​​​​​​​Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts of forest in a blaze one official called the worst on record.

Forty-one mm of rainfall has been recorded in Dhaka since this morning, Abdul Mannan, a meteorologist from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told The Daily Star this afternoon.

Hundreds of houses along the Teesta river bank in Lalmonirhat have been flooded as the water level rose by 5 cm in the last 12 hours due to incessant rain and water from the upstream.

The first consignment of nearly 3,800 tonnes of coal -- for Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh -- has left India.

A group of young people caged and drowned to death an Asian Palm Civet in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram.

Low-lying areas along the river banks of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram were inundated as river water increased due to incessant rainfall and onrush of upstream water.

Around 500 families were marooned after four low-lying areas in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh were inundated today following flash floods due to upstream water from across the border.

The current pipeline of projects in development could remove only around 150 million, well short of what's needed, the report said.

A portion of the protective embankment around Sirajganj town has collapsed into the Jamuna as the river is swelling due to heavy downpour and onrush of water.

Two people were detained and fined Tk 5,000 each by a mobile court over capturing two dolphins in the Brahmaputra river at Chilmari upazila in Kurigram.

The potent greenhouse gas methane is spewing out of natural gas infrastructure across the European Union because of leaks and venting, video footage made available to Reuters shows.

Britain's lack of policies to meet net zero emissions by 2050 is jeopardising its chance of meeting the target, the country's climate advisers said in a progress report on Thursday.

Dhaka Boat Club Limited, which came into the limelight with a recent allegation of attempted rape raised by film actress Pori Moni, is shrouded in questions about its very existence.

One hundred twenty-nine individuals and 74 organisations from 21 countries including Bangladesh wrote a letter to Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao calling upon him to withdraw and end provision of finance and technical support to the SS Power I Ltd (Banshkhali Power Plant) immediately in Chattogram.

Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.

USAID has launched a $17 million clean energy project called Bangladesh Advancing Development Growth through Energy (BADGE), aimed at expanding Bangladesh’s access to affordable clean energy and support clean energy entrepreneurship.

The Bangladesh Forest Department has recovered 2,468 acres of forest land from grabbers in the last eight months.

A joint team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and Dhaka district administration has started an eviction drive in Buriganga’s "Adi" (second) channel for the second consecutive day, demolishing illegal structures.

The Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) today rescued two pythons, five monkeys and a vulture from two mini parks in Chandpur Sadar upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all, including the leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies, to plant at least three saplings to make Bangladesh a much greener country.