schedule for the government and autonomous offices will remain in effect until further notice.

The power load has moved one hour earlier following the rescheduling of office hours, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said today.

The Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings today (August 23, 2022) said they are “shocked” by the widespread irregularities and audit objections in state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).

The Jamuna river took a serious turn and devoured over a hundred dwelling houses in Bhuanpur upazila in the last couple of days .

Thirty-eight crocodiles have hatched at the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the Chandpai Range of the Eastern Sundarbans.

This year’s summer started early with devastating heat waves across the globe. South Asia is experiencing its highest temperatures in the last 122 years, leading to at least 90 heat-related deaths in Pakistan and India. The People’s Republic of China suffered three consecutive heat waves, breaking long-standing records, with temperatures exceeding 42 degrees Celsius.

Fuel oil traders of Khulna has been observing a 12-hour strike since morning in order to press home their three-point demand including increased commission and tank-lorry rents.

A python was released in the Sundarbans after it was rescued from a locality adjacent to the forest in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat today (August 21, 2022).

Bangladesh is contemplating import of Russian oil via a third country.

Even though Forest Department found and rescued three capped langurs, endangered animals that cannot be caught and caged by law, from a lawmaker’s bungalow in Savar, no legal action has been taken against him.

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Petrobangla has begun drilling a development well at Shahbazpur Gas Field in Bhola.

The maritime ports have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal three, the weather department said yesterday.

Proper waste management is necessary to prevent pollution caused by the release of toxic substances of plastic into soil, water and air, to protect humans and nature, said speakers at a meeting in Khulna on Wednesday.

The death toll from this season’s floods in the country rose to 140 with another death in Sylhet in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Petrobangla has begun drilling a development well of Shahbazpur Gas Field in the southern district of Bhola.

Low-lying areas of 15 coastal districts in Bangladesh, including their offshore islands and chars, are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, the weather department said on Friday.