Drilling begins at Brahmanbaria's Titas-31 deep exploratory well to boost gas supply
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Energy
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
Weather
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
Environment
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
‘Neelkanth’: The Harbinger of renewal
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Wild Life
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
Munich Security Conference: Dhaka urges world leaders to ensure climate funding, technologies
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen has said climate change posed a security challenge and urged the global leadership to help forge international partnerships to ensure financing and technologies for climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh.
19 February 2022, 09:10 AM
Wild elephant found dead in Sherpur
A wild elephant was found dead near the Gazni border of Sherpur's Jhenaigati upazila early today, forest officials sa
19 February 2022, 08:25 AM
Climate finance deal may be affected due to geopolitics, warns Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has reiterated the need for global partnership to mobilize financing and technologies towards climate action and green transition.
19 February 2022, 04:48 AM
Air pollution may negatively affect male fertility: Study
Air pollution may negatively affect semen quality, particularly the ability of sperm to swim in the right direction, according to the findings of a new research, The Guardian reported.
18 February 2022, 13:01 PM
Southern Britain, Ireland battered by Atlantic storm Eunice; Londoners urged to stay home
An Atlantic storm battered southern Britain and Ireland with winds of up to 100 miles per hour on Friday, uprooting trees, stranding travellers and hammering London.
18 February 2022, 11:44 AM
Punish polluters, river grabbers
Green activists in Habiganj yesterday demanded proper investigation and punishment of those involved in grabbing rivers and causing industrial pollution.
17 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Death toll in Brazil mudslides rises to 105
Rio de Janeiro state’s government has confirmed 105 deaths from floods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in the city of Petropolis. But even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear Thursday how many bodies remained trapped in the mud.
17 February 2022, 15:45 PM
Illegal structures under boundary of canals will be evicted: LGRD Minister
All the illegal structures which will fall under the boundary of canals in Dhaka city will be evicted, said Local Government Rural Development Minister Tazul Islam today.
16 February 2022, 12:57 PM
Sydney man killed in first fatal shark attack in six decades
A shark killed a swimmer off a Sydney beach on Wednesday in the city's first fatal attack in nearly 60 years, causing "catastrophic injuries", police and ambulance services said.
16 February 2022, 12:47 PM
No safari park in Lathitila: Speakers say at Bapa roundtable
Speakers at a roundtable discussion in Sylhet today urged the government to step back from constructing a safari park at Lathitila forest in Moulvibazar district.
16 February 2022, 12:09 PM
‘318 illegal brick kilns polluting Dhaka, surrounding districts’
A total of 318 illegal brick kilns are still running and polluting the environment in Dhaka and four other surrounding districts -- Gazipur, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Munshiganj -- even after 95 were shut down through mobile courts recently.
16 February 2022, 07:29 AM
‘Find out top polluters’
The High Court yesterday wanted to know the major sources of air pollution in the country and the government’s action plan to curb it.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Nationwide survey on noise pollution begins from Manikganj
A nationwide survey on sound pollution kicked off from Manikganj district today.
15 February 2022, 16:57 PM
Bangladesh seeks India’s support for cooperation with Bhutan in hydropower energy
Bangladesh has sought Indian support for the trilateral cooperation in hydropower energy among Bangladesh, Bhutan and India.
15 February 2022, 15:54 PM
Pollution causing more deaths than Covid, UN says; calls for urgent action
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than Covid-19, a UN environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals.
15 February 2022, 13:04 PM
Plastic, chemical pollution exceeded safe limit for planet: study
The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed, scientists have concluded for the first time.
15 February 2022, 09:52 AM
HC seeks list of activities mainly responsible for air pollution
The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to identify and make a list of the activities, which are mainly responsible for air pollution across the country.
15 February 2022, 09:10 AM
Pharmaceutical pollution gravely affecting rivers worldwide: Study
A recent study by the University of York has found that pharmaceutical pollution is affecting rivers across the world including Bangladesh.
15 February 2022, 08:38 AM
Sundarbans Day: Activists apologise to largest mangrove forest
To stop criminal acts of deforestation and raise awareness on the Sundarbans, a mass apology was offered to the largest mangrove forest.
14 February 2022, 06:58 AM