Weeks after the first blow of early flash flood, another flood started inundating crops in a haor in Sunamganj yesterday.

Residents of Gaibandha Sadar upazila’s Tinmail started their morning with a rare and peculiar scene yesterday.

The road on the west of Dumuria’s Baliakhali bridge had to be crossed through the mighty Hamkura on ferries. The road is still there. The river, however, is not.

Hundreds of people of some villages in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha today (April 17, 2022) ran an elephant with their lives at stake after the circus mammal went berserk throwing its mahout from its back and came to the locality.

Hundreds of farmers in the northeastern region of the country continued to suffer immensely because of the flash flood.

Hundreds of acres of croplands on the banks of Jamuna in different upazilas of Sirajganj have been flooded by the onrush of waters from the upstream in the last few days.

Mahadev Rajbangshi (60) used to fish throughout the year in Bangshi river and used to make his living by selling fish.

Seven parks and playgrounds were opened for city dwellers in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area today.

Once a centre of attraction, Nodi, the 11-year-old lioness at Dulhazra Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Cox’s Bazar, is in critical condition.

“Dust is being generated due to construction and development work of both private and government agencies. However, it hasn’t reached an intolerable level,” said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.

For the last couple of weeks, Anowar Hossain, a resident of Sarafatganj Lane in Gandaria, has been suffering from nasal allergy. Anowar, who had no such problem earlier, started to face this issue after construction works for two establishments started in his area recently.

A day labourer died after being attacked by an elephant in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram today (April 15, 2022).

Climate-change protesters snarled traffic by blocking four London bridges on Friday, while other activists continued weeks of demonstrations targeting oil terminals across Britain.

The forest department has demolished a road built within a reserve forest to transport sand and destroyed 28 sand extracting machines during a drive at Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar.

The United States (US) special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry today assured his country's assistance to Bangladesh in improving production of renewable energy as well as creating afforestation along the coastal belt.

Boro rice fields in low lying areas of numerous districts in the country’s northwest have been damaged by a sudden rush of water in the region, raising worries of losses due to reduced yields.

Jet fuel price has shot up again from last week – for the 13th hike in 17 months – causing severe blow to the already struggling Bangladeshi aviation industry.

A probe body formed by the Ministry of Water Resources yesterday visited four haors in Sunamganj where farmers suffered crop losses due to early flash flood.

Paramount Textile Ltd (PTL) today said it will form a joint venture company with Dynamic Sun Energy Private Ltd to establish a 100 megawatt solar power plant in Pabna sadar, a northwest district.

Farmers of Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrakona and Sylhet grow Boro on around 4 lakh hectares every year, but the government has been spending money on the vital levees that protect them on a piecemeal basis.