In Dhaka, a single tree must support the oxygen needs of around 28 people - far below what is needed for a healthy, livable environment. Across the country, forests are shrinking, with 0.25 million acres of forest land illegally grabbed and overall coverage falling by 0.1 million acres since 2015.
The High Court has ordered an immediate stop to the hill-cutting carried out for the construction of the Rangamati Science and Technology University building. The bench of Justice Sikdar Mahmudur Razi and Justice Raziuddin Ahmed issued the directive on Wednesday following a writ petition filed by
One or two mild to moderate cold waves may sweep across the western and northern parts of Bangladesh in the second half of December, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast. The prediction came in a long-term weather forecast for the current month, issued on Monday. It warned
The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on Sunday, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand faced large-scale de
The low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lanka coast has intensified into a well-marked low. It is likely to move north-northwestward and intensify into a depression during the next 24 hours. Fishing boats and trawlers in the north Bay have been advised not to vent
The low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lanka coast intensified into a well-marked low over the same area at 6:00 am on Wednesday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). It is likely to move north-northwesterly direction and intensify further,
South Asia, with its dense population, high temperature and exposed geography, is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions—and Bangladesh is among the most at risk, according to the World Bank's latest report. By 2030, nearly 90 per cent of the region’s population will
In the final fractious hours of the UN climate summit in Brazil, when a deal to advance the world's fight against global warming was slipping out of reach, COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago reminded them about the cost of failure. This was the first international climate conference since the ad
At least 90 people have now died in floods and landslides in central Vietnam triggered by heavy rains earlier this week, state media reported Sunday, citing the country’s disaster prevention agency. The deluges wreaked widespread destruction across a region already battered weeks ago by floo
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, today (Saturday) said that safeguarding the environment and addressing climate change must be given the highest priority to protect the country's future and the generations to
