The Mayur, one of the main freshwater rivers of Khulna, is at death throes due to continuous encroachment and unchecked pollution.

Dhaka ranked second in the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world this afternoon.

Seven decades after cheetahs became extinct in India, the government has decided to introduce 50 of these big cats in various tiger parks across the country over the next five years.

A rare species of vulture was rescued from a paddy field at Boaltoli village in Patuakhali Sadar upazila today.

A new survey in the Bay has found presence of 17 to 103 TCF (trillion cubic feet) of gas hydrates.

About a hundred families of Khabaspur Karalpara area in Faridpur town are passing days in panic as sudden erosion by the Kumar river has devoured homesteads and fresh areas within couple of days.

A video circulating online shows a girl catching a lion that was roaming the streets in Kuwait.

Dhaka continues to gasp for fresh air as the city ranks the fourth most polluted city. Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was recorded at 197 at 10am yesterday, which is considered “unhealthy”.

Two dolphins (Platanista gangetica) have been found dead over two days in the Turag river at Ashulia in Savar.

Price of private operators’ liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has declined by Tk 50 -- to Tk 1,178 from Tk 1,228 -- per 12kg container with effect from 6pm today (January 3) at the retail level, including the value added tax (VAT).

Dhaka continues to gasp for fresh air as it ranks fourth most polluted city in the world.

The Coca-Cola System in Bangladesh in partnership with Kewkradong Bangladesh conducted a coastal clean-up and removed 1,450kg marine debris from the shores of St Martin Island.

An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the government will build more power plants based on alternative fuel, to make up for the cancellation of coal-based power plants.

A 12-feet-long python weighing around 18 kg has been rescued from the Chittagong University (CU) campus this afternoon.

Bangladesh’s carbon emissions plan or updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is a role model for the world in tackling climate change, environment, forest and climate change minister has said.

The Department of Environment (DoE), in a drive today, partially demolished 10 brick kilns and fined the owners Tk 50 lakh for running business without licenses and not having legal documents.

A dolphin (platanista gangetica) -- categorised as critically endangered -- was found dead in Chattogram’s Halda river this afternoon.

From deadly Hurricane Ida in the United States to devastating floods in China and Europe, climate change-fuelled disasters have cost the world tens of billions of dollars in 2021, with both the poor and the rich hit hard, researchers said on Monday.

Residents of Chattogram city have expressed their grave concern after Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) took the initiative to lease out a part of Patenga sea beach.