Countries still way behind on UN biodiversity targets, research shows
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Expand climate-resilient solutions to ensure safe drinking water in coastal regions: Speakers
20 September 2026
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Madhumati swallows homes, leaves families with nowhere to go
17 September 2026
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World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns
17 September 2026
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Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger: El Nino chokes Central America
16 September 2026
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Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake
14 September 2026
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Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms
8 September 2026
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Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo
4 September 2026
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UN appeals for $50 million for Nepal flood victims
4 September 2026
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Reaction / Nepal’s climate compensation push and the question of who pays
3 September 2026
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Mahmood for shared responsibility to protect disaster-hit people
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali demands shared responsibility of all states to protect the climate and disaster-induced displaced people and mitigate their misery.
14 October 2015
Awami League lawmaker Liton held
Detectives arrest a ruling Awami League MP Manzurul Islam Liton from the house of one of his relatives in Uttara of Dhaka in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy in October 2.
14 October 2015
Human trafficker arrested
Law enforcers in a drive arrested a suspected human trafficker from Sonarpara area in Ukhiya upazila yesterday.
10 October 2015
War criminal SQ Chy to seek review of SC verdict
Condemned war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement that had upheld his death penalty for war crimes.
6 October 2015
7kg gold seized in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovers 60 gold bars weighing around seven kilograms in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.
2 October 2015
World headed for too-high 2.7 Celsius warming: experts
Earth could warm 2.7 degrees Celsius this century, warned a review Thursday which judged national carbon-cutting pledges insufficient to stave off worst-case-scenario predictions for climate change.
2 October 2015
New Zealand to create massive marine sanctuary
New Zealand unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments.
29 September 2015
‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Comilla cops
Alleged robber was killed and another injured in a 'gunfight' between their cohorts and detectives in Comilla Sadar upazila.
2 September 2015
Sections 57 (1), 86: HC terms writ petition premature
The High Court rejects a writ petition challenging Sections 57 (1) and 86 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) act, terming it premature as the government is considering some steps regarding the law.
30 August 2015
Five trafficked boys return from India
Five trafficked boys, who returned from India through Hili land port immigration post in Hakimpur upazila under the district yesterday, were handed over to their parents.
29 August 2015
UK to donate £3m for flood victims
Visiting British minister of state for International Development, Desmond Swayne, announces donation of 3 million pounds to help the flood affected people in Bangladesh.
25 August 2015
Elephant fact file
An elephant’s heart beats only 25 times a minute. Your heart usually beats between 60 to 80 times a minute
12 August 2015
Elephant conservation initiatives in Bangladesh
Government announces seven sanctuaries in the country—Chunti, Pablakhali, Teknaf, Sangu, Dudhpukuria-Dhopachhari and Fashiakhali and one national park (Kaptai national park) to conserve elephants and other wild life
12 August 2015
Human vs elephants
The main reason for declining elephant population is destruction of elephants habitat and food resources by humans.
12 August 2015
Did you know why Alexander did not proceed to conquer ancient Bengal?
At around 300 BC, when Alexander the great came to conquer Bengal—then known as Ganga Rashtra, meaning Nation on the River Ganges, alias Gangaridai—he abandoned the idea of going further considering the military strength of the then ruler.
12 August 2015
Obama to unveil 'biggest step ever' in climate fight
US President Barack Obama to unveil what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" to fight climate change on Monday.
2 August 2015
Humans accidentally create hidden carbon sink in desert
Since the dawn of farming, humans have been accidentally creating a huge carbon sink that by now may store more carbon than all of the world’s living plants.
30 July 2015
Major greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014
Researchers say planet's surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years.
16 July 2015
Farmers yield more on vermicompost fertiliser (video)
Over a hundred of small farmers in Lalmonirhat are living the golden days owing to the yield produced by vermicompost fertiliser.
21 June 2015
War crimes: SQ Chy’s appeal hearing begins
Supreme Court begins hearing on the appeal against death penalty handed to war criminal and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
16 June 2015