Environment

DoE fines 12 businesses for pollution, violation of environmental laws

Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram region today fined 12...
Bangladeshi researchers find new-to-science species of fish around St Martin's Island

Researchers from the Aquatic Bioresource Research Lab (ABR Lab) of...
DoE fines 2 for assisting a factory responsible for polluting environment

Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram region fined one...

Greenhouse gas levels at new high, despite Covid-19 measures

Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate...
Waste not, want not: Dutch students build electric car from recycled material

Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made...
‘Protect Sangu-Matamuhuri sanctuary, reserve forest’

Parbatya Chattogram Forest and Land Rights Protection Movement has...

Sundarbans reopens to tourists after 7 months

The Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage Site, reopened its door to...
DoE fines man Tk 10 lakh for razing hills

The Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram region, fined a man...
Sundarbans set to reopen to tourists soon

After seven months of closure due to coronavirus pandemic, the...

Nature loss means deadlier future pandemics, UN warns

Future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people and wreak...
20 businesses including shipyard, hospital fined Tk 11.65 lakh for polluting environment

Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram region fined 20...
Govt to evaluate climate change projects by third party to address irregularities

The government has decided to evaluate climate change projects by...

'Moderate to strong' La Nina this year: UN

Global temperatures boosted by climate change will still be higher...
Cox's Bazar Forest Department reclaims four acres of land from grabbers

A team of Cox's Bazar (north) divisional forest department has...
54 exotic birds smuggled from Bangladesh, seized by BSF in West Bengal

At least 54 exotic birds smuggled from Bangladesh were seized by...

Rooppur Power Plant: Unloading of key machines begins at Mongla Port

Authorities started unloading a nuclear reactor and a steam...
Dhaka air ranks worst again according to AQI

Dhaka, one of the most polluted cities in the world, ranked worst...
Energy experts emphasise renewable energy to meet electricity needs

Energy experts at a webinar on Power System Master Plan advised the...

Unmasking the forest thieves: JS body to make list of 90,000 forest grabbers public

The parliamentary standing committee on environment has decided to...
Govt taking steps to protect native tree species: Environment minister

The government has taken an initiative to protect native species of...
Prince William, David Attenborough launch ‘Earthshot’ award

Prince William has joined forces with renowned British broadcaster...

Sustainable measures needed to protect Kuakata beach forest from erosion

The forested areas inside the national park adjacent to the Kuakata...
Fish consumption could be the answer to malnourishment in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is currently considered among the top 10 fish producing...
8 tanneries in Savar fined Tk 21 lakh as compensation for environmental damage

Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive at Savar Tannery...

Legal action will be taken if canals, waterbodies found dirty after Oct 20: DNCC mayor

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam today warned of legal action if any canal or water bodies are found dirty and contaminated with waste after October 20.
Bangladesh, US for joint efforts to develop inclusive blue economy

Bangladesh and the United States have discussed ways to develop an inclusive blue economy by working together, sharing knowledge, data and ideas, building greater capacity and enhancing professional collaboration.
Flood worsens in Gaibandha; upazila health complex inundated

Floods in Gaibandha continues to worsen as water levels of three major rivers in the district has been increasing. The rising water has inundated an upazila health complex in the district as well.
PM's Financial Times article advocates a 'cleaner, greener, safer world'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said climate change, pandemic and the destruction of nature are common threats and these should unite all in working towards a common solution -- a cleaner, greener and safer world.
Wildlife, climate at heart of post-pandemic recovery: PM endorses ‘Pledge for Nature’

Global leaders including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today launched "Leaders' Pledge for Nature: United to Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030 for Sustainable Development" demonstrating their commitment for nature, biodiversity and global goals.
Sri Lanka returns 21 containers of illegal waste to Britain

Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain 21 container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.
Reconstruction in Ramna Park: Petition seeks HC order for inquiry into cost

A petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the home secretary to make an inquiry about the state and possession of Ramna Park including its natural environment and the cost of its reconstruction during the Covid-19 pandemic and before the pandemic.
UN roundtable on climate: PM places 5-point recommendation to protect planet

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today placed a five-point recommendation to protect the planet and save people from the adversities of the climate changes.
Global climate activists urge Japan to stop financing coal plant in Matarbari

In an online rally today, climate activists across the globe urged Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration to stop financing dirty coal power plants in Bangladesh, as those would worsen the country’s climate crisis and destroy communities’ livelihood.
A third of my country was just underwater; world must act on climate: Sheikh Hasina

In a write-up published in The Guardian today, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the climate crisis and Covid-19 desperately need international cooperation.
Upazila admin demolishes brick kiln built on canal in Ctg’s Banshkhali

A brick kiln which was built on land grabbed from a canal was demolished by upazila administration at Baharchara union in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila today.
Sylhet Ratargul watchtower ‘risky’, closed to tourists

The watchtower overlooking the Ratargul Swamp Forest in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet was closed to tourists from today, after it was declared to be “risky”.
Mobilise global support to address climate refugee issue: PM to G20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the G20 has a greater responsibility to come forward with stronger commitment to mobilise global support to address the issue of displacement or climate refugees.
Tk 202-cr project envisions development of local fish, snail

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today cleared four projects, including a Tk 202-crore project to conserve and develop local species of fish and snail in the country.
DoE seizes excavator used for hill cutting in Chattogram

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today seized an excavator on charge of illegal hill-cutting in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.
Hydroponics grass could be the answer to Kurigram’s fodder crisis

At least twenty women from Kurigram’s Sadar, Ulipur, Chilmari and Rajarhat upazilas have been using hydroponics method to grow grass for the last month. Many farmers are also crowding around to see this way of growing grass without soil or land.
3 dead as wildfire explodes in Northern California

Three people died in a wind-whipped Northern California wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes while carving a 25-mile path of destruction through mountainous terrain and parched foothills, authorities say.
5 contracting agencies fined Tk 25 lakh for razing hills at Chakaria

Five contracting agencies, who were working under Max JV Company Limited, were fined a total of Tk 25 lakh for razing a huge swaths of hills inside a forest at Chakaria of Cox's Bazar today.
Increase contributions to combat climate change: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the South Asian Regional Office of Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) in Bangladesh urging all countries to increase their “determined contributions” to combat the climate change menace and execute the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Endangered Asian elephant found dead in Sherpur forest

An endangered Asian elephant was found dead at a forest in Katabari village of Sherpur’s Nalitabari upazila this morning.
PM to open regional Global Centre on Adaptation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Bangladesh regional office of the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) for South Asia on Tuesday.
Dhaka canals should be under authority of DSCC, DNCC: state minister for industries suggests

State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder today suggested digging canals in Dhaka city alongside constructing walkways, green fences on both sides and handing over their authority to the two city corporations through a memorandum of understanding.
Bengal loach returns to Hakaluki Haor after nearly a decade

Exactly when the world went into a complete standstill due to the coronavirus outbreak, it was also time for Bengal loach or Rani fish to breed. Good weather and total absence of people from the haors due to a shutdown resulted in their return.
Polluting Turag: DoE shuts operation of 8 plants

The Department of Environment stopped operations of eight illegal garment washing plants in the capital's Mirpur for polluting the water of Turag and the environment.
DoE fines Water Development Board Tk 10.6 lakh for damaging river

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram region fined the Water Development Board for damaging Bakkhali River in Cox's Bazar through the unplanned lifting of sand from the river.
RMCH, adjacent areas turn into shelter for birds

Rajshahi Medical College campus and areas around the hospital premises have turned into a haven for birds, with hundreds of Asian openbill (locally known as shamukkhol), night heron, and cormorants nesting and breeding there.
As floods wreak havoc, Chalanbeel gets draped in beauty

The flood has brought along destruction in its wake. But for Chalanbeel, the flood has brought along a semblance of destructive beauty.
Ctg DoE fines 5 businesses Tk 23.5 lakh for environmental damage

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram has region fined five businesses including Ashuganj 400MW combined cycle power plant Tk 23 lakh 50 thousand for damaging the environment.
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surge in July, worst in recent days

The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data shows, as some environmentalists have warned a jump could signal a repeat of last year’s surging destruction of the world’s largest rainforest.
Experts slate coal-based power policy; urge focus on renewables

Bangladesh’s policy to set up coal-fired power plants will result in a long-term financial burden, a speaker say at a webinar.