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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
Tidal surge floods nearly 100 villages in Patuakhali
Tidal surge has marooned nearly five thousand families of 100 villages under six upazilas of Patuakhali.
7 September 2021
Kuwait starts to recycle massive tyre graveyard
More than 42 million old vehicle tyres dumped in Kuwait's sands have started to be recycled, as the Gulf state tackles a waste problem that created one of the world's largest tyre graveyards.
7 September 2021
Low pressure over Bay; maritime ports asked to hoist signal 3
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has formed over the northwest Bay and adjoining areas of Bangladesh.
7 September 2021
Rehabilitate climate migrants: Momen tells major carbon emitter countries
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called upon major carbon emitting countries to rehabilitate "climate migrants" -- displaced from their homes and jobs due to climate change.
7 September 2021
Other cities not faring any better
When it comes to air pollution, Dhaka continues to be one of the most polluted cities in the world. But what about the other areas of the country?
6 September 2021
Quick energy supply: Cabinet approves 5-year extension of special provision
The Cabinet today cleared a proposal for the extension of the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010 for another five years till 2026.
6 September 2021
Tree felling spells doom for birds
When Rajshahi Medical College Hospital authorities felled a tree on Saturday afternoon, it still housed a couple of nests for Asian open-bill storks.
5 September 2021
Flood improves in north, worsens down stream
The flood situation has improved in the northern region of the country as the water level in the rivers started receding there, but districts surrounding Dhaka reported the opposite.
5 September 2021
Flood water slowly receding in Sirajganj after 20 days
After 20 days of continuous rise, the Jamuna river’s water level has begun to drop.
5 September 2021
Dolphin found dead near abandoned ship
A dead dolphin with injury marks was found near an abandoned ship at Chattogram’s Parki beach on Friday afternoon.
4 September 2021
Impact of Six-day Rain in Patuakhali: Seedbed damage triggers Aman seed shortage
Farmers of Aman rice in Patuakhali have been scrambling to find Aman seeds after nearly one-third of Aman seedbeds were damaged during six days of incessant showers in the last week of July in the district.
4 September 2021
Erosion now causing headaches
Erosion by rivers and floodwater have taken a serious turn in at least six districts, rendering several hundred families homeless.
4 September 2021
Jamuna, Padma erosions devour more than 1,000 houses in Manikganj
More than 1,000 houses in Manikganj district have been lost due to erosion as water in Padma, Jamuna and other rivers continue to rise.
4 September 2021
China premier urges major powers to 'take responsibility' for environment
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged major powers to "show responsibility" and play a leading role in improving global environmental governance and addressing such challenges as climate change.
4 September 2021
Marooned, they wait for relief
People in the remote shoals of the Jamuna are suffering immensely for want of drinking water and food.
3 September 2021
Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burns
Thick smoke billowed above Brazil's Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched earth like dead matchsticks, burnt and black.
3 September 2021
20,000 marooned in Nilphamari as Teesta River inundates low lying areas
At least 20,000 people living in different shoals of Teesta River and surrounding low lying areas in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of Nilphamari were marooned as water level in the river started to increase from this morning.
3 September 2021
Brahmaputra flowing above danger level, flooding worsens in Kurigram
The water level of Brahmaputra River was flowing 50 cm above danger level at Chilmari point of Kurigram this morning which has further deteriorated the overall flooding in Kurigram.
3 September 2021
Floods to prolong till mid-Sept
Flood-hit people will continue to suffer a few more days as the floods in low lying areas of 11 districts will not wane until second week of September, said the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (ffwc).
2 September 2021
US climate envoy Kerry tells Chinese leaders: climate not about politics
U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry said he had urged Chinese leaders to reach for the "highest ambition" in order to curb temperature rises, saying the climate crisis was not about politics.
2 September 2021