Environment

5000 acres of forest land grabbed in Naogaon

NAOGAON CORRESPONDENT: The forest department in Naogaon has lost control of one-third of its land across the country with people building houses and shops, growing mango trees and cultivating crops.

Water levels in 39 rivers rise, 67 fall: FFWC

TDS DESK: Water levels at 39 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 67 stations recorded fall. Among the 110 monitored river stations,

Pollution rises, but number of cases drops

TDS DESK: Pollution has been wreaking havoc throughout the country. However, the number of cases filed by the Department of Environment (DoE) at the Environment Court of Dhaka is negligible.

Protect country from climate impact: PM

BSS, DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government aims to protect the country, its people and the nature from the natural calamities, urging all to plant saplings at empty

Unfavorable weather hits harvest of mangoes, litchis in Rajshahi, Dinajpur

TDS DESK: Agricultural officials say climate change has had an adverse impact on weather condition that resulted in poor yield of mango and litchi. Harvest of mangoes and litchis fell

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