A mobile court in Barishal today sentenced four fishermen, each to one month in prison, for fishing hilsa violating a ban that was imposed from today.

The High Court has issued a status quo for three months on encroachment, land grabbing, earth filling and operating brick kilns on Bhadra and Hori rivers in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila.

The High Court has directed the authorities concerned of the government to shut down all illegal brick kilns still in operation in Chattogram within 14 working days to curb pollution.

A 20-year-old woman died after being injured by an elephant in Bandarban’s Lama upazila.

The United States officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement, reinvigorating the global fight against climate change as the Biden administration plans drastic emissions cuts over the next three decades.

Villagers in Kurigram’s Rowmari upazila have contributed in construction of bamboo pilings to protect their land from Holholiya river erosion.

Bangladesh has sought US' technical cooperation in preserving the Sundarbans, the last of South Asia’s mangrove forest, and for management of water resources.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram region fined GPH Oxygen Plant and Standard Lube Oil Limited Tk 5.8 lakh for violating the environment conservation act and polluting environment.

Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year, even as air quality improved in some places due to coronavirus lockdowns, an environmental group said Thursday.

A strategic environmental assessment is being carried out for the south-western part of the country as part of the government's commitment to conservation of the Sundarbans, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin said.

A mobile court of Department of Environment (DoE) today fined four brick kilns Tk 20 lakh for environment pollution in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur.

Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world’s ability to tackle climate change – until he hits on manufacturing. About that, he is worried.

Around 65 Mro families of three villages in Bandarban’s Lama upazila are living in fear of eviction from their ancestral homes with no source of livelihood after land grabbers illegally occupied their jhum land last month.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has evicted 51 illegal establishments from the bank of Buriganga river in Dhaka's Swari Ghat and Mitford Balur Ghat areas today.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram metro fined eight businesses including KDS Textile and Heidelberg Cement at least Tk 4.25 lakh for polluting environment.

Bangladesh has called for enhanced international cooperation in tackling adverse impacts of climate change on labour, human rights and health.

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the government to shut down all illegal brick kilns, operating without a valid license, in Chattogram's Lohagara upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured visiting Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid that Bangladesh would extend its all-out support to his country in fighting climate change.

About three decimals of forest area was burnt in a fire that broke out in the patrol area under Dhansagar Station of Forest Department’s Chandpai Range in East Sundarbans Division.

A Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) was rescued from Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh yesterday.