The deep depression that brewed in the Bay of Bengal developed into cyclone Asani today and would further strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm in the subsequent 24 hours, the Indian Met Department (IMD) has said.

Dhaka's air quality is back to being 'unhealthy', though it is no longer the world's most polluted.

The forest department has seized seven logs of Sundari tree, which is prohibited from logging, from a pond at Guatla village in Morrelganj Upazila of Bagerhat today (May 7, 2022).

Cox's Bazar District Administration has taken preparations in advance to ensure safety of Rohingyas in the refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar as there is a forecast of cyclone "Asani" under the influence of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.

Thirty-three babies of Batagur Baska, a critically endangered riverine turtle species, were born today at Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.

Dhaka has seen a significant improvement in its air quality this week due to nor’westers, seasonal showers as well as fewer people on the city roads owing to Eid holidays.

Residents of Khejurbaria village, in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat, are panicked after a Royal Bengal Tiger was seen inside a fish enclosure last night.

An eight-year-old boy was killed in a lightning strike in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur today.

A cyclonic system that developed near India’s remote Andaman Islands on Wednesday could intensify and hit the coast of Bangladesh, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman yesterday.

Office-goers had to endure flooded streets on the first working day after Eid-ul-Fitr holiday today (May 5, 2022)following torrential rain in Chattogram city since morning.

The government of the eastern Indian state of Odisha today sounded an alert of a possible cyclone over the Bay of Bengal as a cyclonic circulation over South Andaman Sea and neighbourhood persisted and could result in a depression with a wind speed of up to 75km per hour by May 8.

Dhaka saw a marked improvement in air quality this morning.

Make your Eid a little greener and thoughtful this year.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department forecast rain in different areas across the country on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims.

A man died yesterday, while homes were destroyed as nor’westers, hailstorms and thunderstorms hit Joypurhat, Thakurgaon and Nilphamari on Friday night.

Miscreants, allegedly under the patronage of forest department and local influentials, have been logging trees in the protected Lathitila forest in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department today forecast rain or thunder showers in different parts of the country including Dhaka in the next 24 hours from 9am tomorrow (May 1, 2022).

An elephant calf which got trapped in a muddy swamp has been rescued by locals in collaboration with forest officials after 16 hours.

Nor’westers may sweep over several districts of the country in the next 24 hours, said the weather office yesterday (April 29, 2022).

The High Court yesterday imposed an injunction on dumping waste in Borshijora Eco Park of Moulvibazar for the next six months.