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

Although road construction inside the Lathitila protected forest was halted due to the forest officials’ intervention, works have resumed ignoring their concerns, allegedly following the environment minister’s order.

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

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka’s exposure to wildfires, floods, major storms and also water shortages mean South Asia has 10-18% of GDP at risk – roughly triple that of North America and 10 times more than the least-affected region, Europe.

A girl was killed and 15 people were injured as nor’westers lashed Parbatipur, Nawabganj and Birampur upazilas of Dinajpur and sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat Tuesday night.

After Chhayar Haor in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila, Halir Haor in Jamalganj upazila is next in line to be submerged, as the dyke in Ahsanmara area in the upazila got damaged on Monday night.

There is a likelihood of rainy weather on May 3, the possible day of Eid 2022, said the Met office today.

Bangladesh has offered to export electricity to Nepal in the winter season and import its hydropower in summer.

The High Court in a rule today stayed sand extraction in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar for three months asking district administration to assess its environmental damage and realise the penalty from perpetrators.

People from ethnic minority communities living in Madhupur of Tangail demonstrated today protesting the Forest Department’s plan to excavate an artificial lake on croplands at Amtoly mouja for entertaining local and foreign tourists.

Bangladesh and Denmark today signed an agreement on Sustainable and Green Framework Engagement to strengthen the partnership on climate and green transition between the two countries.

While there was no forecast of excessive rainfall or flash flood, a dyke broke at Chhayar Haor of Sunamganj and Netrokona yesterday, raising the urgency to finish harvesting the Boro paddy before the water destroys the crop.

The High Court today (April 24, 2022) cleared the way for the government to evict the illegal structures from four mouzas in the land of Ichamati River in Pabna.

Farmers in the haors are now busy harvesting Boro paddy as the sky was clear and no flash flood was forecasted anytime soon.

Unbridled white clay extraction in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh district has put the ethnic community in danger as it devoured their homestead and way of livelihood, said the civil society platform Nagorik Uddog.

Microblogging giant Twitter recently banned advertisements on its platform that deny the reality of climate change on Earth Day.

The Met Office has asked the public to brace for hot weather ahead as a mild to moderate heat wave sweeping over Khulna division and the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, Gopalganj and Patuakhali may continue and spread.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, recently revealed that there are more than 800 eco-friendly Bangladeshi companies which are operating on Instagram.

More than one hundred trees have already been cut down and several hundred more are in the process to embrace the same fate. It is the scenario of a portion of Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway.

Google today is marking Earth Day 2022 with glaring satellite images of climate change.