Environment

CYCLONE REMAL: Forest workers, animals facing acute water crisis in Sundarbans

TDS DESK: Cyclone Remal has devastated the Sundarbans mangrove forest, leaving most of it submerged, around 80 ponds drained, and all the freshwater reservoirs destroyed. As a result, for the

‘Sundarbans may need 40 years to recover biodiversity losses’

TDS Desk: After Cyclone Remal left a trail of destruction in the Sundarbans, experts and officials fear that it may take up to 40 years to recover the losses to

Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: Report

TDS Desk: The world experience an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred without climate change, a report

Thousands flee as Cyclone Remal barrels towards country

AFP . Patuakhali: Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis left their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for the expected landfall of an

Meghna Brick Kiln in Tarash: Random burning of firewood posing threat to health, environment

Sabbir Mirza, Tarash Despite the government rules, an unauthorized brick kiln in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj district burns about 300 maunds of firewood daily instead of coal that posing serious

Rain likely over many parts of country

Staff Correspondent: Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over six divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and