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Asian Paper Mill ordered to shut for polluting Halda
The Environment department orders Asian Paper Mill to shut down for polluting a water body that drains into the Halda river in Chattogram.
18 August 2019, 08:49 AM
Do world leaders understand the consequences of the climate crisis?
Since the Industrial Revolution, we have created a hodgepodge of human systems that are at odds with natural systems that support them. In the process, we are pushing billions of people into a dystopian future by bequeathing them with a climate crisis.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Evidence of 'Herculean' parrot found in New Zealand
The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand.
7 August 2019, 04:53 AM
Quarter of world's population facing extreme water stress
Nearly a quarter of the world's population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water stress, close to "day zero" conditions when the taps run dry, according to a report.
6 August 2019, 04:48 AM
Illegal current net leaves dolphin dead in Pashur river
A Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica; locally known as shushuk) dies due to use of illegal current net for fishing in Pashru river in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat.
2 August 2019, 10:18 AM
Common Sand Boa rescued in Bogura
Locals have rescued a snake called “Common Sand Boa” or “rough-tailed Sand Boa” from a village in Bogura Sadar.
1 August 2019, 12:11 PM
That river has rights: New strategy to protect planet
In a growing global movement, environmentalists are trying a new legal route to protect the planet - vesting rivers, reefs and threatened habitats with "rights of nature" that override the long-held human right to harm.
1 August 2019, 04:57 AM
22 pythons hatched in Srimangal zoo
A total of 22 python eggs have been hatched in a zoo of Sreemangal upazila of Moulviabzar. A python which was rescued in Dinajpur 22 years ago laid 35 eggs at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation last month and since then the eggs were kept with the mother python, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports.
17 July 2019, 11:52 AM
Power plant fined Tk 20 Lakh for dumping furnace oil in Halda
The power plant of Chattogram responsible for releasing untreated furnace oil to a nearby water body that connects to the Halda river is fined Tk 20 lakh for damaging the environment.
17 July 2019, 07:01 AM
Obligations of the Sinking Boatmen
Philosop-her and ecologist Garrett Hardin was well-known for proposing a notorious solution to climate change. He imagined a lifeboat with rooms for sixty people. Fifty people are already onboard and more unfortunate people are swimming in the ocean,
16 July 2019, 18:00 PM
12-year-old writes to Trump to stop sending waste
Aeshnina Azzahra, a 12-year-old from Gresik, East Java, writes to Trump complaining about the amount of waste US exports to Indonesia and urges him to stop the practice.
16 July 2019, 10:21 AM
Injured barking deer rescued in Chattogram
An injured barking deer has been rescued from Akbar Shah area of port city Chattogram. The deer was rescued from the locality.
16 July 2019, 10:10 AM
WB to help Bangladesh improve climate-smart growth: Georgieva
The World Bank (WB) reaffirms its continued support to Bangladesh to achieve the country’s vision of reaching an upper-middle income status through ensuring green growth, as the bank’s Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva concluded a two-day visit.
11 July 2019, 14:42 PM
Eviction drive faces obstruction in Keraniganj; 5 hurt
A group miscreants attack a team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) during an eviction drive at Postogola along the Buriganga riverbank, leaving an executive magistrate and four members of the team injured.
11 July 2019, 08:22 AM
Dramatic warming projected in world's major cities by 2050
By the year 2050, London's climate will resemble Madrid's today; Paris will be more like Canberra; Stockholm like Budapest and Moscow like Sofia, according to a new analysis published Wednesday that relied on optimistic projections.
11 July 2019, 05:45 AM
Academic world launches plan to tackle climate change
Thousands of universities around the world declare a "climate emergency" and commit themselves with the United Nations to fighting climate change, in an effort to mobilize their students.
11 July 2019, 04:25 AM
River erosion in Manikganj
The water level of Jamuna is rising due to heavy flow from the hill. As a result, erosion started in Shibalaya upazilla of Manikganj.
10 July 2019, 14:16 PM
Bangladesh is our best teacher in climate change adaptation: UN ex-chief Ban Ki-moon
Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon says Bangladesh is the best teacher in climate change adaptation.
10 July 2019, 05:20 AM
Marshall Islands president in Dhaka to attend climate change conf’ce
Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine arrives in Dhaka to attend a two-day international conference on climate change adaptation.
9 July 2019, 05:18 AM
Power plant’s furnace oil dumped into water body linked to Halda river in Chattogram
Untreated furnace oil has been allegedly released to a nearby water body that connects the Halda river from a power plant in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila.
8 July 2019, 08:02 AM