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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

$33m project launched for people vulnerable to climate impacts

The government and UNDP jointly launch a project of $33 million that will benefit almost 7 lakh people, mostly women and adolescent girls, in climate vulnerable districts of Satkhira and Khulna.
7 July 2019

Climate change is supporting growth of invasive alien plants in Nepal

Climate change is not just disrupting weather patterns, it is also supporting the growth of invasive alien plants in Nepal, according to a recent study.
6 July 2019

Jakarta residents sue Indonesia government over air pollution

Residents of Indonesia’s capital have filed a lawsuit against the government over the toxic levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city.
5 July 2019

June was hottest month ever recorded on Earth: EU satellite agency

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded with soaring temperatures worldwide capped off by a record-breaking heatwave across Western Europe, satellite data showed on Tuesday.
2 July 2019

Antarctic sea ice in dizzying decline since 2014: study

After mysteriously expanding for decades, Antarctica's sea ice cover melted by an area four times greater than France in just a few years and now stands at a record low, according to a study published on Monday.
2 July 2019

Fishing in Sundarbans to remain banned in July, August

Netting of fish has been banned in all the canals of Sundarbans from July 1 to August 31 in order to promote safe breeding and to preserve aquatic animals.
30 June 2019

Millions urge Indian govt to declare a 'climate emergency'

More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country.
29 June 2019

Schools in Malaysia town hit by toxic fumes shut for 3 days

All educational institutions in Johor's Pasir Gudang district have been ordered to close for three days following chemical pollution in the area.
25 June 2019

Smoking at home to soon become a punishable offence in Thailand

People in Thailand will no longer be allowed to smoke at home if their habit has a negative effect on other family members due to exposure to second-hand smoke, says the Act on Promotion of the Family Institute Development and Protection, which will go into effect from August 20.
24 June 2019

UK study shows seal singing ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’

Researchers in Scotland say gray seals can copy the sounds of human words and songs including “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”
22 June 2019

Himalayan glaciers melting twice as fast: study

Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast now as they were before the turn of the century, according to a new study that relied on recently declassified Cold War-era satellite imagery.
20 June 2019

The slow and steady conservation of the Asian Giant Tortoises

They are famous because they battled petty criminals, overlords, mutated creatures and alien invaders, all the while trying and mostly succeeding to stay hidden. They are famous, for they were cursed and are now manifestations of an evil spirit stuck in a pond for
13 June 2019