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Ctg city dwellers suffer from waterlogging for 2nd straight day
The dwellers of low-lying areas of Chattogram city have been facing waterlogging for the second consecutive day today as the heavy rain continued due to the active presence of monsoon in the region
5 August 2023, 12:56 PM
Maritime ports asked to hoist local cautionary signal 3
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal 3 as deep convection is taking place over North Bay due to strong monsoon
5 August 2023, 07:25 AM
Dhaka's air quality remains 'moderate'
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the "moderate" zone this morning
5 August 2023, 03:38 AM
Erosion hits Marine Drive hard
the erosion in some parts of the Marine Drive has taken a grave turn from Thursday, affecting at least 10 points in Teknaf
4 August 2023, 15:23 PM
World's oceans set new surface temperature record
The world's oceans set a temperature record in the past week, with their surface hitting 20.96 degrees Celsius (69.7 Fahrenheit)
4 August 2023, 15:04 PM
Heavy rain: Most low-lying areas in Ctg city go under water
Chattogram city dwellers today faced waterlogging in low-lying areas of the port city after spells of heavy downpours since last night
4 August 2023, 13:42 PM
Underwater decor?
Christmas Tree worms, found in the coral reefs of Saint Martin's Island, may look like underwater holiday decorations, but are actually tube-building worms! Widely distributed throughout the world's tropical oceans, they're known to occur from the Caribbean to the Indo-Pacific and find habitat mostly in corals.
4 August 2023, 05:12 AM
Dhaka welcomes Indian parliamentary committee’s call over Teesta issue
Bangladesh has described “encouraging and significant” the recent recommendation made by India's Parliamentary Standing Committee regarding Teesta water sharing agreement
3 August 2023, 15:36 PM
Sea ports asked to hoist signal 3
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep local cautionary signal 3 hoisted as the monsoon depression over India’s West Bengal-Bihar and adjoining areas moved west-northwestwards and now lies over north Chhattisgarh and adjoining area.
3 August 2023, 07:57 AM
As rain continues, Dhaka's air quality remains 'moderate'
With an air quality index (AQI) score of 91 at 9:11am, Dhaka ranked 12th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality
3 August 2023, 04:41 AM
LPG price hiked, 12kg cylinder now Tk 1,140
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the month of August.
2 August 2023, 10:42 AM
9 Dhaka areas to be without gas supply for six hours tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital for six hours -- from 2:00pm to 8:00pm – tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works
2 August 2023, 09:23 AM
Typhoon Khanun kills one, knocks out power to one-third of Japan's Okinawa homes
High winds hit power lines in Japan's popular tourist destination Okinawa, knocking out electricity to more than 200,000 households on Wednesday morning, as powerful and slow-moving typhoon Khanun neared the country's southwestern islands
2 August 2023, 08:24 AM
Low-lying coastal areas could be inundated due to land depression: Met office
Low-lying areas of Bangladesh's coastal districts and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind-driven surge, at a height of two-three feet above normal astronomical tide, under the influence of a full moon and steep pressure gradient
2 August 2023, 07:30 AM
Thanks to rain, Dhaka's air quality 'moderate' this morning
Dhaka's air quality was marked "moderate" this morning due to rain in the capital city
2 August 2023, 04:04 AM
Rain likely in country as low intensifies into depression over Bay
Rain or thunder showers is likely in Dhaka and other seven divisions as a well-marked low over central part of the north Bay and adjoining area concentrated into a monsoon depression over northeast Bay and adjoining areas today.
1 August 2023, 10:53 AM
Rampal power plant shut down again due to coal shortage
The BIFPCL officials said they have already completed all necessary procedures to import coal from abroad
30 July 2023, 16:10 PM
Eight dead, 10 hospitalised after hurricane in Russia
Eight people died and another 10 were hospitalised in Russia when trees crashed into a campsite during a severe storm described as a "hurricane", authorities said on Sunday
30 July 2023, 08:59 AM
Don't overstate 1.5 degrees C threat, new IPCC head says
The newly appointed head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jim Skea, spoke to two major German news outlets over the weekend, soon after his appointment to the role
30 July 2023, 05:14 AM
Dhaka's air quality 'moderate' this morning
With an air quality index (AQI) score of 80 at 9:00am, Dhaka ranked 15th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality
30 July 2023, 03:51 AM