Environment

Boost climate action or face music: Activists to govt

Staff Correspondent: Governments around the world must scale up climate action “or face further legal action”, an open letter from campaign groups warned Tuesday, as battles over policies to cut

Canal pollution goes on unabated

Swarnomoyee Mostafa Oishy: City dwellers have been facing manifold problems including water stagnation and massive breeding of mosquitoes like Dengue and Chikungunya due to continuous pollution of canals located in

Tidal surges likely to inundate low lying areas of coast

Staff Correspondent:Low-lying areas of coastal districts and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, the weather department said yesterday. These districts are Satkhira, Khulna,

Weeklong special dengue drive from Sunday: DNCC Mayor

Staff Correspondent: A weeklong special drive to control Aedes mosquitoes that spread Dengue will kick off on Sunday, said Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam yesterday. The mayor made

PM stresses nature based development philosophy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government attached priority on nature based plans to ensure country’s overall development, urging all concerned to conserve rain and flood water alongside protecting water

World Tiger Day being observed

Staff Correspondent: The World Tiger Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Thursday (July 29) to build awareness to save the remaining population of