Environment

Malaysia sending back plastic waste to Bangladesh

Malaysia is sending back a container full of plastic waste to...
Legal notice seeks livewire removal to protect monkeys

People for Animal Welfare (PAW), an organisation dedicated to...
Cold wave to continue for 3-4 days

The cold wave coursing through the country is likely to continue...

Risking lives to rescue horses in Philippine

The horses were still caked in grey ash as they stepped off the...
Of bushfires, Bangladesh and climate change

Every Bangladeshi living overseas is used to having their...
Govt shuts down illegal brick kilns in 5 districts: DoE

The government shuts down all illegal brick kilns in five districts...

Military moves in to help evacuation from Australian bushfires

Tens of thousands of holiday makers raced to evacuate popular...
Nights to become more chilly: Met office

A mild cold wave is sweeping over parts of the country with a...
Floods predicted to uproot 50m yearly as climate heats up

The number of people at risk of being forced from their homes by...

Rain likely across country on Thursday, Friday

Rain is likely to occur across the country, including the capital,...
Climate Change tops list of global worries for young people: Amnesty

Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most...
Buriganga River pollution must be stopped: HC

The High Court today observes that the Dhaka Water Supply and...

Air pollution: Tanneries burning leather wastes at Dhaleshwari

For last two years the authorities of Tannery Industrial Estate are...
Mobile court demolishes illegal brick kiln in Savar

A team of Department of Environment (DoE) demolishes one illegal...
PM urges int’l community to adopt appropriate climate action plan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community...

Poor nations pay price as millions flee 'climate chaos', Oxfam says

Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million...
Shut 27 factories, pvt hospitals on Buriganga bank: HC to DoE

The High Court (HC) has directed Department of Environment (DoE) to...
Forest dept bans tourists in Sundarbans, starts work to assess damage

Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) bars tourists from visiting the...

Fossil fuel polluters from US to China far off climate targets: UN

The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global...
Cyclone Bulbul: 4,589 trees damaged in Sundarbans

At least 4,589 trees were damaged under the influence of Cyclone...
Dolphin Day: Art meets wildlife conservation

It could be seen from a few yards away. The long, dried leaves of...

Nat Geo female-led team back for ‘Sea to Source: Ganges’ expedition

In late October this year, a team of scientists and engineers, co...
Sundarbans’ infrastructure badly damaged by Cyclone Bulbul

Cyclone Bulbul that raged through the country’s southwest region on...
‘Over 19m Bangladeshi children at frontline of climate crisis’

Over 19 million children -- a quarter of them under 5 -- spread...

Kiswa, the small dabbling duck completes round migration trip, returns to Bangladesh

Kiswa, the wild duck was named and fitted with a Global Positioning System (GPS)/ Global System for Mobile (GSM) tag on a cold February morning this year in the middle of Tanguar Haor.
Bangkok enshrouded in toxic air

An unhealthy level of air pollution covers 14 areas of Greater Bangkok, according to the country's Pollution Control Department due to particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres (PM2.5).
Bangladesh rural poor bear financial burden of climate change: Study

Poor, rural Bangladeshis are spending far more than the government and aid agencies to combat the impacts of climate change, diverting what little money they have away from basic needs, a study says.
Healthy ozone layer, climate essential to meeting all SDGs: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a healthy ozone layer and climate are essential to meeting all of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Dr Mahathir goes horse riding

The haze blanketing much of the Klang Valley did not stop Dr Mahathir Mohamad from taking part in one of his favourite leisure activities -- horse riding.
Plan underway to monitor Sundarbans with drones

The Forest Department has planned to monitor the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, with drones to check crimes like poaching of tigers and deer.
7 Amazon countries sign forest pact

Seven Amazonian countries sign a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle.
Amazon crisis: Brazil bans burning for 2 months

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro signs a decree to ban burning throughout the country for two months, as the authorities scramble to defuse the Amazon fires which have triggered a global outcry.
Bolsonaro weakens environment agency as fires ravage Amazon

As the world recoils at the sight of fires ravaging Brazil’s Amazon jungle, the nation’s far-right government is undermining the agency charged with protecting the rainforest,
Sundarbans tigress wasn’t killed by poachers: Investigators

A tigress, found dead in Sundarbans East Zone on August 20, was not killed by poachers, investigators have confirmed.
Brazil slams G7 aid offer as Amazon fires rage

Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies."
Trump, on climate, says he won't jeopardise US wealth on 'dreams'

US President Donald Trump, responding to a question about climate change after skipping a G7 session on the issue, said on Monday that American wealth is based on energy and he will not jeopardize that for dreams and windmills.
Brazilian warplanes dump water on burning Amazon forest

Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest.
‘Amazon fires turn atmosphere from green to red with carbon monoxide’

Two satellite images released by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show smoke from a wildfire raging in the Amazon rainforest, according to Globalnews.ca.com.
On the path to climate action

Through the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23, 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling upon global leaders to come to New York with concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent over the next decade, and to net zero emissions by 2050. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has responded to the call of Secretary-General Guterres, and Bangladesh will join the summit being one of the country members of Track No 6 on resilience and adaptation.
Raging Amazon wildfires ‘a crime against humanity’

Former Brazilian environment minister and presidential candidate Marina Silva terms the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest a “crime against humanity” and blames current policies for fueling the blazes.
Amazon fire: Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro admits farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but tells foreign powers not to interfere.
The sky never goes dark while the Amazon burns

There are no lights in sight but the night sky glows a dusky yellow, for the Amazon is burning.
Asian Paper Mill ordered to shut for polluting Halda

The Environment department orders Asian Paper Mill to shut down for polluting a water body that drains into the Halda river in Chattogram.
Evidence of 'Herculean' parrot found in New Zealand

The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand.
Quarter of world's population facing extreme water stress

Nearly a quarter of the world's population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water stress, close to "day zero" conditions when the taps run dry, according to a report.
Halda pollution: Power plant fined Tk 20 Lakh

The power plant of Chattogram responsible for releasing untreated furnace oil to a nearby water body that connects to the Halda river is fined Tk 20 lakh for damaging the environment.
Java pre-teen writes to Trump

Aeshnina Azzahra, a 12-year-old from Gresik, East Java, writes to Trump complaining about the amount of waste US exports to Indonesia and urges him to stop the practice.
Eviction drive faces obstruction in Keraniganj; 5 hurt

A group miscreants attack a team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) during an eviction drive at Postogola along the Buriganga riverbank, leaving an executive magistrate and four members of the team injured.
Dramatic warming projected in world's major cities by 2050

By the year 2050, London's climate will resemble Madrid's today; Paris will be more like Canberra; Stockholm like Budapest and Moscow like Sofia, according to a new analysis published Wednesday that relied on optimistic projections.
Waste oil dumped into water body linked to Halda river

Untreated furnace oil has been allegedly released to a nearby water body that connects the Halda river from a power plant in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila.
Jakarta residents sue Indonesia government over air pollution

Residents of Indonesia’s capital have filed a lawsuit against the government over the toxic levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city.
'June was hottest month ever recorded on Earth'

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded with soaring temperatures worldwide capped off by a record-breaking heatwave across Western Europe, satellite data showed on Tuesday.
Fishing in Sundarbans to remain banned in July, August

Netting of fish has been banned in all the canals of Sundarbans from July 1 to August 31 in order to promote safe breeding and to preserve aquatic animals.
Millions urge Indian govt to declare a 'climate emergency'

More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country.