More than 100 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, with officials yet to establish what caused their deaths. The region’s fisheries minister, Abdirisak Abdulahi Hagaa, told Reuters that so far at least 110 dead dolphins had been count
A jailed gambling tycoon fighting extradition to China received “inhumane treatment” in a Thai prison after saying he was a Chinese spy, his lawyers have told Interpol, saying they fear for his life. China-born She Zhijiang, who has Cambodian citizenship, has suffered violence that has
Severe weather events have disrupted education for children around the world, including 33 million children in Bangladesh in 2024, according to an analysis released by the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF. The report, "Learning Interrupted: Global Snapshot of Climate-Related School
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called for unified global action to confront the challenges of climate change. She spoke about the importance of minimising environmental harm while striving to meet mitigation targets during a Capacity Building Workshop on Paris Agreement Article 6 Impl
Teesta, the fourth-largest river in Bangladesh, is drying up quickly due to a drastic fall of its water level during the current dry season, creating negative impacts on agriculture, communication, employment and the environment. Currently, the river has literally turned into a narrow channel (wat
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has discussed advancing mutual cooperation in addressing critical environmental challenges with the US Embassy Chargé d'affaires, Tracey Ann Jacobson. The discussion was held after Jacobson paid a courtesy call on Rizwana at the Department of Environm
Dhaka ranked second in the city with the worst air quality globally on Wednesday morning. Today’s air was classified as “Hazardous”, with an AQI score of 518 at 8:16 am, according to the AQI index, reports UNB. When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 50 and 100, air
Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Tuesday. Eight people were missing. Torrential rains on Monday caused rivers t
Head of Mission of the Netherlands to Bangladesh André Carstens today (Tuesday) met with Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan at her secretariat office. During the meeting, they discussed avenu
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said enforcement of the restriction on polythene is a must to ensure a healthy future for children. She said the government will take harsher measures to enforce the ban on use of polythene shopping bags. If the polythen
