Forecast warns of flash floods in the country’s northern region

Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) today forecast that water levels of Teesta, Dharla and Dudhkumar rivers in the country’s northern region may rise rapidly in the next 72 hours resulting in situations triggering flash floods at some places there.
5 July 2021, 12:41 PM

BREB to install 2,000 solar irrigation pumps; farmers can sell idle electricity to national grid

Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) plans to install 2,000 solar irrigation pumps under a project -- allowing farmers to sell their unconsumed electricity to the national grid.
5 July 2021, 10:14 AM

Big cats, bears, ferrets get Covid-19 vaccine at Oakland Zoo

A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine.
5 July 2021, 07:44 AM

Climate change to pose bigger test for newsroom leaders than Covid-19: World Editors Forum president

Beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change will emerge as an even bigger challenge for newsroom leaders to cover well, across various domains ranging from environmental to political impact, said World Editors Forum (WEF) president Warren Fernandez.
5 July 2021, 07:05 AM

‘No funds to protect flood shelter under threat of erosion in Lalmonirhat’

​​​​​​​The Char Kharuya flood shelter on the Dharla shoal of Mughalhat union in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila is under threat due to river erosion and only dumping of geo-bags on an emergency basis could protect it. But the Water Development Board’s executive engineer has said they do not have the funds to do so at the moment.
4 July 2021, 17:31 PM

Four dead as Cyprus forest fire rages

​​​​​​​Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts of forest in a blaze one official called the worst on record.
4 July 2021, 14:24 PM

41mm rain recorded in Dhaka, streets go under water as usual

Forty-one mm of rainfall has been recorded in Dhaka since this morning, Abdul Mannan, a meteorologist from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told The Daily Star this afternoon.
4 July 2021, 09:00 AM

Teesta water rises, over 1,000 families affected in Lalmonirhat

Hundreds of houses along the Teesta river bank in Lalmonirhat have been flooded as the water level rose by 5 cm in the last 12 hours due to incessant rain and water from the upstream.
3 July 2021, 10:17 AM

Rampal power plant: 3,800 tonnes of coal from India on the way

The first consignment of nearly 3,800 tonnes of coal -- for Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh -- has left India.
3 July 2021, 06:07 AM

Asian Palm Civet caged and drowned to death by group of young people in Ctg

A group of young people caged and drowned to death an Asian Palm Civet in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram.
2 July 2021, 12:49 PM

Low-lying areas in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram flooded due to incessant rains

Low-lying areas along the river banks of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram were inundated as river water increased due to incessant rainfall and onrush of upstream water.
2 July 2021, 09:32 AM

Flash floods hit 4 low-lying areas, hundreds marooned in Mymensingh

Around 500 families were marooned after four low-lying areas in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh were inundated today following flash floods due to upstream water from across the border.
30 June 2021, 14:40 PM

World must remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2025 to meet climate goal: report

The current pipeline of projects in development could remove only around 150 million, well short of what's needed, the report said.
30 June 2021, 02:01 AM

Embankment around Sirajganj town collapses into Jamuna river

A portion of the protective embankment around Sirajganj town has collapsed into the Jamuna as the river is swelling due to heavy downpour and onrush of water.
29 June 2021, 13:34 PM

Dolphins captured from Brahmaputra river: 2 detained, fined Tk 5,000 each

Two people were detained and fined Tk 5,000 each by a mobile court over capturing two dolphins in the Brahmaputra river at Chilmari upazila in Kurigram.
24 June 2021, 11:32 AM

Gas infrastructure across Europe leaking planet-warming methane

The potent greenhouse gas methane is spewing out of natural gas infrastructure across the European Union because of leaks and venting, video footage made available to Reuters shows.
24 June 2021, 11:29 AM

Britain risks missing climate targets due to lack of policies – advisers

Britain's lack of policies to meet net zero emissions by 2050 is jeopardising its chance of meeting the target, the country's climate advisers said in a progress report on Thursday.
24 June 2021, 08:14 AM

Boat club in public interest? No way!

Dhaka Boat Club Limited, which came into the limelight with a recent allegation of attempted rape raised by film actress Pori Moni, is shrouded in questions about its very existence.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM

129 individuals, 74 orgs demand stop to Banshkhali Coal Power Plant project

One hundred twenty-nine individuals and 74 organisations from 21 countries including Bangladesh wrote a letter to Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao calling upon him to withdraw and end provision of finance and technical support to the SS Power I Ltd (Banshkhali Power Plant) immediately in Chattogram.
22 June 2021, 13:51 PM

Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health

Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.
22 June 2021, 11:41 AM