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.

Dhaka’s air quality continues to be “unhealthy”, but the densely populated capital of Bangladesh is no longer the world’s most polluted city.

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”.

A leopard was killed after being electrocuted while trying to enter a poultry farm in a village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila early today.

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”.

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. 

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness.

The High Court today directed the government to evict all the 126 structures built illegally on the land of Chaktai Khal (canal) and Rajakhali Khal in Chattogram in 90 days.

The river is called Sutki. It flows at least 20 kilometres after originating from the Kushiara river in Lohajuri area under Baniachong upazila in Habiganj before falling into the Ratna river at Pratabpur of the same upazila.

The government doesn't want to raise the tariffs on power and energy at this moment, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today.

Flood warnings stretched across Australia's east coast on Tuesday and tens of thousands of Sydney residents fled their homes overnight as torrential rains again pummelled the country's largest city, causing flash floods.

The High Court today directed the government to demolish all the 130 illegal brick kilns in Bandarban, Khagrachhari and Rangamati in a bid to curb the environment pollution and also asked to submit compliance reports before it in six weeks.

Amid uncertainty over global energy supplies, Qatar said it will continue supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

A group of tourists has recently spotted four tigers together at one place in the Sundarbans.

The government recently ran an excavation project in Thakurgaon’s Suk river. But within 10 months of its completion, the river channel has been filled up again, making the entire effort futile.

Nearly 100 acres along the two banks of the Buriganga river remain filled up even after installation of  boundary pillars.

In the reserve forest in Kuakata’s Gangamati area, around 10,000 Akashmani trees were planted in the 2008-09 fiscal year. It has since come to be known as the natural wall of the sea.

A mobile court today fined a brick kiln Tk 1 lakh in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat for operating without a license.

The High Court today directed authorities concerned to protect and maintain the Udyan, playground, and three ponds on seven acres of land inside Chittaranjan Cotton Mill in Godnail area of Narayanganj City Corporation.

Juri has been robbed of its beauty.