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Wild Life
Elephant pair seen standing by dead calf for three days
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Wildlife
Elephant pair seen standing by dead calf for three days in Bandarban
2 April 2026, 21:44 PM
Wild Life
Govt may go to international court over ‘abnormally priced’ Adani Power deal
2 April 2026, 17:22 PM
Energy
12kg LPG cylinder price jumps by Tk 387
2 April 2026, 15:48 PM
Energy
Sylhet petrol pumps resume operations
2 April 2026, 12:08 PM
Energy
Fuel crisis deepens in Thakurgaon, bikers queue for hours
1 April 2026, 22:02 PM
Energy
US signals openness to Bangladesh’s request for waiver on Russian fuel
1 April 2026, 20:35 PM
Energy
Securing Bangladesh’s energy future
1 April 2026, 19:34 PM
Business
Man sentenced to jail in Panchagarh for hoarding and overcharging petrol
1 April 2026, 14:04 PM
Energy
Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida
Hurricane Milton crashed into the Florida coast Wednesday, packing furious winds and triggering life-threatening storm surges across a region still reeling from another massive storm two weeks before
10 October 2024, 04:59 AM
Tk 205cr loss incurred, 41,000 farmers affected due to recent flooding in Moulvibazar
More than 250,000 people in the district affected by floods
9 October 2024, 14:31 PM
10 dead so far in Sherpur, Mymensingh floods
The recent floods hit Sherpur, Mymensingh and Netrokona, affecting 2,38,391 people
9 October 2024, 12:55 PM
Climate finance billions at stake at COP29
At the UN negotiations, climate finance has come to refer to the difficulties the developing world faces getting the money it needs to prepare for global warming.
9 October 2024, 05:05 AM
Number of tigers in Sundarbans rises to 125
The tiger population in the Sundarbans has increased by 11 since the last survey in 2018
8 October 2024, 07:58 AM
Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit
World leaders will attend a two-day gathering at the opening of the summit in Azerbaijan, which faces scrutiny as the latest petrostate with limited tolerance for dissent to host the preeminent annual climate talks.
8 October 2024, 03:50 AM
Need specific plans to make city liveable
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan yesterday said specific action plans are needed to make Dhaka liveable.
7 October 2024, 20:12 PM
3 Flood-hit dists: Relief hard to come by
Flood victims in Mymensingh, Sherpur and Netrokona are suffering due to insufficient relief supplies and a lack of drinking water.
7 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Cox's Bazar forest dept served notice to protect forest
Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) served a notice to the Cox's Bazar South Forest Division to protect the reserve forest in the district from encroachers
7 October 2024, 14:52 PM
Two more die in Sherpur flood; death toll rises 9
Two more died last night and today after being swept away by floodwaters in Sherpur, raising the death toll to nine in the district in four days
7 October 2024, 14:18 PM
UN warns world's water cycle becoming more unpredictable
"Water is the canary in the coalmine of climate change," WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in a statement accompanying the State of Global Water Resources Report.
7 October 2024, 08:50 AM
August floods caused Tk 14,000cr loss: CPD
The late August floods caused damage worth an estimated Tk 14,421.46 crore, and the government would need to increase its budget for relief distribution, according to a study of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
6 October 2024, 18:06 PM
Flood in Sherpur: Death toll reaches 7
Three more people were confirmed to have died after being swept away by floodwaters in Sherpur district, raising the death toll to seven
6 October 2024, 11:08 AM
Women are most affected by climate change: Rizwana
Women, especially mothers, bear the brunt of natural disasters and climate change, Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said today
6 October 2024, 08:50 AM
Teesta floods bury arable land in sand, leaving farmers devastated
40 unions across 13 upazilas in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, and Nilphamari are part of the Teesta shoal region
6 October 2024, 08:12 AM
Met office predicts light to moderate rain in 24 hours
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted light to moderate rain across the country with moderately heavy to heavy rainfalls in areas of Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the 24 hours from 9:00am today
6 October 2024, 06:36 AM
Flash floods ravage Sherpur, M’singh
At least four people have died after being swept away by floodwaters, and a woman has been reported missing in Sherpur. The bodies of the four were recovered over the last two days.
5 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Redesigning IEPMP an urgent need
The Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan (IEPMP) should be revisited to design a clear pathway for improving the Power Development Board’s (PDB) financial strength and Bangladesh’s energy security, according to an article in Energy Outlook, a quarterly publication by the South Asian Network o
5 October 2024, 15:59 PM
Study finds disparities in climate financing
Over 50 percent of the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, worth Tk 2,095 crore, was allocated to infrastructure development during the tenure of the former Awami League government, a new study has found
5 October 2024, 14:24 PM
Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers
Nepal is reeling from its worst flooding in decades after ferocious monsoon rains swelled rivers and inundated entire neighbourhoods in the capital Kathmandu, killing at least 236 people.
5 October 2024, 03:50 AM