Govt offices across Bangladesh ordered to use alternatives to single-use plastics
To control environmental pollution caused by single-use plastic items, the Cabinet Division has instructed all government offices to use alternative products...
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For sustainable national milieu of respectability
WHAT eats up the vitality of a nation? Mendacity 鈥� deceit, dishonesty, and lying 鈥� are the vilest of sins. A respectable nation is built on respectable people, and respectability starts with oneself, which translates into respect for others. It is expressed through manners, sobriety, and other experiential and observed learnings...
Actions to be taken to save heritage wetlands: Rizwana
Adviser to the water resources and environment ministry Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday asked officials concerned to take urgent measures to prevent illegal encroachment of national heritage wetlands and rivers...
Cultural activists demand restoration of democratic environment, justice
Cultural activists on Monday demanded restoration democratic environment and justice for students while the government imposed countrywide curfew and seized the rights to organise meetings and practise democracy during quota protests...
Saber urges UN to support vulnerable countries in tackling climate crisis
Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury called upon the United Nations to be more responsive to the needs of the developing countries, especially the most vulnerable ones in addressing those challenges...
Bangladesh, Germany sign two deals to conserve Sundarbans
In a significant step towards the Sundarbans management and environmental conservation, Bangladesh and Germany signed two agreements on Tuesday...
Temperature during heatwaves could exceed 45 degree by 2030: study
A study unveiled on Tuesday projected that if the current trends of temperature hike persisted in the country, it could exceed 45 degree Celsius temperature by 2030...
Deplorable absence of efforts to ensure workplace safety
AN INCREASE in workplace death by 22 per cent in the first half of 2024 from the 2023 corresponding period points to a continued criminal negligence on part of the authorities in ensuring workplace safety and labour rights. A Safety and Rights Society report, made public on July 1, says that at least 475 workers died and many became injured...
Inadequate municipal waste collection
WASTE is material that has been consumed and the valuable or usable portion removed, making it no longer desired. Household waste is defined as solid waste...
Asthma patients increasing due to air pollution: minister
Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury told Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday that the number of asthma patients was increasing in the country due to air pollution...
Govt land in Dhaka div can generate over 20,000MW聽
Bangladesh can generate 20,555 megawatts of electricity by 2050 using a very small portion of available khas land in the Dhaka division alone, according to a joint study released on Wednesday by the Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network and the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association...
United action stressed to survive frequent disasters
Speakers at a discussion on Friday emphasised the need for collective action to protect the environment and address challenges such as heatwaves, cyclones, and floods.....
BSD plants trees on World Environment Day
Bangladesh Sustainable Development, an NGO, organised Tree Plantation Programme-2024 at Ganabhaban Government High School in Dhaka at 9:00am on...
SAU teachers, students observe World Environment Day
Teachers and students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University observed World Environment Day by participating in an event held on campus on Thursday...
Saber urges increased climate fund for vulnerable countries
Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has urged for increased climate funding for vulnerable countries like Bangladesh...
Govt wants to protect country: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that her government aims to protect the country, its people and nature from natural calamities, urging all to plant saplings in empty places of houses and offices to protect the environment...
A commitment to land restoration
SAUDI Arabia hosts World Environment Day this year, focusing on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. This is relevant within the framework of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021鈥�2030), a global initiative designed to protect and revive ecosystems to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals...
It鈥檚 time we acted
WE RECENTLY travelled to villages in Satkhira and Patuakhali and stayed there for a few days during a heatwave. The electricity frequently went out, leaving us without fans or air conditioning. The stillness of the air made it unbearable, and almost everyone became tired and sick. Women, who cook and...
Bangladesh needs $876 billion to implement climate action plans: Saber
Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Saturday said that Bangladesh needed US$ 876 billion to implement its ambitious climate action plans and that was why international cooperation was crucial in this regard....
Awareness, action must to reduce PFAS contamination
The presence of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl, a diverse group of chemicals harmful for humans and the environment, in rivers and, even, supply water at a dangerous level is alarming. A study, conducted by the International Pollutants Elimination Network and the Environment and Social Development Organisation...
HC allows Bhawal Resort to operate until July 7聽
The High Court on Monday allowed until July 7 to operate business activities of privately-run Bhawal Resort Limited in Gazipur, on the outskirt of the capital, after staying the department of environment鈥檚 embargo on the resort鈥檚 operation for damaging environment....
BELA, Swedish embassy sign deal to defend environmental rights
The embassy of Sweden has signed a grant agreement with the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association for the implementation of a four-year programme titled 鈥楧efending Environmental Rights and Promoting Justice鈥�...
Seminar on 鈥楴ext Generation Environmental Purification System鈥� held at AIUB
A seminar on 鈥楴ext Generation Environmental Purification System鈥� was held at American International University-Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday, said a press release...
DoE organises juvenile art competition
The Directorate of Environment organised a juvenile drawing competition at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on Friday marking...
Fire in Sundarbans yet to be doused
Fire that broke out in the Amurbunia area at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Saturday could not be doused on Sunday as it spread over more than two square kilometers are in the mangrove forest in the meantime...
70pc of environment journalists report attacks, threats, pressure: UN
Media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders warned of declining government support for press freedom as it unveiled its annual world rankings on...
Bangladesh to reinforce global climate resilience advocacy in COP29, says Saber
Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Wednesday said that Bangladesh's participation in the Conference of the Parties-29 (COP29) was expected to reinforce its proactive advocacy for environmental sustainability and climate resilience globally.....
Relocation of war expenditure could ensure better world environment: Hasina
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the need for expending money used in the war to protect the world, placing six proposals in facing the adverse impact of the climate change to build a beautiful world for future generation.....
Saber urges youth to advocat climate justice
Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government will involve young people, specially women, in combating climate change and promoting equitable solutions for affected communities...