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Once there was a river

Once upon a time, the turbulent Bangshi river used to be one of the important rivers in central Bangladesh. However, the river is rapidly losing all its might and glory due to the filling up of its banks, mindless pollution and illegal grabbing.
8 April 2022

Court stays Sutki river restoration order after Daily Star report

A Habiganj district judge's court has stayed the restoration order of Sutki river.
8 April 2022

Rain likely in Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet; Dhaka to remain dry: Met office

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecasted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind at one or two places in the country during the next 24 hours commencing around 9am today.
8 April 2022

Record 14,001 MW electricity generated in the country

The country has generated 14,001 megawatts of electricity which broke all the records of electricity production in the country past.
7 April 2022

Rain, thundershower likely in 3 divisions over next 24 hours

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecasted rain or thundershowers in three divisions in the next 24 hours.
7 April 2022

Flash floods hit haor region: Desperate farmers try to save half-ripe crops

The government invests a significant amount of public money to construct and repair levees in the haor areas of the country’s north-eastern districts to protect the Boro harvest from the flash floods.
6 April 2022

Microplastics found in human lungs for the first time

Scientists have discovered microplastics in live human lungs for the first time.
6 April 2022

Stone crushing in Sunamganj: BELA serves legal notice on several govt bodies

Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) today served a legal notice against six ministries, one commission and 14 other government bodies over illegal stone crushing in Sunamganj.
6 April 2022

‘Dhaka rivers will be pollution-free before Bangabandhu's next birthday'

National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) Chairman Dr Manjur Ahmed Chowdhury today said that all rivers surrounding the capital will be pollution-free before the next birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
6 April 2022

Relief from gas shortage? Extraction begins in 3 Bibiana wells after 3 days

Three days into the acute gas crisis in Dhaka, gas extraction has started from three wells in the largest gas field Bibiana.
5 April 2022

A disaster waiting to happen

The Ratnai Bridge on Lalmonirhat-Mughalhat road in Durakuti area of Sadar upazila has turned risky as it has tilted on the west end.
4 April 2022

Almost entire global population breathing polluted air: WHO

Around 99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds World Health Organization's air quality limits, with people in low and middle-income countries being most exposed to pollution, according to the UN agency's latest database.
4 April 2022

Flash floods leading to rise in water level in haor areas of 4 districts

Recent flash floods in Netrakona and Kishoreganj has inundated new areas, while the water level in the haor areas of Sunamganj and Sylhet have been on the rise.
4 April 2022

Sundarbans has 114 tigers at present: Environment Minister

According to the latest survey, there are 114 tigers in the Sundarbans, Shahab Uddin, environment, forests and climate change minister, told the parliament today.
4 April 2022

Pollution: Bill with provision of tougher punishments passed in parliament

Keeping provisions of tougher punishments for polluting environment, the Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021 was passed in parliament today.
4 April 2022

Boro on 700 hectares submerged

Hundreds of haor farmers in Sunamganj, Netrakona and Kishoreganj are left distraught after about 700 hectares of paddy fields became inundated in the last four days.
3 April 2022

Limited gas supply on first day of Ramadan

Consumers in different areas have been experiencing shortages or low pressure in gas supply following a technical fault in the supply process of Bibiyana Gas Field in Sylhet.
3 April 2022

Mudslides kill 14 in heavy rains in Brazil

Heavy rains caused mudslides that killed at least 14 people in southern coastal cities and the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de Janeiro state, according to state and local authorities on Saturday.
3 April 2022

Govt forming adaptation plan to address climate change: Minister

The government is formulating an effective national adaptation plan to address the risks of climate change based on the views of concerned ministries, departments, and the public.
2 April 2022

200 cameras to count big cats

Tiger census in the Sundarbans is set to start this October. Under the “Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project”, the census will employ the “camera trapping method” and cost around Tk 3.27 crore.
31 March 2022