Focus on ‘future sustainability’ while making investment: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for focusing on “future sustainability” while making investment as she placed a four-point proposal to save the planet from the adverse impacts of climate change.
1 October 2020, 05:12 AM

Flood worsens in Gaibandha; upazila health complex inundated

Floods in Gaibandha continues to worsen as water levels of three major rivers in the district has been increasing. The rising water has inundated an upazila health complex in the district as well.
30 September 2020, 13:12 PM

PM's Financial Times article advocates a 'cleaner, greener, safer world'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said climate change, pandemic and the destruction of nature are common threats and these should unite all in working towards a common solution -- a cleaner, greener and safer world.
29 September 2020, 07:26 AM

Wildlife, climate at heart of post-pandemic recovery: PM endorses ‘Pledge for Nature’

Global leaders including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today launched "Leaders' Pledge for Nature: United to Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030 for Sustainable Development" demonstrating their commitment for nature, biodiversity and global goals.
28 September 2020, 15:56 PM

Sri Lanka returns 21 containers of illegal waste to Britain

Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain 21 container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.
27 September 2020, 16:13 PM

Reconstruction in Ramna Park: Petition seeks HC order for inquiry into cost

A petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the home secretary to make an inquiry about the state and possession of Ramna Park including its natural environment and the cost of its reconstruction during the Covid-19 pandemic and before the pandemic.
26 September 2020, 12:13 PM

UN roundtable on climate: PM places 5-point recommendation to protect planet

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today placed a five-point recommendation to protect the planet and save people from the adversities of the climate changes.
24 September 2020, 18:27 PM

US, Chinese diplomats signal tricky road ahead for climate diplomacy

After several years of dismissing global action to fight climate change, US leadership has been formally challenged by China announcing bold new climate pledges.
24 September 2020, 12:39 PM

Global climate activists urge Japan to stop financing coal plant in Matarbari

In an online rally today, climate activists across the globe urged Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration to stop financing dirty coal power plants in Bangladesh, as those would worsen the country’s climate crisis and destroy communities’ livelihood.
23 September 2020, 15:19 PM

Once operational, coal powerplants in Ctg division could kill 30,000 in 30 years: study

Pollution from ten under-construction coal-based powerplants in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar could result in 30,000 deaths in 30 years once they go into operation, according to new research findings released today.
22 September 2020, 13:03 PM

A third of my country was just underwater; world must act on climate: Sheikh Hasina

In a write-up published in The Guardian today, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the climate crisis and Covid-19 desperately need international cooperation.
22 September 2020, 12:10 PM

World's richest 1% cause double carbon emissions of poorest 50%: Oxfam

The wealthiest one percent of earth’s population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made up the poorest half of humanity during a critical 25-year period of unprecedented emissions growth, according to a press release issued by Oxfam.
21 September 2020, 10:46 AM

Upazila admin demolishes brick kiln built on canal in Ctg’s Banshkhali

A brick kiln which was built on land grabbed from a canal was demolished by upazila administration at Baharchara union in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila today.
20 September 2020, 12:24 PM

Sylhet Ratargul watchtower ‘risky’, closed to tourists

The watchtower overlooking the Ratargul Swamp Forest in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet was closed to tourists from today, after it was declared to be “risky”.
20 September 2020, 09:06 AM

Mobilise global support to address climate refugee issue: PM to G20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the G20 has a greater responsibility to come forward with stronger commitment to mobilise global support to address the issue of displacement or climate refugees.
15 September 2020, 15:11 PM

Tk 202-cr project envisions development of local fish, snail

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today cleared four projects, including a Tk 202-crore project to conserve and develop local species of fish and snail in the country.
15 September 2020, 14:57 PM

Trump and Biden clash over US wildfires as campaign turns to climate change

Joe Biden brands President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" for refusing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blames lax forestry and declares, "I don't think science knows."
15 September 2020, 05:02 AM

DoE seizes excavator used for hill cutting in Chattogram

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today seized an excavator on charge of illegal hill-cutting in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.
14 September 2020, 15:34 PM

Dhaka seeks collaboration, connectivity in building climate resiliency

Bangladesh is keen to collaborate and build connectivity with the Commonwealth and the country-led Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Presidency, especially in building climate resiliency post-Covid-19 strategies for the climate vulnerable countries, said Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem.
14 September 2020, 14:26 PM

Hydroponics grass could be the answer to Kurigram’s fodder crisis

At least twenty women from Kurigram’s Sadar, Ulipur, Chilmari and Rajarhat upazilas have been using hydroponics method to grow grass for the last month. Many farmers are also crowding around to see this way of growing grass without soil or land.
11 September 2020, 16:14 PM