USAID has launched a $17 million clean energy project called Bangladesh Advancing Development Growth through Energy (BADGE), aimed at expanding Bangladesh’s access to affordable clean energy and support clean energy entrepreneurship.

The Bangladesh Forest Department has recovered 2,468 acres of forest land from grabbers in the last eight months.

A joint team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and Dhaka district administration has started an eviction drive in Buriganga’s "Adi" (second) channel for the second consecutive day, demolishing illegal structures.

The Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) today rescued two pythons, five monkeys and a vulture from two mini parks in Chandpur Sadar upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all, including the leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies, to plant at least three saplings to make Bangladesh a much greener country.

The government of Bangladesh has announced it will host the first ever virtual V20 Climate Vulnerables Finance Summit on July 8.

British environmentalist David Attenborough told Group of Seven leaders on Sunday that tackling climate change was now as much a political challenge as it was a scientific one.

Ghana aimed to plant at least 5 million trees in a single day on Friday to help regrow the country's lost forests and curb the impacts of climate change, the president said.

Developed countries will not be protected from the effects of climate change unless they take vulnerable countries on board, experts said yesterday ahead of the G7 summit.

A Bangladeshi was awarded ‘Prof. YP Abrol Memorial Award for Excellence in Science and/or policy towards Sustainable Nitrogen Management,’ the first-ever international South Asian Award on nitrogen management.

A microscopic animal called a bdelloid rotifer came back to life after being frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia and then successfully made clones of itself, Russian scientists said on Monday.

A mango orchard in Cumilla has seen the introduction of three new variety of mangoes in the country.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in its forecast said many parts of the country are likely to experience light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind commencing around 9am today.

Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday (June 7) showed.

After a turbulent year, it looks like the world is at last coming to grips with the pandemic. In countries where it once looked as if the disease was raging out of control, infection rates are down, vaccinations are up and lockdowns are loosening.

A radio-collared tiger in the Sundarbans travelled nearly 100km in four months before crossing over to the Bangladesh part of the mangrove forest, India’s West Bengal Chief Wildlife Warden VK Yadav was quoted today as saying.

COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma has highlighted the importance of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, saying that it plays a significant role as a carbon sink.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh needs to build embankments with renewable energy facilities along the coastal belt as part of “climate mitigation” to save its people from becoming climate migrants due to the rising sea level.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the countrymen to plant more trees and take care of those to reap benefits and avoid the adverse impact of climate change.

Halda River, the lone breeding ground of carp like fish in South Asia has seen its second spawning today in the span of five days.