NE NOW NEWS: The Himalayan glaciers have lost ice 10 times more quickly over the last few decades than on average since the last major glacier expansion 400-700 years ago, a period is known... Read more

A low pressure area lies over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean with associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level. Ramakanta Biswas:... Read more

BSS, Dhaka: The government imposed a restriction on the use and carrying of air guns from December 14 to protect birds and wildlife of the country. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climat... Read more

BSS/AFP, Glasgow: The UN’s World Meteorological Organization recognised on Tuesday a new record-high temperature in the Arctic, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees... Read more

BSS, Dhaka: Weather may remain dry over the country. Light fog may occur at places over the country during early morning. Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the count... Read more

UNB, Dhaka: Dhaka’s air quality showed a slight improvement on Sunday afternoon with the capital city ranking sixth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) due to rain triggered by depression i... Read more

Central Pollution Control Board notes a significant decrease in the Air Quality Index across the city PTI, Kolkata: Kolkata’s air quality improved by around 80-90 per cent, after... Read more

These avian omnivores are listed as “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Vivek Chhetri, Darjeeling: The satyr tragopan, a pheasant species, has been spotte... Read more

UNB, Dhaka: The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra in Bangladesh have been advised to hoist at the mast local cautionary signal one to alert vessels of a possible de... Read more

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country BSS: The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Thursday predicted that the low pressure area, which currently... Read more

BSS/AFP: The United States is by far the largest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted Wednesday to the federal government, which called for a... Read more

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said Bangladesh is looking to benefit from the resources of the Bay of Bengal in an environmentally-friendly manner, reports UNB. He m... Read more

BSS, Dhaka: Environmental activists on Sunday raised an eight- point demand to protect the country’s forests and wildlife, including elephants. They came with the demands at a daylong... Read more

BSS/AFP: Once a desolate landscape, the Simiri plateau in Niger is now a small paradise for fauna and flora. Goats crunch acacia seeds, squirrel and partridge prints dot the ground, praying... Read more

BSS, Dhaka: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted dry weather with partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours as of 9am tomorrow. “Weather may remain... Read more

BSS/AFP: Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have fallen 10 percent annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature deaths a year, th... Read more

UNB, Dhaka: Dhaka’s air quality is still ‘unhealthy’, but that’s good news for the residents of the metropolis. In fact, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh h... Read more

BSS/AFP: Leaders may be going into the UN climate summit in Glasgow with the do-or-die goal of limiting global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, but breaching that cap is not what keeps scient... Read more

They formed human chain at several places of Sharankhola Range BSS: Amidst the ongoing COP26 Climate Change Conference, members of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa), Waterkeepers Bangladesh... Read more