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