PM orders tougher action against polythene, plastic use
9 September 2026
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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
The extinct species of Bangladesh
13 species of animals have already become extinct from Bangladesh and several others have also possibly become extinct.
26 August 2015
The extinct species of Bangladesh
13 species of animals have already become extinct from Bangladesh and several others have also possibly become extinct.
26 August 2015
Animals that can't be seen in Bangladesh anymore
13 species of animals have already become extinct from Bangladesh and several others have also possibly become extinct.
26 August 2015
The unlikeliest of friendships!
The female grey wolf and male brown were spotted every night for ten days straight, spending several hours together between 8pm and 4am.
25 August 2015
Carbon credits like ‘printing money’
The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine did not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study.
25 August 2015
Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier sheds big ice chunk
Scientists are studying a big mass of ice that has broken off the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland.
24 August 2015
30 whales mysteriously die in Alaska
Thirty large whales have died in the western Gulf of Alaska since May, an unusually high number for the region, and scientists aren't sure what's causing the die-off.
23 August 2015
Marine mammals thriving in Thames
Ten years of public sightings show that large marine mammals are regularly found in the River Thames.
20 August 2015
‘Boon granter’ turtles of Bostami shrine (video)
The story behind Bostami turtles goes back around 1,200 years to its origin – what locals believe are embodiments of genies trapped in animal forms.
16 August 2015
Elephant fact file
An elephant’s heart beats only 25 times a minute. Your heart usually beats between 60 to 80 times a minute
12 August 2015
Elephant conservation initiatives in Bangladesh
Government announces seven sanctuaries in the country—Chunti, Pablakhali, Teknaf, Sangu, Dudhpukuria-Dhopachhari and Fashiakhali and one national park (Kaptai national park) to conserve elephants and other wild life
12 August 2015
Human vs elephants
The main reason for declining elephant population is destruction of elephants habitat and food resources by humans.
12 August 2015
Did you know why Alexander did not proceed to conquer ancient Bengal?
At around 300 BC, when Alexander the great came to conquer Bengal—then known as Ganga Rashtra, meaning Nation on the River Ganges, alias Gangaridai—he abandoned the idea of going further considering the military strength of the then ruler.
12 August 2015
World Elephant Day: Behemoths that scared Alexander
Elephants were abundant in Bangladesh even a century ago. Its number has dropped down to 200 to 350 presently, according to the forest department
12 August 2015
Easy ways to help this World Elephant Day
Animal lovers around the world come together to celebrate elephants and support a future where they’re respected and protected for the fourth annual World Elephant Day this August 12,2015.
12 August 2015
6 ‘tiger poachers’ killed in Khulna ‘gunfight’
Six suspected tiger poachers are killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Mandarbari of the Sundarbans (west) in Koyra upazila of Khulna today.
9 August 2015
Risk of future Nepal-India earthquake increases
There is an increased risk of a future major earthquake in an area that straddles the west of Nepal and India, scientists warn.
7 August 2015
Fast-growing fish species face greatest collapse risk
A study of global fish populations suggests fast-growth fish species are more vulnerable to population collapses than previously thought.
6 August 2015
Ideas for a sustainable world
The Milan expo 2015 shows that the ever-growing global population can be fed if only we cut down on waste now.
3 August 2015
Obama to unveil 'biggest step ever' in climate fight
US President Barack Obama to unveil what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" to fight climate change on Monday.
2 August 2015