FSIBL-MARS Ltd's initiative helping coastal districts get localised weather forecast

First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) has taken an initiative to provide local weather forecasts to teachers of 250 schools and colleges of coastal areas in the country.
9 August 2021, 14:37 PM

Drone footage shows devastation after wildfires ravage Turkey's pine forests

Until devastated by wildfires, hills near the Turkish sea resort of Marmaris were decked in thick green pine forest. Now these same hills form a ghostly, grey-brown landscape topped with blackened tree stumps as though sketched in charcoal.
9 August 2021, 14:34 PM

California's second-largest wildfire grows to near 500,000 acres; 3 hurt

A raging wildfire in northern California, now the second-largest recorded in state history, expanded to nearly 500,000 acres late on Sunday and has left three firefighters injured.
9 August 2021, 14:24 PM

Rare freshwater crocodile caught from Faridpur reservoir

A rare freshwater crocodile was caught today from a reservoir by locals at the Dangi village of North Channel union of Faridpur Sadar upazila.
9 August 2021, 13:36 PM

Bangladesh announces 28th gas field in Sylhet’s Zakiganj

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today formally announced Zakiganj as the country’s 28th gas field -- having 68 billion cubic feet of gas reserve.
9 August 2021, 09:24 AM

Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

The UN climate panel sounded a dire warning today, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are "unequivocally" to blame.
9 August 2021, 08:38 AM

Blaze ravages Evia island on sixth day of Greek wildfires

Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea.
8 August 2021, 13:41 PM

DoE fines 4 people Tk 6.90 lakh for cutting hills in Ctg

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram (Metro) fined four people Tk 6,90,000 for cutting hills in the port city.
8 August 2021, 10:32 AM

Floods in Sudan damage thousands of homes

Thousands of homes have been damaged in Sudan after torrential rains caused heavy flooding, with many streets in the capital Khartoum deep in water, AFP correspondents said Sunday.
8 August 2021, 09:48 AM

No safari park in Lathitila forest: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday called upon the government to revoke its plan to establish a safari park in Lathitila reserve forest in Moulvibazar.
7 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Teesta river erosion: Many families turning homeless in Lalmonirhat

The Teesta River is eroding and in its wake is turning many people landless and homeless in Lalmonirhat.
6 August 2021, 05:26 AM

Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes: study

The Atlantic Ocean's current system, an engine of the Northern Hemsiphere's climate, could be weakening to such an extent that it could soon bring big changes to the world's weather, a scientific study said on Thursday.
5 August 2021, 15:30 PM

Site of ancient Olympic Games threatened as Greece battles wildfire

Greek authorities ordered villages near the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese to be evacuated on Wednesday as wildfires raged across the country, destroying swathes of forest and buildings, and sending hundreds fleeing.
5 August 2021, 08:24 AM

Lightning kills 19 in 2 districts

At least 19 people were killed and 16 others injured by lightning in two incidents in Chapainawabganj and Kishoreganj yesterday.
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Lightning Deaths: Steps not taken could’ve saved many lives

The government only recently decided to set up warning systems in 723 lightning prone areas in the country, even though 2,400 people died in lightning strikes over the past decade, including 19 just yesterday.
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Hundreds rendered homeless in Brahmaputra shoal

Hundreds of families have been rendered landless and homeless due to the continuous erosion of the Brahmaputra River.
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Mediterranean has become a 'wildfire hotspot', EU scientists say

The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot, with Turkey hit by its most intense blazes on record and a heatwave producing a high risk of further fires and smoke pollution around the region, a European Union atmosphere monitor said on Wednesday.
4 August 2021, 12:42 PM

Lightning strike kills 17 in Chapainawabganj

At least seventeen people died in lightning strike on the bank of Padma river, in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, this noon.
4 August 2021, 07:41 AM

Villagers themselves building dyke to stop erosion of Louhajang river in Tangail

People of Doshokia union in Kalihati upazila of Tangail have been constructing a 300-metre embankment through voluntary work to save their houses, an Eid congregation ground, a graveyard and a dakhil madrasa from erosion by the Louhajang river.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Birth of calf in Cox's Bazar forest a ray of hope for dwindling Asian elephant population

The birth of an Asian elephant calf in the Cox's Bazar forest today has shone a ray of hope for the dwindling population of the giant mammal.
2 August 2021, 16:48 PM