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Climate change: ‘It’s time to step up’

Bangladesh has called for sincere commitment and urgent action from developed nations to fight climate change and ensure a gender-equal,
23 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Rare rhino born in Czech zoo named after Ukraine capital

A Czech zoo has welcomed a critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros baby that has taken the name of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in honor of that country’s resistance to invading Russian forces.
23 March 2022, 06:29 AM

Deadly yet taken lightly

People in Bangladesh every day inhale an alarming amount of black carbon, a particle not only harmful for human health but also responsible for global warming.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh air worst in the world, again

The air quality of Bangladesh remained the worst in the world for four years in a row, said a global report.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Streams run dry in Satchhari

Once upon a time, there were ever-flowing streams running through the Satchhari National Park.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Depression in Bay likely to weaken gradually

People in the port areas can heave a sigh of relief as the deep depression over the north Andaman Sea and the adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal is unlikely to intensify into a cyclone.
22 March 2022, 09:54 AM

2021 World Air Quality Report: Bangladesh Remains Most Polluted

Air quality of Bangladesh was the worst in the world, while its capital, Dhaka, was the second most air polluted city in 2021, said a global report.
22 March 2022, 05:12 AM

Water Crisis in the Southwest: ‘Paani Apa’ to the rescue

Mitu Sana, a homemaker from Gunari village at Khulna’s Dakop upazila, has to go to the Union Parishad pond -- far from her home -- to fetch drinking water.
21 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Water Crisis in the Southwest: ‘Paani Apa’ to the rescue

Mitu Sana, a homemaker from Gunari village at Khulna’s Dakop upazila, has to go to the Union Parishad pond -- far from her home -- to fetch drinking water.
21 March 2022, 18:00 PM

DoE disconnects power of 6 businesses in Dhaka over pollution

Department of Environment (DoE) today disconnected power connections of four dying factories and two printing presses over the violation of the environment act in the capital.
21 March 2022, 17:18 PM

Depression in Bay likely to intensify into cyclonic storm today

The depression over north Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast bay is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm by this afternoon and move in a north/northeasterly direction.
21 March 2022, 11:06 AM

Chakaria Sundarbans nears extinction as shrimp farming takes over

If you cruise through the Ujantia canal up to its estuary with the Matamuhuri river of Cox’s Bazar, you will see the last remnants of a mangrove forest, almost obliterated from the country’s south-eastern landscape.
20 March 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Too precious to lose’

After Gazipur and Dulahazra, the forest department has finalised plans to build the country’s third safari park in Lathitila forest, located in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.
20 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Cyclone ‘Asani’ might hit tomorrow, maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal-1: BMD

The well-marked low pressure in the southeast Bay of Bengal and its adjoining Andaman Sea has intensified into a depression, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department in a weather forecast bulletin issued at 9:00 am today.
20 March 2022, 10:48 AM

Leopard dies after being electrocuted

A leopard was killed after being electrocuted while trying to enter a poultry farm in a village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila on early Friday.According to the Mahbub George, chairperson of the union, the cheetah was trying to steal chicken from a poultry farm owned by one Aliar Rahman. It was accompanied by another leopard, which was hiding in a nearby maize field.
19 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Dhaka’s air quality remains ‘unhealthy’

Dhaka’s air quality continues to be “unhealthy”, but the densely populated capital of Bangladesh is no longer the world’s most polluted city.
19 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Cyclone ‘Asani’ might hit Bangladesh coast by March 22: IMD

It will be a rare instance of a cyclone hitting the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar in March if the low-pressure system brewing in the Bay of Bengal develops into a full-fledged cyclone “Asani”.
19 March 2022, 07:13 AM

Leopard dies after being electrocuted in Nilphamari

A leopard was killed after being electrocuted while trying to enter a poultry farm in a village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila early today.
18 March 2022, 11:49 AM

2022’s first cyclone ‘Asani’ might reach Bangladesh by March 23

A low pressure area formed over the Indian Ocean and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal which could develop into this year’s first cyclone “Asani”.
17 March 2022, 07:37 AM

Thousands without power in Japan after 7.4 quake kills 4

Thousands of Japanese households remained without power on Thursday (March 17) as companies worked to assess damage the morning after a powerful quake hit the northeast coast of Japan, leaving at least four dead and nearly 100 injured, some seriously. 
17 March 2022, 02:54 AM