Environment

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August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor
AFP, Paris, France
10 September 2026 • Environment
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PM orders tougher action against polythene, plastic use
Star Online Report
9 September 2026 • Environment
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HC orders action to stop hill cutting in Bandarban's Lama
Star Online Report
8 September 2026 • Environment
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,357 as rescuers scour tunnels
AFP, Kathmandu
8 September 2026 • World
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Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms
Reuters
8 September 2026 • Climate crisis
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Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
AFP
8 September 2026 • Business
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Large teak tree felled and stolen from Lawachara National Park
Mintu Deshwara
7 September 2026 • Environment
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Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, health: UN
AFP
7 September 2026 • Environment
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Star Interactive / Rivers erase land 5 times the size of Dhaka in 5 decades
6 September 2026 • Environment
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'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students
AFP
6 September 2026 • World

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