Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
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Environment
Large teak tree felled and stolen from Lawachara National Park
7 September 2026
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Environment
Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, health: UN
7 September 2026
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Environment
Star Interactive / Rivers erase land 5 times the size of Dhaka in 5 decades
6 September 2026
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Environment
'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students
6 September 2026
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World
Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
5 September 2026
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World
Three floods in two months, and no time to recover
5 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Rain likely across much of Bangladesh over next 24 hours
5 September 2026
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Weather
Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo
4 September 2026
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Climate crisis
UN appeals for $50 million for Nepal flood victims
4 September 2026
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Climate crisis
Chinese firms offer pollution solutions with bottled air, hat filters
Even as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledges to ensure that blue skies never become a luxury, a state-backed firm is doing brisk business selling 48 yuan ($6.95) cans of fresh air bottled in a forest in western China.
19 March 2017
Thousands of saker falcons die from electrocution in Mongolia
Due to inefficient solutions in power lines, over 4000 saker falcons worth Mongolian Tugrik 64 billion ($26 million) die annually in Mongolia. This number increases by two times in some years.
19 March 2017
G20 ministers struggle to find consensus on trade, climate
Finance ministers and central bankers from top economies battle to find common ground on world trade in the face of US President Donald Trump's "Buy American" drive.
18 March 2017
1st fluorescent frog found in Argentina
The first naturally fluorescent frog is discovered recently in Argentina -- almost by chance, a member of the team of researchers tells AFP.
17 March 2017
Trump to undo Obama auto emissions rules: official
President Donald Trump is set to announce steps to halt his predecessor Barack Obama's future vehicle emissions limits for manufacturers, a senior administration official says.
15 March 2017
Rare mole rescued in Moulvibazar dies
A rare Himalayan mole rescued from a village in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar on March 9 died of its injuries yesterday.
12 March 2017
Spring rain cools weather
Incessant rains at the beginning of spring have brought the mercury down thus cooling the temperature but have also disrupted people's life especially in Dhaka.
Dhaka dwellers, who are experiencing the rain since Thursday evening, start their day’s activities amid a moderate shower.
11 March 2017
‘Bondhu Chula’ for healthy living
Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BBF), a Bangladeshi organisation, delivers an environmentally friendly stove, 'Bondhu Chula', innovated by Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), from door to door with the help of the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ).
8 March 2017
Keystone XL builders can use non-US steel: White House
The Keystone XL oil pipeline does not need to be made from US steel, despite an executive order by President Donald Trump days after he took office requiring domestic steel in new pipelines, the White House said on Friday.
4 March 2017
Antarctica hits record high temperature at balmy 63.5°F
An Argentine research base near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula sets a heat record at a balmy 63.5° Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius), the UN weather agency says.
2 March 2017
[WATCH] A century of tragic extinctions
Animals on the Earth are now in grave danger as we are entering an era where the number of species becoming extinct is increasing rapidly.
1 March 2017
SDGs and climate resilient development
Bangladesh has made significant development gains since independence and made greater progress more rapidly in the last decade. Per capita income has increased manyfolds while the poverty rate has been reduced significantly, from nearly 60 percent in 1990 to 31.5 percent in 2010 and approximately 24.8 in 2015.
25 February 2017
Disaster risk reduction
The devastating Bhola Cyclone that struck Bangladesh in 1970, then known as East Pakistan, was an example of our helplessness in the face of deadly natural disasters.
25 February 2017
Paris Agreement and tasks for us
The Paris Agreement (PA) on climate change which was achieved at the 21st conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December 2015 was historic in several ways.
25 February 2017
Climate change and conflicts
The very succinct quotation above alludes to the upcoming challenges of climate change. Undoubtedly the forces of nature are unpredictable, dangerous and devastating.
25 February 2017
Achieving food security in a climate-challenged future
Bangladesh is one of the countries which are most vulnerable to climate change. Its high population density, long coastline, and extensive low-lying areas, coupled with its location at the confluence of several major rivers, place it in a uniquely vulnerable position to the vagaries of a changing climate.
25 February 2017
Climate change and food security
Bangladesh will face significant challenges in the near future in terms of climate change which will severely hamper the steady economic and industrial growth of the nation. As the country approaches towards its goals of sustainable development and steadily continues its successes in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), finding effective solutions for climate change impact on food security is crucial
25 February 2017
Protecting our biodiversity
As we start 2017 we have many encouraging numbers to be proud of. The country has been sustaining GDP growth at 6.3 percent for the last five years. Per capita income (USD 1,314) is more than twice of that of 2008. Less than 13 percent of us are now extreme poor,
25 February 2017
YES to Sundarbans NO to projects of environmental destruction
If we say yes to the Sundarbans, then we must say no to the commercial projects harmful for its survival. Whether it is a power plant or any other commercial activity, whether it is foreign investment (FDI) or local investment, whether it is investment from India,
25 February 2017
Unabated atrocity on environment
Bangladesh is a deltaic land created and flushed by numerous rivers. It had 1400 to 1500 rivers in the 11th century, which was reduced to 7 to 8 hundred due to various natural anthropogenic factors over time.
25 February 2017