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Another dead whale washes ashore at Kuakata in 26 days
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Wild Life
Dudhkumar dyke collapse worsens flood situation in Kurigram
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Bangladesh
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Natural disaster
‘My little son cries through the night’: Load shedding torments Chattogram families
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Energy
Factories count losses as power cuts intensify in Gazipur
29 June 2026, 17:35 PM
Energy
BMD issues lightning, thundershower alerts for 6 districts
29 June 2026, 11:43 AM
Weather
Critical rescue window closing in Venezuela as quake death toll nears 1,500
29 June 2026, 08:25 AM
Natural disaster
Two power plant shutdowns triggered load shedding: Energy minister
28 June 2026, 22:00 PM
Parliament
Langurs of Maheshpur: Forests vanish, hunger grows for 200 black-faced langurs
28 June 2026, 20:05 PM
Wild Life
Road Dividers in Dhaka: Exotic plants outnumber local species, finds survey
Majority of the plants -- 56 percent -- on the capital’s road dividers are exotic species, which is detrimental to the environment and disrupting the ecosystem, found a recent survey.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Tornado damages 50 houses in Faridpur
At least 50 dwelling houses at two villages in Bhanga upazila of the district were badly damaged by a tornado that lashed the area on Friday.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Hundreds suffer as low-lying areas of Bagerhat submerged
More than 50 thousand families have been marooned in Bagerhat due to incessant rainfall triggered by depression and full moon tides in the Bay of Bengal.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
EU Delegation launches ‘Climate Adaptation Campaign’ in Bangladesh
The European Union Delegation to Bangladesh started the "Climate Adaptation Campaign" today on its social media.
31 July 2021, 12:09 PM
Barbet
It was hypnotic: a persistent tunk-tunk-tunk sound with a muted texture, like a blacksmith tapping a metal pot with a hammer, its rhythm precise as a metronome.
30 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Vast areas of coastal region inundated
Flashfloods caused by incessant rain inundated vast areas in the country’s coastal regions in the last couple of days.
30 July 2021, 18:00 PM
14 tiger reserves in India get Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS) status
Fourteen tiger reserves in India, including one in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, have received the globally-accepted Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
30 July 2021, 04:57 AM
World Tiger Day: Limit tourism to protect Sundarbans’ biodiversity
On occasion of World Tiger Day yesterday, activists and government officials underscored the need to restrict tourism in the Sundarbans to protect the core tiger breeding ground.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM
China flooding brought fear, then washed away livelihoods
Authorities estimate overall economic losses at nearly 90 billion yuan ($14 billion), a devastating blow to the province’s heavily agrarian economy after the torrent of rain last week burst dams and collapsed bridges.
29 July 2021, 14:17 PM
30-sec tornado damages 50 houses in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila
Fifty houses belonging to 30 families were damaged as tornado hit two villages in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila early today.
29 July 2021, 12:45 PM
Floods, landslides hit Rohingya camps hard: UNHCR
More than 12,000 Rohingya refugees have been affected, while an estimated 2,500 shelters have been damaged or destroyed by heavy downpours, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has said.
29 July 2021, 12:11 PM
Maritime ports asked to hoist cautionary signal 3
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signage to alert vessels of a possible squall.
29 July 2021, 09:15 AM
More than 400 people evacuated in Chattogram amid fears of landslides
More than 400 people living in the hills of Chattogram city have been shifted as steady rain threatens to unleash landslides.
28 July 2021, 19:52 PM
Int’l Tiger Day: Little progress in fulfilling commitment
Eleven years ago, at a summit in Russia, Tiger Range Countries committed to double the global tiger population by 2022.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert
Every night Moussa Kamara works at his bakery preparing hundreds of loaves but at sunrise, instead of going home to sleep, he now starts a second back-breaking job - hoeing the earth and tending newly sown seeds in a specially designed circular garden.
28 July 2021, 16:41 PM
Mexican methane leak rate 'alarming' for climate change, report says
Mexico's methane leak rate from oil and gas operations is twice as high as that of the world's top oil producer, the United States, a group of researchers found in a report due to be released this week.
28 July 2021, 14:07 PM
Low pressure over Bay turns into well-marked low; maritime ports asked to hoist signal 3
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as a low pressure over the North Bay turned into a well-marked low.
28 July 2021, 09:40 AM
6, including five siblings, dead in Cox’s Bazar landslides
Six people including five minor siblings were killed in landslides triggered by rains in Teknaf and Maheshkhali upazilas of Cox’s Bazar early today.
28 July 2021, 06:07 AM
Low over the Bay triggers caution at ports
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has been formed over the north Bay and adjoining areas.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Jamuna erosion intensifies with receding water level
The Jamuna has become furious in Tangail with receding water level devouring several hundred of dwelling houses, roads, markets, weaving factories, poultry farms and different other structures as well as vast tracks of croplands for the last two weeks.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM