New frog on the block!

The worldwide scientific community is too often bombarded with bad news -- from first time ever rains at the Greenland ice summit to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) doomsday forecast, there is hardly ever a reason to celebrate.
27 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Owl

The first bird that many remember from childhood might be an owl. In my case, there was a massive Krishnachura tree just behind our house.
27 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Brahmaputra water crosses danger level in Kurigram

The water level in the Brahmaputra river crossed the danger level due to rain and water from the upstream.
27 August 2021, 06:02 AM

Flood hits low-lying areas

Low-lying areas of the country’s northern and north-central regions  have been submerged by floodwater, causing immense sufferings for  people.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM

‘10,000 trees to be cut down if safari park is built in Moulvibazar’s Lathitila forest’

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) today demanded cancellation of a plan to convert Lathitila forest into a safari park in Moulvibazar.
26 August 2021, 14:16 PM

Climate Catastrophe on the Horizon

Some of the damage due to climate change will be irreversible for centuries.
26 August 2021, 10:59 AM

Jamuna water crosses danger level; 60,000 people stranded in Bogura, Sirajganj

Water of Jamuna river has crossed danger level worsening flood situation in Bogura and Sirajganj.
26 August 2021, 09:51 AM

A day’s rain submerges port city

The port city once again went under water as yesterday’s overnight torrential rain, coupled with tidal surge, created waterlogging in its low lying areas, wrecking havoc on citizen life.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Heavy overnight rain in Ctg city, major areas waterlogged

Heavy rain last night left large areas of Chattogram city under water causing immense suffering to city dwellers as low-lying areas are submerged in knee-to-waist-deep water.
25 August 2021, 10:26 AM

DoE Chattogram fines garment factory for filling up pond

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram today fined a garment factory Tk 2.16 lakh for filling up pond at Uttar Kattoli area of the port city.
24 August 2021, 15:20 PM

Lightning strikes kill 7 in Dinajpur

At least seven people, including four teenaged boys, were killed and two others injured as lightnings struck in Dinajpur town and Chirirbandar upazila yesterday afternoon.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM

But what about the trees?

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs yesterday submitted a meeting resolution centring the construction of an independence monument at the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan to the High Court. The resolution, however, did not specify any decisions on whether the old and ecologically important trees will be cut.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM

7 dead in separate lightning strikes in Dinajpur

Seven people including four teenagers died in separate lightning strikes in Dinajpur today.
23 August 2021, 11:57 AM

People evacuated as new wildfire hits Greek island

Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early Monday on the southern part of Greece's Evia island, less than two weeks after an inferno decimated its northern part.
23 August 2021, 08:30 AM

All for breathable air: India's first 'smog tower' inaugurated in Delhi

India installed its first smog tower in New Delhi's Connaught Place today. The tower will purify 1,000 cubic meters of air per second within a radius of around 1 km.
23 August 2021, 08:22 AM

22 killed in Tennessee flash floods; dozens missing

At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.
23 August 2021, 02:17 AM

Raging Padma threatens more crops

The mighty Padma has rapidly been swelling over the last few days, flooding vast shoal areas of Pabna Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas.
22 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Climate change activists target City of London's Guildhall

Climate change activists climbed the outside of the headquarters of the City of London's government on Sunday as they began two weeks of protests focused on the capital's financial district.
22 August 2021, 17:54 PM

DoE fines four people for damaging hills

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram today fined four people for damaging hills in the port city.
22 August 2021, 16:21 PM

Padma river swells, crop lands damaged in Pabna 

Water in Padma river has been increasing rapidly in the last few days, flooding low lying areas and shoals of Pabna’s Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas.
22 August 2021, 15:30 PM