Bangladesh is grappling with alarming levels of air and noise pollution and electronic waste, all of which pose serious health risks to children, experts cautioned at an event yesterday..They were speaking at the launch of a new handbook on Children’s Health and the Environment at CIRDAP i

Even at the peak of monsoon, the Buriganga water remains almost pitch-dark at Doleshwar point in Dhaka’s Shyampur area.

The epicentre was in Monirampur upazila

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal 3 as low-pressure over the Bay of Bengal has intensified and turned into a well-marked low.

Dhaka expected to experience scattered rain or thundershowers

Faridpur’s wetlands came alive in a flash of wings and water as a Bronze-winged Jacana lunged at an Indian Pond Heron, fiercely defending its vulnerable chicks hidden among the floating leaves.

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Another low pressure likely over east-central Bay this week

Yet, no post-mortems have ever been performed. Officials say absence of a local lab prevents autopsies

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Effects of low pressure in North Bay being felt

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) yesterday served a legal notice on the government, asking it to immediately suspend all activities of the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway improvement (Phase-II) project at Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary in order to properly protect its forests, wildlife, and biodiversity.

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Flash floods triggered by onrush of water from upstream hills left two people dead in Sherpur’s Jhenaigati and Nalitabari upazilas.