An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck the Peru-Brazil border region on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

BNP has demanded that the government cancel its recent decision to hike price of gas by 22.78 percent.

Four members of a joint family, including a child, were dead in a landslide in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet.

Bangladesh’s energy regulator has decided to increase gas price by 22.78 percent for all users, on average.

Political commitment, proper enforcement of laws and empowerment of the conservation commission might be able to save the rivers, speakers told a roundtable discussion yesterday.

Ensuring accountability of government agencies in-charge of conserving rivers, empowering National River Conservation Commission (NRCC), enhancing the institutional capacity, and executing concerned laws with political commitment are some of the essential factors to save the country’s rivers, speakers in a roundtable discussion have said.

Climate-induced displacement could lead to a global security risk in today’s interconnected world, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said, calling for the international community to share the burden of climate migrants’ rehabilitation.

You are vulnerable to toxic air even when you stay home. 

Hathazari Upazila Parishad, a local government body, has been nominated for the Prime Minister's National Award for Tree Plantation-2020, despite neither planting any tree nor applying for the award.

The energy regulator yesterday reduced the retail prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) of private companies by Tk 93 for every 12kg LPG cylinder.

A parliamentary committee yesterday strongly recommended to save the river Buriganga, the lifeline of the capital, from pollution within the next one year.

The Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today (June 2, 2022) said the 1,224 megawatt coal fired SS power plant’s first unit will start generating electricity by December in Banshkhali upazila’s Gondamara union.

Three students, including two female madrasa pupils, were killed by lightning in Dhaka and Mymensingh today (June 2, 2022).

Bangladesh will call for green finance and global cooperation at the Stockholm +50 that began in Sweden today (June 2, 2022), as the country bears the brunt of climate change impacts because of Covid-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The energy regulator today reduced the retail prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) of private companies by Tk 93 for every 12kg LPG cylinder.

A python was rescued from a pen housing ducks and swans in Bagerhat's Sarankhola upazila this morning.

Narayanganj has become the first city in Bangladesh to adopt a climate resilient development plan.

Bangladesh would not be buying crude oil from Western-sanctioned Russia as its refinery is configured to process only oil from the Arab countries, said Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources.

Fishermen and visitors have been banned from entering the Sundarbans for three months, starting today, for the smooth breeding of fish inside the forest’s rivers and canals.

Bangladesh’s refinery is not technically capable of using Russian crude oil, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.