Lightning Deaths: Steps not taken could’ve saved many lives

The government only recently decided to set up warning systems in 723 lightning prone areas in the country, even though 2,400 people died in lightning strikes over the past decade, including 19 just yesterday.
4 August 2021

Hundreds rendered homeless in Brahmaputra shoal

Hundreds of families have been rendered landless and homeless due to the continuous erosion of the Brahmaputra River.
4 August 2021

Mediterranean has become a 'wildfire hotspot', EU scientists say

The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot, with Turkey hit by its most intense blazes on record and a heatwave producing a high risk of further fires and smoke pollution around the region, a European Union atmosphere monitor said on Wednesday.
4 August 2021

Lightning strike kills 17 in Chapainawabganj

At least seventeen people died in lightning strike on the bank of Padma river, in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, this noon.
4 August 2021

Villagers themselves building dyke to stop erosion of Louhajang river in Tangail

People of Doshokia union in Kalihati upazila of Tangail have been constructing a 300-metre embankment through voluntary work to save their houses, an Eid congregation ground, a graveyard and a dakhil madrasa from erosion by the Louhajang river.
2 August 2021

Birth of calf in Cox's Bazar forest a ray of hope for dwindling Asian elephant population

The birth of an Asian elephant calf in the Cox's Bazar forest today has shone a ray of hope for the dwindling population of the giant mammal.
2 August 2021

Death toll in central China floods rises to 302, 50 missing

The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least 302 with dozens of people still missing, officials said, after record downpours dumped a year's worth of rain on a city in just three days.
2 August 2021

River police seize 40,000-meter illegal fishing net from Halda-Karnaphuli estuary

River police of Chattogram seized 40,000 meters of illegal fishing net from the estuary of Halda and Karnaphuli rivers today.
1 August 2021

Dead river dolphin washes ashore Karnaphuli river bank

A dead river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) washed ashore Karnaphuli river bank along Hamidchor area of the port city today.
1 August 2021

Road Dividers in Dhaka: Exotic plants outnumber local species, finds survey

Majority of the plants -- 56 percent -- on the capital’s road dividers are exotic species, which is detrimental to the environment and disrupting the ecosystem, found a recent survey.
31 July 2021

Tornado damages 50 houses in Faridpur

At least 50 dwelling houses at two villages in Bhanga upazila of the district were badly damaged by a tornado that lashed the area on Friday.
31 July 2021

Hundreds suffer as low-lying areas of Bagerhat submerged

More than 50 thousand families have been marooned in Bagerhat due to incessant rainfall triggered by depression and full moon tides in the Bay of Bengal.
31 July 2021

EU Delegation launches ‘Climate Adaptation Campaign’ in Bangladesh

The European Union Delegation to Bangladesh started the "Climate Adaptation Campaign" today on its social media.
31 July 2021

Barbet

It was hypnotic: a persistent tunk-tunk-tunk sound with a muted texture, like a blacksmith tapping a metal pot with a hammer, its rhythm precise as a metronome.
30 July 2021

Vast areas of coastal region inundated

Flashfloods caused by incessant rain inundated vast areas in the country’s coastal regions in the last couple of days.
30 July 2021

14 tiger reserves in India get Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS) status

Fourteen tiger reserves in India, including one in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, have received the globally-accepted Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
30 July 2021

World Tiger Day: Limit tourism to protect Sundarbans’ biodiversity

On occasion of World Tiger Day yesterday, activists and government officials underscored the need to restrict tourism in the Sundarbans to protect the core tiger breeding ground.
29 July 2021

China flooding brought fear, then washed away livelihoods

Authorities estimate overall economic losses at nearly 90 billion yuan ($14 billion), a devastating blow to the province’s heavily agrarian economy after the torrent of rain last week burst dams and collapsed bridges.
29 July 2021

30-sec tornado damages 50 houses in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila

Fifty houses belonging to 30 families were damaged as tornado hit two villages in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila early today.
29 July 2021

Floods, landslides hit Rohingya camps hard: UNHCR

More than 12,000 Rohingya refugees have been affected, while an estimated 2,500 shelters have been damaged or destroyed by heavy downpours, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has said.
29 July 2021