Around two decades ago, Joynal Abedin would not have thought of owning a property or business institution as he was struggling to earn a livelihood. The man, hailing from Shimulia village under Mirpur upazila of Kushtia, worked his land and had a small business.

It is years ago now. The day I took a bus to the southernmost tip of Bangladesh with a group of people wearing khaki-coloured shirts, two-in-one pants, carrying heavy duty binoculars, spotting scopes and talking excitedly about a bird.

The High Court directs the government to form an enquiry committee to find out the reasons behind the deaths of 33 animals and birds at the wildlife conservation centre in Tilagarh Eco Park of Sylhet and the persons responsible for the deaths.

Despite its endangered status and international efforts to conserve the species, an Indian Pangolin was tied and beaten up by locals in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila.

Parveen Akther (45), a resident of Joistopura village under Boalkhali upazila in Chattogram, used to hardly experience elephant attacks. The fear of elephant attack has never been a part of daily life for her. But in the last five or six years, a herd of elephants have regularly scoured their village in search of food, in the process attacking people and damaging crops.

Stubble burning and forest fire along the Himalayas can trigger melting of the already receding Gangotri glacier.

A 'pandemic' of air pollution shortens lives worldwide by nearly three years on average, and causes 8.8 million premature deaths annually, scientists has said.

A group of young tourists visiting Saint Martin’s Island collected around 500 kg of waste from various parts of the island over two days, in a bid to raise awareness regarding the environment among fellow tourists.

A rare Nilgai, once believed to be extinct, was rescued by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members from Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj upazila yesterday night.

India’s proposal to include the critically-endangered Asian elephant and two large species of birds -- Great Indian Bustard and Bengal Florican -- in the UN Convention on Migratory (CMS) Species, is unanimously accepted.

An injured Binturong, also known as a bearcat, was found injured behind a local hospital in Khagrachari district this morning. It is now being treated at the Chattogram Veterinary Hospital.

The world is failing to protect children from the health dangers posed by climate change and poor diet, a landmark UN report has said, warning that every child is under "immediate threat".

Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbours and branded a witch. Mosammat Rashida's crime? Her husband was killed by a Bengal tiger.

An inter-ministerial body formed to resolve the dispute between the Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) and the Roads and Highway Department (RHD) over a proposed road through two reserve forests today decided against the project, reports our Chattogram correspondent.

An environmental organisation in Cox’s Bazar submits a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, calling upon the authorities concerned of the government to take prompt measure to save Saint Martin’s island from pollution originating from tourism.

The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is USD 8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the world's GDP, an environmental research group has said.

Wildlife traffickers not only threaten these species with extinction, but also are supplying a direct threat to wider human populations, according to a report titled “Wildlife Trafficking in Asia: Evolution, Trajectory and Ways to Stop it” by Freeland, a counter-trafficking organisation.

The Supreme Court clears the way for the government to recover the land of Turag river from illegal possession of Nishut Jute Mills Ltd of Hameem Group, and Hossain Dyeing and Printing Mills Ltd of Anwar Group.

State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruque tells parliament that the government has taken an initiative to formulate a masterplan for curbing river pollution across the country.

A bird census conducted for two days at Hakaluki haor in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar found nearly forty-thousand water birds in and around the expansive wetland.