PM urges dev partners to limit conditions when providing support

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks more support from development partners to maintain the country’s development spree and make it sustainable, urging them not to impose so many conditions in this regard.
29 January 2020, 08:17 AM

Malaysia sending back plastic waste to Bangladesh

Malaysia is sending back a container full of plastic waste to Bangladesh. The authorities are sending back a total of 150 containers imported from 13 countries including Bangladesh as the consignment had non-recyclable plastic.
21 January 2020, 13:12 PM

Black vulture rescued in Gaibandha

With help of locals, police rescue a black vulture from Ramchandrapur union under Sadar upazila in Gaibandha.
21 January 2020, 07:36 AM

Risking lives to rescue horses in Philippine volcano 'no man's land'

The horses were still caked in grey ash as they stepped off the boat, lucky beneficiaries of a risky rescue mission to ground zero of the Philippines' Taal volcano eruption.
16 January 2020, 07:28 AM

Electrocution of monkeys: Legal notice seeks removal of livewire from Mymensingh forest

People for Animal Welfare (PAW), an organisation dedicated to welfare of street animals, has served a legal notice to Bangladesh Forest Department and Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board after overhead electrical power lines installed inside Mymensingh’s Santoshpur Reserve Forest injured and killed monkeys in the forest.
9 January 2020, 08:31 AM

Of bushfires, Bangladesh and climate change

Every Bangladeshi living overseas is used to having their motherland associated with natural disasters, namely floods and cyclones. This can feel humiliating at times. It is the expatriates’ burden to perpetually challenge the sometimes negative, international image of Bangladesh.
7 January 2020, 07:18 AM

Cold wave to continue for 3-4 days

The cold wave coursing through the country is likely to continue for another three to four days especially over the northwestern districts extending up to Dhaka, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department’s latest forecast.
7 January 2020, 05:17 AM

Govt shuts down illegal brick kilns in 5 districts: DoE

The government shuts down all illegal brick kilns in five districts -- Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Munshiganj, and Manikganj in line with a High Court directive.
6 January 2020, 14:14 PM

Bangladesh needs to build self-capacity to combat climate change

Bangladesh needs to build self-capacity to combat climate change as countries failed to reach any consensus on ways to implement the Paris Agreement in the latest COP25 conference, civil society members say.
4 January 2020, 09:46 AM

Don’t allot lands for any purpose that damages forest: HC

The High Court observes that any notified forest area, no matter whether it is declared reserved forest or not, cannot be allocated or leased for any purpose that damages the country’s forest.
2 January 2020, 09:11 AM

Military moves in to help mass-scale evacuation from Australian bushfires

Tens of thousands of holiday makers raced to evacuate popular seaside towns on Australia's east coast on Wednesday, fleeing ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters planned missions to rescue thousands more trapped by the blazes.
2 January 2020, 05:10 AM

Rain likely across country on Thursday, Friday

Rain is likely to occur across the country, including the capital, on Thursday and Friday, says Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
31 December 2019, 05:16 AM

An effective platform for branding Bangladesh

The 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended just days ago.
25 December 2019, 18:00 PM

5 Himalayan vultures rescued in Gaibandha

Five Himalayan Vultures are rescued at a village in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha.
25 December 2019, 16:05 PM

Air pollution: Tanneries burning leather wastes at Dhaleshwari

For last two years the authorities of Tannery Industrial Estate are polluting the Dhaleshwari river dumping liquid waste as their effluent treatment plant is not ready yet, now they are also polluting air by burning leather wastes in the bank of the Dhaleshwari.
21 December 2019, 05:26 AM

Nights to become more chilly: Met office

A mild cold wave is sweeping over parts of the country with a forecast of a slight fall in temperatures in the night.
19 December 2019, 06:18 AM

What is the achievement of Madrid Climate talks

The close-door negotiations of Climate Change conference, 2019 ends on December 15 delaying more than 40 hours than the scheduled time.
18 December 2019, 15:11 PM

UN climate talks unravelling, face failure

A UN climate summit in Madrid risked collapsing after all-night negotiations between countries left them more divided than ever over on how to fight global warming and pay for its ravages.
14 December 2019, 15:40 PM

Climate Change tops list of global worries for young people: Amnesty

Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most important issues facing the world, an Amnesty International survey on the state of human rights shows.
10 December 2019, 04:42 AM

Nobel science laureates stress urgency of addressing climate

Nobel Prize laureates gathers in Stockholm to receive their awards took the opportunity to stress the importance of addressing climate change.
7 December 2019, 13:59 PM