Splash and Dash!
18 September 2026
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Wildlife
Lightning strikes kill 4 in Kushtia, Netrokona and Habiganj
17 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
12 sewage entry points identified at Gulshan Lake, PM orders action
17 September 2026
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Environment
Madhumati swallows homes, leaves families with nowhere to go
17 September 2026
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Climate crisis
World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns
17 September 2026
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Climate crisis
'No doubt' of climate change role in deadly China-Nepal flood: scientists
17 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
A road to ruin Maheshkhali forest
17 September 2026
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Bangladesh
‘Everything is gone’: Nepal’s thriving river town buried in mud and grief
16 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger: El Nino chokes Central America
16 September 2026
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Climate crisis
Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake
14 September 2026
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Climate crisis
Splash and Dash!
A common coot sprints across a wetland in Feni, wings raised as its lobed feet kick up a trail of spray.
18 September 2026
Lightning strikes kill 4 in Kushtia, Netrokona and Habiganj
Two people died in Kushtia, while a duck farmer in Netrokona and a farmer in Habiganj were also killed
17 September 2026
12 sewage entry points identified at Gulshan Lake, PM orders action
Tarique Rahman directs authorities to block sewage flows, expand mechanical cleaning and enforce treatment plants at applicable buildings
17 September 2026
Madhumati swallows homes, leaves families with nowhere to go
Rapid river erosion in Gopalganj has destroyed 20 homes in five days and put nearly a dozen more at risk
17 September 2026
World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns
Last year was among the driest for the world's rivers in over three decades, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said in a report.
17 September 2026
'No doubt' of climate change role in deadly China-Nepal flood: scientists
The disaster was not caused by a single extreme weather event, rather a "compound crisis" shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and geological instability
17 September 2026
A road to ruin Maheshkhali forest
Despite repeated objections from Forest Department, construction of a 4.8km paved road through the protected forest continues
17 September 2026
‘Everything is gone’: Nepal’s thriving river town buried in mud and grief
A catastrophic river surge has erased thriving commercial hubs near the China-Nepal border, leaving behind suffocating mud skeletal ruins, and a $4.77 billion recovery bill
16 September 2026
Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger: El Nino chokes Central America
More than 10 million people live here, and 80 percent of small-scale producers in the corridor are poor, United Nations figures show.
16 September 2026
Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake
The findings come after the collapse of a Himalayan glacier in late August along the Nepal-Tibet border, which caused cascading landslides and flash floods in the valleys below.
14 September 2026
SC upholds halt to Cox’s Bazar beach road work
HC had barred further construction of 1.6km road inside ECA and no-development zone
14 September 2026
Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 billion: Foreign ministry
The August 26 catastrophe, a tsunami-like flood that began on the China-Nepal border, killed more than 1,400 people and left some 5,600 missing
11 September 2026
The forest flame …
A ruddy kingfisher takes flight from a tree cavity in the Sundarbans, heading out to find food for its chicks waiting inside.
11 September 2026
August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor
Ocean temperatures also reached unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer
10 September 2026
PM orders tougher action against polythene, plastic use
Also asks ministries and agencies to properly discharge responsibilities in controlling environmental pollution
9 September 2026
HC orders action to stop hill cutting in Bandarban's Lama
Local administration given three days to take effective measures
8 September 2026
Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,357 as rescuers scour tunnels
Rescuers search hydropower tunnels where hundreds remain unaccounted for
8 September 2026
Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms
From next week, park managers will be taking their emergency measures even further by banning tourists from the watering hole and other busy areas, to give the animals a breather after months without rain.
8 September 2026
Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
Panama has declared a nationwide emergency over El Nino, a phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean that is affecting worldwide weather patterns and pushing up global temperatures.
8 September 2026
Large teak tree felled and stolen from Lawachara National Park
Forest guards and beat officer were at Jankichhara camp gate and main gate at the time of the incident
7 September 2026