Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
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Business
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
Transforming migration
Perhaps the most controversial issue in the global climate change literature is migration. During the 1990s and early 2000s, in climate change discourse, migration was presented as a threat.
25 February 2017
Addressing water scarcity
For an issue advocate, an activist or an opportunist, answers to these questions may range from an overwhelming yes to an emphatic no. A pragmatist will most likely suggest: it depends!
25 February 2017
How we can manage our marine resources better
Seas have always been instrumental in defining the destiny of the world, be it as means of transportation or as trade routes or as hub of resources. They have also played a significant role in bringing people closer, breaking barriers down cultures and religions;
25 February 2017
Biodiversity and climate change
Climate change and biodiversity are intricately intertwined. Looking a hundred years into the future, climate change alone will threaten the existence of the major terrestrial and aquatic species of our country.
25 February 2017
Building a disaster-resilient, prosperous Bangladesh
Today Bangladesh stands at a vital crossroads in its development path. Having averaged a 6 percent economic growth in the past decade, the country attained lower-middle income country status in 2015 and achieved five out of eight Millennium Development Goals by the same year.
25 February 2017
Mutual accountability in use
Climate finance has been at the core of negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for over two decades.
25 February 2017
Sustainable forest resource management
Forests provide timber, fuel and essential ecosystem services in addition to carbon storage and delivery of oxygen to the atmosphere.
25 February 2017
Challenges for disaster risk reduction
With a population of about 152 million, Bangladesh has been identified as the highest ranking disaster prone countries and the fifth ranking in the risk index (2012) in the world.
25 February 2017
HC summons N’ganj DC to explain over earth filling
The High Court summons the deputy commissioner of Narayanganj to appear before it on February 22 to explain the actual situation of a land at Sonargaon upazila where allegedly earth filling is going on despite the Supreme Court’s restriction.
14 February 2017
New Zealand beached whale crisis 'over', say rescuers
Whale rescuers are cautiously optimistic that the current wave of mass beachings in New Zealand is over, after hundreds of the creatures died after being stranded ashore.
12 February 2017
More than 200 whales swim away after New Zealand stranding
Whale lovers in New Zealand finally get some good news after more than 200 stranded whales managed to refloat themselves overnight and swim away, while volunteers managed to save another 17 whales at high tide.
12 February 2017
Fresh whale stranding on New Zealand beach
Rescuers defy a shark threat to form a human chain in a New Zealand bay in a bid to keep another 200 whales from becoming stranded a day after hundreds died in a mass beaching.
11 February 2017
120kgs of venison seized in Barguna
A team of coast guard recover at least 120kgs of venison in a drive from Patharghata upazila in Barguna district.
5 February 2017
[Watch] Famous red crab migration phenomenon
Every year the red crabs of Christmas Island in Australia migrate to the beach to lay eggs. And after the eggs hatch this is what you get.
31 January 2017
Tiger killed after mauling 'trespasser' to death at China zoo
A tiger is shot dead after a man who climbed a fence into the tiger enclosure to avoid paying for a ticket was mauled to death at a zoo in eastern China.
31 January 2017
Arctic summer ice decreased by 72% since 1980
The extent of ice loss at the top of the world, as seen by satellites, has been widely documented and is the Arctic ice cap’s shrinkage is often expressed in terms of area.
29 January 2017
Here’s what’s wrong with Bangladesh’s winter
For the past few years, the winter chapter of Bangladesh is shrinking – arriving late and living short, what experts suspect is for climate-related changes and abuse of natural resources.
28 January 2017
Dog lovers demo in Dhaka shunning culling
Animal lovers demonstrated in Dhaka, forming a human chain, protesting the culling of stray dogs in Chittagong city – an action that has been deemed illegal by the High Court.
27 January 2017
Ministers, MPs influence climate fund: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) alleges that climate change fund is allocated based on the influence of local ministers and lawmakers instead of the severity of the threat.
23 January 2017
Int’l consensus against Rampal, for Sundarbans
Eminent economist Professor Anu Muhammad urges the government to move away from their stance and give support to those protesting against Rampal Power plant project.
23 January 2017