climate change
Cattle drugs ‘could fuel climate change’
Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests.
25 May 2016, 05:10 AM
Global flooding ‘will threaten billion’
A British aid charity warns that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change.
16 May 2016, 04:52 AM
80 killed so far by lightning this year
At least 80 people have been killed so far by lightning this year, according to the department of disaster management.
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Canada fires: Alberta oil firms to restart production
Oil sands firms in Canada's Alberta province are slowly restarting production after a massive wildfire forced a week-long shut down.
11 May 2016, 11:50 AM
Sea-level rise claims five islands in Solomons: study
Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future research.
9 May 2016, 03:57 AM
'Perfect storm' of El Niño and warming boosted Alberta fires
El Niño and ongoing climate change have both contributed to the devastating Alberta wildfires according to experts.
6 May 2016, 05:48 AM
The smartest ways to adapt to climate
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world when it comes to climate change.
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Can climate gather steam?
When a car spontaneously caught fire in Dhaka last week, allegedly from a heated engine, social media comments invoked the ongoing heat-spell.
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
The smartest ways to adapt to climate
Their first solution looks at mangroves. Bangladesh could protect and replant mangroves in coastal regions, which would serve as a natural buffer to cyclones while also sequestering carbon.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Massive coral reef discovered in Amazon River
The Amazon River is known far and wide for its vast array of wildlife ranging from pink dolphins to flesh-eating piranhas and has now revealed a new treasure trove - a massive coral reef that stretches for some 600 miles, scientists say.
25 April 2016, 09:08 AM
Breaking free from fossil fuels
It came as no surprise when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last week announced that the earth's global temperatures.
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Climate finance in Bangladesh
Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle climate change.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM
'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, 05:31 AM
Digital Bangladesh - Right to information and climate finance
Unfortunately, so far, our performance on both transparency as well as accountability has not been very good. Fortunately, there is still time to improve this before the major climate change funds begin to flow.
29 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by 'worst' bleaching
Evidence that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as "in-danger".
29 March 2016, 06:06 AM
Coal-laden cargo sinks in Sundarbans
A cargo vessel carrying coal capsizes at Shela river in Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
19 March 2016, 16:13 PM
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, 05:16 AM
US climate change campaigner dies snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef
Award-winning American environmental photographer Gary Braasch dies while snorkeling at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
8 March 2016, 05:47 AM
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, 06:48 AM
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, 14:33 PM