The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that asked the government to stop the operations of Maizea Advance Agro Refinery (MAAR) Limited, a dry starch powder producing company, for polluting environment at Shahpur area in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila.

At least 50 government owned trees planted on both sides of a road have been cut down at Dhulia in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila.

Bangladeshi migrants leaving the coast due to rising sea levels could trigger waves of migration across the country that will affect at least 1.3 million people by 2050, according to a new study.

Noise pollution in Dhaka city is currently three times more than tolerable level and as a result around half a crore people are at health risk, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Mohammad Shahab Uddin said at a programme today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday laid emphasis on the strict implementation of the Paris Agreement, saying it is the only way to check global emissions and thereby global warming.

Bangladesh’s Dr Saleemul Huq, director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and professor of the Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) has been named in Reuters Hot List.

An elephant calf was found dead in a pit of mud in a tea garden in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram.

Bangladesh has expressed its optimism over both funding and cutting carbon emission as global leaders in the Leaders Summit on Climate yesterday made political commitments to turn the tide of global warming.

The Biden administration today pledged to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countries to raise their ambition to combat climate change, reports Reuters.

The administration has sealed off Maize Advance Argo Refineries (MAAR) Limited, a dry starch powder producing company, in Habiganj on charge of environmental pollution.

A slow loris, locally known as "Lojjaboti Banor", has been rescued in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila.

An elephant was found dead in Eidgah area of Cox's Bazar today.

The “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”, set to be held later this week, will largely incorporate the issues raised by Bangladesh as the United States is “giving increased importance” to it as its partner in tackling the climate crisis, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said.

China and the United States agree that stronger pledges to fight climate change should be introduced before a new round of international talks at the end of the year, the two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday.

Bangladesh needs to focus on keeping the global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius, climate funding, technology transfer, and rehabilitating the climate migrants, at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate to be held on April 22-23, said leading climate experts and policymakers today.

A woman died after a herd of wild elephants trampled her to death in her lemon garden at Joldi union of Bashkhali upazila in Chattogram this morning.

The government has imposed a 65-day ban on fishing off the Bay of Bengal to try and preserve the fish stock and boost their breeding.

Local administration today destroyed at least 1500 meters of fishing net and a mechanised boat lifting sand from the riverbed at Halda river.

The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for a halt to the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to prevent the emergence of new diseases such as Covid-19.

To protect city dwellers from mosquito menace, authorities of Mymensingh City Corporation have released 2000 frogs in a canal of the city today.