Winter to get chillier this year

The country may experience eight to 10 mild to moderate cold waves during the upcoming winter season, an official of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said yesterday.
9 November 2024, 19:36 PM

Heat, air pollution, disease: How climate change affects health

The latest round of UN climate talks begin next week during what is expected to be the hottest year in recorded history
9 November 2024, 02:10 AM

OUR GENTLE GIANTS

Two Asian elephants, the largest living land mammal in Asia, cozy up to each other while taking a stroll on a grassland in Sherpur.
7 November 2024, 18:51 PM

2024 set to be the hottest year on record: EU monitor

This year is "virtually certain" to be the hottest in recorded history with warming above 1.5C, EU climate monitor Copernicus said today
7 November 2024, 13:47 PM

Set a concrete target first to achieve growth in renewable energy: a study suggests

Shah Md Ahsan Habib, a professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, conducted the study
7 November 2024, 12:18 PM

Working group formed to restore flow of Dhaka canals

The government has formed an 11-member working group headed by an additional deputy commissioner (revenue) to restore the flow of canals in Dhaka and reclaim them by tackling encroachment and pollution
7 November 2024, 12:04 PM

JICA holds knowledge dissemination workshop on Delta Plan-2100

Bangladesh and Japan have a lot in common in terms of the number of natural disasters they have to fight, said Mari Miura, senior representative (social development) at Japan International Cooperation Agency, at a discussion on November 6
7 November 2024, 09:15 AM

COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?

COP29 delegates will also be looking to advance other deals made at previous summits.
7 November 2024, 06:29 AM

Thriving scorpion population is stinging problem for Brazil

The arachnids -- feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails -- are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming temperatures.
7 November 2024, 03:16 AM

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

C3S said that from January to October, the average global temperature had been so high that 2024 was sure to be the world's hottest year - unless the temperature anomaly in the rest of the year plunged to near-zero.
7 November 2024, 03:05 AM

Temperature may start to drop from late November

BMD forecasts rain showers likely in parts of Bangladesh
6 November 2024, 09:09 AM

Air Pollution: Govt launches action plan

The government developed a National Air Quality Management Action Plan for strategic actions to tackle the sources of air pollution, improve air monitoring, and enhance enforcement mechanisms, said Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today
5 November 2024, 15:25 PM

COP 29: Civil society for ambitious climate action

The Climate Justice Alliance-Bangladesh, a coalition of 40 civil society organisations led by the Centre for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD), has urged COP 29 to prioritise ambitious climate action, with a focus on the needs of Least Developed Countries
5 November 2024, 15:25 PM

Environment adviser launches action plan to tackle air pollution

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said the government developed a National Air Quality Management Action Plan for strategic actions to tackle the sources of air pollution, improve air monitoring, and enhance enforcement mechanisms
5 November 2024, 13:04 PM

Dhaka's air quality 3rd worst in the world this morning

Dhaka's air continues to be unhealthy as it ranked 3rd on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 164 at 8:59am this morning
5 November 2024, 03:21 AM

Probe allegations of importing pesticides from unregistered, illegal sources: HC

Secretaries at the ministries of agriculture, commerce and environment and chairman of national board of revenue have been ordered to conduct the inquiry and to submit a report to the HC in 60 days
4 November 2024, 15:48 PM

Counter fossil fuel lobby’s dominance, secure promised climate finance: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called for setting and implementing a realistic climate finance target based on the needs of affected countries
4 November 2024, 15:48 PM

Enforcing laws, creating awareness essential to reduce plastic use

Speakers at the event, emphasised the need to reduce plastic waste generation and enforcing the ban more effectively this time
4 November 2024, 15:08 PM

India hands out fines to owners of polluting vehicles, building sites

Almost 60,000 vehicles and more than 7,500 building sites were fined
4 November 2024, 04:22 AM

The other greenhouse gases warming the planet

Atmospheric concentrations of all three hit new highs in 2023, locking in future temperature increases for years to come, the World Meteorological Organization reported in October.
4 November 2024, 03:58 AM