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Environment
'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students
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World
Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
5 September 2026
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World
Three floods in two months, and no time to recover
5 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Rain likely across much of Bangladesh over next 24 hours
5 September 2026
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Weather
Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo
4 September 2026
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Climate crisis
UN appeals for $50 million for Nepal flood victims
4 September 2026
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Climate crisis
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
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4 September 2026
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Wildlife
Decision to keep CNG filling stations closed from 5pm to 11pm suspended
Authorities have suspended an earlier decision to keep CNG filling stations closed everyday between 5pm and 11pm from September 15.
13 September 2021
CNG filling stations to close 5pm-11pm daily from Sept 15
CNG filling stations will be closed between 5pm and 11pm every day from September 15.
13 September 2021
Depression intensifies into deep depression; signal 3 for maritime ports
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been directed to keep hoisted local cautionary signal 3 as the depression over Northwest Bay and adjoining Odisha coast intensified further into a deep depression and moved West-Northwestwards, said a Met office bulletin today.
13 September 2021
Good news for gibbons
Gibbons are one of the most critically endangered primates in Bangladesh. Though once a prominent species, their numbers have dwindled due to continued loss of habitat and hunting.
12 September 2021
Typhoon pours 5 inches of rain on Taiwan, heads for Shanghai
Typhoon Chanthu drenched Taiwan with heavy rain Sunday as the storm’s center passed the island’s east coast heading for Shanghai.
12 September 2021
Savar Tannery Complex: Environment ministry taking steps as per parliamentary committee's recommendation
The Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry has started taking steps to shut down Savar Tannery Complex, in line with the parliamentary standing committee's recommendation.
12 September 2021
Green organisations call to cancel lease of forestland in Cox’s Bazar
Twenty green organisations, based in Cox’s Bazar, urged the government to cancel the lease of 700 acres of protected forestland in the area.
12 September 2021
3 areas in Barishal declared ‘silent zone’
Three areas in Barishal city have been declared as “silent zone”.
11 September 2021
DoE files case against firm over razing hill
Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram (metro) has filed a case against a firm for cutting a hill while building a government office in the port city.
11 September 2021
River erosion in 5 Districts: Houses, cropland, roads devoured
At least five districts in the country are facing erosion as river water started receding there, causing immense suffering to people.
10 September 2021
Dolphins washing ashore dead: Fishing nets at fault?
French naval officer, explorer and conservationist Jacques-Yves Cousteau was not wrong when he said, “The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.”
10 September 2021
G is for Goshawk
I read a book about goshawks long before I saw one. A Northern Goshawk is the star of H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald. It is the riveting true story of the author training her newly acquired goshawk, and how her relationship with this wild bird of prey enabled her to cope with severe depression and emotional crisis following her father’s death.
10 September 2021
Tk 3 crore lawsuit filed against RMCH authority for killing birds
The wildlife management and nature conservation division of Forest Department filed a Tk 3 crore compensation case against authorities of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) for destroying the environment by killing birds in its premises.
10 September 2021
Wildfire raging in southern Spain forces nearly 800 to flee
A wildfire has forced the evacuation of nearly 800 people from around the southern Spanish resort of Estepona, local authorities said on Thursday.
9 September 2021
Malaysia envoy urges 'collective effort' to meet Paris Agreement obligations
A collective effort is required from ASEAN and other climate-vulnerable countries to ensure that governments meet their obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement, said Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim.
9 September 2021
Govt to inaugurate five power plants on Sep 12
The government is all set to inaugurate four new power plants and an upgraded one, which will have the capacity to produce 779 megawatts of electricity.
9 September 2021
Jamuna water below danger level, flood receding in Sirajganj
As the water level of Jamuna river dropped below the danger mark recently, flood water is slowly receding in Sirajganj.
9 September 2021
DoE fines AK Khan Group, former councillor, 2 others for damaging hills
The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today fined AK Khan Group and three others for damaging hills in Khulshi area of the port city.
8 September 2021
Commuters suffer as road to ferry terminal goes under water in Bagerhat
The road connecting Bagerhat’s Morrelganj ferry terminal to the main road has been flooded.
8 September 2021
Powerful quake shakes southwest Mexico, one death reported
A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one man who was crushed by a falling post, and causing rock falls and damaging buildings, authorities said.
8 September 2021