A dolphin washed ashore on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali today.

The Sundarbans can play a major role in climate adaptation and mitigation, as it has been protecting the Southwest coast of Bangladesh from tropical storms for years, said British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson at a webinar yesterday.

Speakers during a two-day workshop stressed for significant stride in social, economic and political dimensions to address issues of climate vulnerabilities and ensure “climate justice” for migrants.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, using his address at the United Nations General Assembly to add to pledges to deal with climate change.

Classes of 11 government primary schools in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are being conducted in makeshift buildings after permanent buildings of the schools were washed away recently by the Teesta and Dharla rivers.

The approach road of the bridge on Dhaleswari river in Charabari area of Tangail Sadar upazila was badly damaged again due to heavy rains and increased current on the river for the last couple of weeks, leaving the very important bridge precarious for movement.

Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Science University (CVASU) has built a dormitory in a protected forest -- which was leased out to them by the land ministry for building an institute for coastal biodiversity, marine fisheries and wildlife research, amid strong opposition from the forest department.

A parliamentary body yesterday strongly opposed the public administration ministry’s plan to build a civil service academy in Cox’s Bazar on 700 acres of land that has been declared as protected forest and ecologically critical area (ECA).

Over 100 families have been rendered homeless by the Padma river’s erosion at Goaldubi village under Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj in last three weeks.

The High Court yesterday observed that the government can implement construction project in Suhrawardy Udyan, protecting the environment and historical elements.

A parliamentary body today strongly opposed the public administration ministry’s proposed plan to build a civil service academy on a 700-acre land at Cox's Bazar due to it being declared as reserved forest and ecologically critical area.

The High Court today observed that the government can implement construction project in Suhrawardy Udyan, protecting the environment and historical elements.

People from all strata of life, including writers, artists, cultural activists and lawyers, came together at Shahbagh to protest the government decision of building a hospital in the CRB area of the port city.

Taxi fleets in Thailand are giving new meaning to the term “rooftop garden,” as they utilize the roofs of cabs idled by the coronavirus crisis to serve as small vegetable plots.

Due to continuing erosion of the Teesta, five villages, Char Gatiashyam, Bogurapara, Khitab Khan, Nakenda and Dhusmara of Gharialdanga union, of Rajarhat upazila in Kurigram were completely washed away into the river.

The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology (Ruet) suspended the activities of felling trees on the campus today.

Paribesh Andolon Oikya Parishad today held a human chain in front of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, protesting the felling of 50-year-old trees.

Three more dolphins were found dead off the coast of Sitakunda in Chattogram yesterday.

Over 20 families have lost their homesteads and vast areas of cropland as the erosion of Padma has taken a serious turn in two-kilometre-long stretch on the riverside area of Kanchanpur in Manikganj’s Harirampur upazila in the last three weeks.