Birth of calf in Cox's Bazar forest a ray of hope for dwindling Asian elephant population
The birth of an Asian elephant calf in the Cox's Bazar forest today has shone a ray of hope for the dwindling population of the giant mammal.
14 tiger reserves in India get Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS) status
Fourteen tiger reserves in India, including one in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, have received the globally-accepted Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
Nuclear energy: BAEC signs deal with South Korean research institute
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) have signed a contract for renovating 3 MW BAEC TRIGA Research Reactor (BTRR), as Bangladesh and Korea step...
28 python hatchlings released in Ctg forest
28 python hatchlings, born through an incubator at the Chattogram Zoo, have been released in the deep forest area of Sitakunda Eco-park of Chattogram yesterday.
Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report
More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 35% of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to...
Birth of calf in Cox's Bazar forest a ray of hope for dwindling Asian elephant population
The birth of an Asian elephant calf in the Cox's Bazar forest today has shone a ray of hope for the dwindling population of the giant mammal.
14 tiger reserves in India get Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS) status
Fourteen tiger reserves in India, including one in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, have received the globally-accepted Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
World Tiger Day: Limit tourism to protect Sundarbans’ biodiversity
On occasion of World Tiger Day yesterday, activists and government officials underscored the need to restrict tourism in the Sundarbans to protect the core tiger breeding ground.
Greens condemn Unesco decision
The National Committee to Save the Sundarbans (NCSS) yesterday accused Unesco of failing to protect the outstanding universal value of the mangrove forest by endorsing an SEA (Strategic...
Bastuhara canal on deathbed
Once a 4km long waterbody flowing through Khulna city, today the Bastuhara canal is headed towards virtual extinction, thanks to years of indiscriminate garbage dumping and illegal occupation.
Running ramshod across the river
Flouting rules, a private company is constructing a road on the Teesta river bed in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila, posing a risk of severe floods and river erosion upstream.
Bangladesh gets another year to fulfil Unesco conditions to save Sundarbans
The Bangladesh government will get another year to fulfil all the conditions placed by the World Heritage Committee (WHC) of Unesco on preparing a long-term plan to save the Sundarbans.
Japan faces heat over funding coal power in Bangladesh despite carbon pledges
Despite Tokyo’s commitment to help phase out fossil fuels, Bangladesh is currently building the Matarbari coal plant: a power complex set to be completed by 2024 thanks to low-interest loans from...
Death of Boral, destruction of Chalan Beel
A long line of buildings are marked with a red cross at Bonorupa housing society in Bonpara municipality area in Natore’s Boraigram upazila.