Lakhs of people in southern coastal districts of India’s eastern state of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh were evacuated ahead of cyclone Gulab’s landfall this evening.

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at many places in the country as the deep depression over East Central Bay and adjoining Northeast Bay intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’.

A sudden bout rainfall triggered traffic chaos in different parts of the capital. With vehicles stranded on roads for a long lime, it caused quite the sufferings to commuters.

Rivers across the country are becoming victims of influential and vested quarters’ greed, said National River Conservation Commission chairperson ASM Ali Kabir at a webinar yesterday.

A white lion has died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur.

An elephant calf was found dead near a Rohingya Camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar this morning.

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant cautionary signal one to alert vessels of a depression over the Bay of Bengal.

Night was falling when we left our hotel in a small town in northern Queensland. By the time we reached the forest inside the adjacent national park it was dark.

Biomedical waste management systems will be established at Bangladesh hospitals to manage medical waste properly. Initially, a system will be set up in a hospital on pilot basis, which will act as a model for other hospitals.

A dolphin washed ashore on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali today.

The Sundarbans can play a major role in climate adaptation and mitigation, as it has been protecting the Southwest coast of Bangladesh from tropical storms for years, said British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson at a webinar yesterday.

Speakers during a two-day workshop stressed for significant stride in social, economic and political dimensions to address issues of climate vulnerabilities and ensure “climate justice” for migrants.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, using his address at the United Nations General Assembly to add to pledges to deal with climate change.

Classes of 11 government primary schools in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are being conducted in makeshift buildings after permanent buildings of the schools were washed away recently by the Teesta and Dharla rivers.

The approach road of the bridge on Dhaleswari river in Charabari area of Tangail Sadar upazila was badly damaged again due to heavy rains and increased current on the river for the last couple of weeks, leaving the very important bridge precarious for movement.

Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Science University (CVASU) has built a dormitory in a protected forest -- which was leased out to them by the land ministry for building an institute for coastal biodiversity, marine fisheries and wildlife research, amid strong opposition from the forest department.

A parliamentary body yesterday strongly opposed the public administration ministry’s plan to build a civil service academy in Cox’s Bazar on 700 acres of land that has been declared as protected forest and ecologically critical area (ECA).

Over 100 families have been rendered homeless by the Padma river’s erosion at Goaldubi village under Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj in last three weeks.

The High Court yesterday observed that the government can implement construction project in Suhrawardy Udyan, protecting the environment and historical elements.