Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) today demolished 34 structures built illegally on the bank of the Shitalakhhya river in Narayaganj’s Rupganj.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned to immediately take necessary steps to stop the killing of elephants and human intrusion into elephant corridors.

The High Court today ordered the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to refrain from constructing a secondary transfer station (STS) project for waste management by filling up a four-acre pond at the Dholairpar area in the capital for three months.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to make a complete list of all the rivers in the country and to come up with an action plan on how the rivers will be protected from encroachers.

An elephant calf was found dead at Islampur Union of Cox’s Bazar district yesterday.

An elephant calf was found dead in the hilly region of the newly-formed Eidgaon upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.

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The Environment Court in Habiganj today issued a suo moto order on the Department of Environment (DoE) in the district -- to prevent environmental disaster caused by brick kilns that are violating laws.

Winter is a difficult time for animals that reside in Moulvibazar’s Lawachara rain forest. As its streams run dry, quite rapidly, at the onset of the cold season, its diverse range of inhabitants don’t have an option but to look for water elsewhere.

An elephant calf was killed by electrocution in Sherpur’s Nalitabari early yesterday. 

An elephant calf died of ‘overeating’ at Panihata Mayagachhi area under Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur in the early hours today, claimed forest officials in Mymensingh and Sherpur.

Around 21,443 illegal structures have been evicted from different riverbanks of the country so far and some 723.62 acre shoreline has been recovered, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury today.

Chattogram city’s historic Rother Pukur pond is truly a part of history books now.

Jahangirnagar University’s (JU) Deep Ecology and Snake Rescue Foundation organised a human chain and a puppet show to protest the country's continuous elephant killings.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin today said that the government is working sincerely to curb the illegal trade of wildlife.

Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential trucks from entering the Indian capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution.

Researchers in Bangladesh have been able to decode the genome sequencing of brood fish and riverine dolphin -- opening a new horizon for carp-like fish and the endangered cetacean in Halda river, a unique waterbody in the world where spawning occurs naturally.

UN climate change summit host Boris Johnson, on Sunday hailed a last-ditch agreement to tackle global warming but said he was disappointed it did not go further on tackling use of high-polluting coal.

A Bill titled "Chattogram Port Authority Bill 2021" was placed in the parliament today, incorporating tougher provision of punishment for polluting environment in the port area.

Nearly 200 nations came together late Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises.