July was world's hottest month on record: US agency

July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Friday (Aug 13), in the latest data to underline the climate crisis.
14 August 2021

Lightning kills 2

Two people including a teenage boy were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Gomostapur upazila yesterday.
12 August 2021

Lightning strikes kill 2 in Chapainawabganj

Two people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Chapainawabganj today.
12 August 2021

Lightning strikes kill 3 farmers in Mymensingh

Three people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Mymensingh today.
11 August 2021

2 killed, 40 feared buried after landslide in India’s Himachal Pradesh

Two people were killed and over 40 were feared buried under the debris after a landslide trapped a bus and other vehicles in Kinnaur district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh today, officials said.
11 August 2021

Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 people including soldiers

Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the mountainous Kabylie region east of the capital.
11 August 2021

Seven dead as wildfires rage across Algeria

Wildfires fanned by blistering temperatures and tinder-dry conditions have killed at least seven people in Algeria, the interior minister said Tuesday, adding the fires had criminal origins.
10 August 2021

IPCC Climate Report: Grim picture painted for Bangladesh

Bangladesh is likely to face more frequent and more intense heavy rainfalls, flooding, and cyclones due to global climate change in the coming days, predicted the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
9 August 2021

Light tremor jolts Chattogram

A light earthquake jolted the port city and adjoining areas this evening.
9 August 2021

Drone footage shows devastation after wildfires ravage Turkey's pine forests

Until devastated by wildfires, hills near the Turkish sea resort of Marmaris were decked in thick green pine forest. Now these same hills form a ghostly, grey-brown landscape topped with blackened tree stumps as though sketched in charcoal.
9 August 2021

California's second-largest wildfire grows to near 500,000 acres; 3 hurt

A raging wildfire in northern California, now the second-largest recorded in state history, expanded to nearly 500,000 acres late on Sunday and has left three firefighters injured.
9 August 2021

Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

The UN climate panel sounded a dire warning today, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are "unequivocally" to blame.
9 August 2021

Blaze ravages Evia island on sixth day of Greek wildfires

Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea.
8 August 2021

Floods in Sudan damage thousands of homes

Thousands of homes have been damaged in Sudan after torrential rains caused heavy flooding, with many streets in the capital Khartoum deep in water, AFP correspondents said Sunday.
8 August 2021

Teesta river erosion: Many families turning homeless in Lalmonirhat

The Teesta River is eroding and in its wake is turning many people landless and homeless in Lalmonirhat.
6 August 2021

Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes: study

The Atlantic Ocean's current system, an engine of the Northern Hemsiphere's climate, could be weakening to such an extent that it could soon bring big changes to the world's weather, a scientific study said on Thursday.
5 August 2021

Site of ancient Olympic Games threatened as Greece battles wildfire

Greek authorities ordered villages near the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese to be evacuated on Wednesday as wildfires raged across the country, destroying swathes of forest and buildings, and sending hundreds fleeing.
5 August 2021

Lightning kills 19 in 2 districts

At least 19 people were killed and 16 others injured by lightning in two incidents in Chapainawabganj and Kishoreganj yesterday.
4 August 2021

Lightning Deaths: Steps not taken could’ve saved many lives

The government only recently decided to set up warning systems in 723 lightning prone areas in the country, even though 2,400 people died in lightning strikes over the past decade, including 19 just yesterday.
4 August 2021

Hundreds rendered homeless in Brahmaputra shoal

Hundreds of families have been rendered landless and homeless due to the continuous erosion of the Brahmaputra River.
4 August 2021