GreenWatch Report Water professionals and experts at a day-long consultation in Dhaka on Saturday felt the need for conservation and harnessing of surface water with a view to ensuing sustainable development in water related sectors. They said that a section…
By Jonathan Amos The innermost world has shrunk as it has cooled over time, its surface cracking and wrinkling in the process.
The impact of climate change will alter the nature of how rain and snow falls and by the end of 21st century the number of days without rain could go up by 30 days a year in some parts of…
The booming mango flowering at this stage predicts an excellent production of the most popular fruit in the region this season, if the climatic conditions remained favourable, experts and scientists said.
Los Angeles — California regulators Thursday approved a plan for two utilities to develop replacement power to help fill the void left by the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, but environmentalists warned it could open the way…
By Lauren Everitt A new report from researchers at Oxford University argues that large dams are a risky investment – soaring past projected budgets, drowning emerging economies in debt and failing to deliver promised benefits. Do they ever really make…
By James Morgan A new report on genetically modified (GM) crops, commissioned by the prime minister, calls for more UK field trials and fewer EU restrictions. The Council for Science and Technology (CST) wants “public good” GM varieties to be…
Speakers at a function here on Wednesday stressed the need for protecting and preserving wild animals anyhow to have a better environment with bio-diversity.
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), a state-owned organization has decided to check any more installation of deep tubewell (DTW) to control the lowering of underground water table.
The government has raised power tariff by an average of 6.96 percent, a move which is most likely to affect all the sectors. Consumers will be charged the new price from this month. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday warned that stern actions will be taken against those engaged in food adulteration and formalin mixing in perishable food items. “The government has already taken steps to control this criminal act with an iron…
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Expected yield eludes farmers Different types of inferior quality zinc sulphate fertiliser are being sold openly at the fertiliser and pesticide shops in the markets of nine upazilas of Khulna district, including the city, much to the detriment of agriculture…
Light pollution could affect the regeneration of tropical rainforests because it disrupts the behaviour of seed dispersing bats, a study suggests.
Plantation of boro seedlings is near about completion in the district aimed to produce over seven lakh tonnes of rice in the current Robi season in the district.
Bonn – U.N. climate negotiations resumed on a shaky footing on Monday as some delegates questioned how the meeting was being run amid calls for more urgency at the talks, which after two years have made scant progress towards a…
Elephants are able to differentiate between ethnicities and genders, and can tell an adult from a child – all from the sound of a human voice.
Ethnic groups’ lives, habitats jeopardised Unauthorised soil collection from Durgapur upazila of bordering Netrakona district is threatening existence of the inhabitants here.
An independent expert committee will be formed to help protect the Halda River, the country’s only breeding ground for carp fish. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting arranged at the conference room of Fisheries and Livestock Ministry to…
Plantation of boro seedlings has been completed aimed to produce over seven lakh tonnes of rice in the current robi season in the district.
Speakers at a meeting in Rajshahi said fair price of farmers produced crops must be ensured to encourage them towards further boosting agricultural yield.
Forty-two African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to officials.
Scientists have identified four new man-made gases that are contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer.
Inferior quality seeds also a reason Lack of fair price has made a noticeable dent in cultivation of wheat in Dinajpur, once known as the storehouse of grains.
Ten rights organissations on Saturday demanded immediate cancellation of all the leases of lands on the banks of the Buriganga River by Bangladesh Inland Water Transportation Authority (BIWTA). In a joint statement, they expressed concern over reports published in national…
Building three “Great Walls” across Tornado Alley in the US could eliminate the disasters, a physicist says.
Shahneawz Khan Sumon Twenty Eight species of indigenous fish have become extinct in Jhenaidah district during the last 8 to 10 years, a source at the Department of Fisheries said. Drying up of rivers, pollution and indiscriminate use of pesticides…
The government has taken a plan to plant saplings along 652 km roads in the current fiscal year with a view to recouping damages recently done to the environment by felling trees in the name of movement. Environment and Forest…
A dozen of former minister, state ministers, whips and lawmakers, including former speaker and incumbent President Abdul Hamid had received 4,202 cft “segun wood” at a nominal price from the forests department during the previous Awami League led grand alliance…
More than ten farmers in the district’s Godagari Upazila have attained unprecedented success in cultivation of flower commercially for the first time in the region as an alternative crop.