PM orders tougher action against polythene, plastic use
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Environment
HC orders action to stop hill cutting in Bandarban's Lama
8 September 2026
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Environment
Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,357 as rescuers scour tunnels
8 September 2026
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World
Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms
8 September 2026
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Climate crisis
Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
8 September 2026
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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
PM slams those opposing coal-based power plants
Taking a swipe at those protesting the government's move to construct coal-based power plants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says some people have a bizarre imagination about coal and coal-based power plants which have already led to the loss of a few lives.
10 April 2016
Global warming is now changing how Earth wobbles
Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.
10 April 2016
Govt response to arsenic-laced water poor: HRW
The government is not adequately responding to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water across large areas of rural Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report.
6 April 2016
'Drastic' Antarctic melt could double global sea-level rise
Global sea levels could rise by more than double the current best estimate, according to a new analysis of climate change in Antarctica.
31 March 2016
Sundarbans fire brought under control
A fire that broke out in Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans in Bagerhat last evening has been brought under control. Reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained.
28 March 2016
Japan kills 333 Antarctic Minke whales for ‘scientific research’
In the name of ‘scientific research’, Japan kills 333 minke whales, including over 200 pregnant females, in the Antarctic in 2015-16 whaling season.
27 March 2016
Thrilling find in Borneo - a rhino species long thought gone
For the first time in 40 years, a species of rhino has been seen in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of Borneo.
25 March 2016
Ash tree set for extinction in Europe
The ash tree is likely to be wiped out in Europe, according to a review of the evidence.
24 March 2016
Never-before-seen life spotted by Hawaiian deep-sea expedition
After about eight dives into the deep water of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument of north-west Hawaii, some thousands of samples and images of never-before-seen life and landforms have been collected.
23 March 2016
Giant sheet of ice breaks off into the ocean
A roughly 2,000-square-mile block of ice just broke off in the Arctic Ocean.
17 March 2016
This spider surfs, eats fish and has a dreadful size!
Australia's most newly-discovered spider surfs, swims and can catch prey up to three times its own size!
14 March 2016
Mysterious 13ft sea creature washes up on Mexican beach
The large carcass of a mysterious sea creature that washes up on a tourist beach perplex local officials and residents in Mexico. The monstrous 13-foot-long beast is discovered on Bonfil Beach, in the city of Acapulco, in the south-west Mexican state of Guerrero,
12 March 2016
Tree planting 'can reduce flooding'
Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20 percent new research suggests.
11 March 2016
EU envoy visits Ferdous Biotech Ltd
Pierre Mayaudon, ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh, visited the laboratory and headquarters of
9 March 2016
7th Biochemistry Olympiad begins March 10
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Dhaka University will hold the Seventh Biochemistry Olympiad on March 10 on the Curzon Hall premises at the university.
Details are at www.biochemolympiad.org, or at the department office.
7 March 2016
Darker ice causes Greenland to melt faster: study
Greenland’s snow-white ice is getting darker and melting faster, according to a new study, published in the European Geosciences Union journal The Cryosphere.
5 March 2016
Climate change poised to hurt food supplies: study
The effects of climate change on food production could cause 500,000 extra deaths by 2050 compared to a world without global warming, according to a study released Thursday.
3 March 2016
Facebook wildlife trade prompts fears among environmentalists
Wildlife monitoring network Traffic finds hundreds of protected animals for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia, including sun bears, gibbons, and binturongs, also known as bearcats.
3 March 2016
New legal threat for UK air pollution
The UK government has been warned to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action.
1 March 2016
Rawhide won’t be allowed at Hajaribagh tanneries: Amu
Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu says that rawhide would not be allowed to enter tannery factories at Dhaka’s Hajaribagh to avert environment pollution in this area.
29 February 2016