Lightning strikes kill 13 across country
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Natural disaster
Caught between arsenic and salinity
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Environment
Govt hikes fuel prices
18 April 2026, 22:49 PM
Energy
Nor’wester wreaks havoc in five districts
18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Octane reserves now beyond storage capacity
17 April 2026, 22:17 PM
Energy
Khulna conference warns of climate crisis in coastal zone
17 April 2026, 20:07 PM
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Abandoned motorcycle sits at Rangpur filling station for 12 days
17 April 2026, 19:13 PM
Energy
Eastern Refinery unit-2 tender by May, trial run in 2029: State minister
17 April 2026, 12:43 PM
Energy
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17 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant gets commissioning license for first unit's fuel loading
16 April 2026, 23:41 PM
Energy
Demolish illegal brick kilns of Dhaka, surrounding districts in 15 days: HC
The High Court today directed the government to shut down the operations of all the illegal brick kilns and demolish their structures in Dhaka and four other surrounding districts -- Gazipur, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Munshiganj -- in 15 days to prevent environment pollution.
1 March 2022, 09:31 AM
CNG stations to remain closed 6-11pm from today
CNG filling stations across the country will remain closed from 6 pm to 11 pm every day, instead of 6-10 pm, said a Petrobangla press release.
1 March 2022, 09:22 AM
1 billion children at extreme risk from climate change: UNICEF
A new report from UNICEF, released yesterday, concludes that one billion of the world’s most vulnerable children are at risk due to climate change impacts.
1 March 2022, 07:12 AM
Climate change is upon us and humanity is far from ready: UN report
Climate change is upon us and humanity is far from ready, the United Nations climate panel warned in a major report on Monday.
28 February 2022, 14:23 PM
Python, fishing cat rescued in Chattogram
A Burmese python was rescued from Chittagong University (CU) campus and a fishing cat was rescued from Hathazari upazila in Chattogram today.
25 February 2022, 12:42 PM
6.2 magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s Sumatra
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the near the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, the country's geophysics agency BMKG said, though there was no risk of a tsunami or immediate reports of major damage.
25 February 2022, 04:00 AM
Lion dies at Dulahazra Safari Park
A lion died on Wednesday at Dulahazra Safari Park in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria.
24 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Lion died of old age: Cox’s Bazar safari park authorities
A lion has died due to old age complications at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Dulahazara of Cox’s Bazar.
24 February 2022, 12:23 PM
Dhaka air 3rd most polluted in the world this morning
The air quality in Dhaka was reported 'unhealthy' this morning and it occupied the third position in the air quality index (AQI).
24 February 2022, 05:54 AM
Pangolin rescued from tea garden
A pangolin was rescued from Phulbari tea garden under Kamalganj Upazila in Moulvibazar, near Lawacharra forest, yesterday afternoon.
23 February 2022, 18:00 PM
64 illegal brick kilns shut in 3 CHT districts
Local administrations have shut down operations of a total 64 illegal brick kilns in the areas of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) in compliance with a High Court directive to curb pollution and to save the environment.
23 February 2022, 12:03 PM
Criminal cases to be filed for zebra deaths
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change yesterday decided to lodge criminal cases against those involved with the death of 11 zebras at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in recent weeks.
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Workers at safari park ripped open zebra carcasses to bury cause of death: Probe report
To conceal the actual reason behind the death of zebras, employees of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur ripped open the bellies of three zebra carcasses with sharp instruments and claimed that the animals were killed due to injuries, the probe committee report suggested.
22 February 2022, 15:39 PM
Ban single-use plastic, say 3 in 4 people worldwide: Survey
Three in four people worldwide want single-use plastics to be banned as soon as possible, according to a poll released on Tuesday, as United Nations members prepare to begin talks on a global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution.
22 February 2022, 05:43 AM
11 Zebras’ deaths: High nitrate levels in grass linked: probe
High levels of nitrate in the grass fed to zebras at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur was linked to the deaths of 11 of the animals last month.
21 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Nitrate poisoning behind death of 11 zebras: medical board member
The 11 zebras that died in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur in recent times suffered nitrate poisoning.
21 February 2022, 10:02 AM
Dhaka air 3rd most polluted in the world this morning
The air quality in Dhaka was reported ‘unhealthy’ this morning and it occupied the third position in the air quality index (AQI).
20 February 2022, 06:15 AM
Another wild elephant found dead in Sherpur
A wild elephant was found dead near the Gazni border of Sherpur’s Jhenaigati upazila early yesterday, said forest officials.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Forest robbers destroy 5,000 trees
A gang has been mindlessly lifting earth from a reserve forest in Gangamati area adjacent to Kuakata sea beach in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
12 die as snowstorm ravages Western Europe
Crews cleared fallen trees and worked to restore power to about 400,000 people in Britain as Western Europe cleaned up Saturday after one of the most damaging storms in years.
19 February 2022, 14:44 PM