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Climate Change Cyclone Amphan

Environment

Climate Change Cyclone Amphan

File photo of State Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Sheikh Faridul Islam. Photo: Collected.

'Stop using rivers as dumping grounds', urges environment state minister

He says policies alone will not curb pollution and urges citizens to take responsibility for waste disposal.

A woman covers her nose to protect herself from dust as she makes her way through the city’s dusty streets. Photo: Collected

Dhaka air quality remains moderate

Reinforcements were pulled from across the country to fight the blaze. Photo: Dha/Photo News/IMAGO

Belgium battles record wildfire as hundreds evacuated

Photo: UNB

Dhaka records moderate air quality, ranks 27th globally

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo speaking as the chief guest at a discussion at the Department of Environment's conference room in Agargaon on 14 August 2026. Photo: PID

Govt identifies 224 waste outlets polluting Buriganga, Turag

Representatives of the 27 national and international CALL Consortium members pose for a group photo, reaffirming their collective commitment to advancing localisation through greater local voice, leadership, ownership, and power, on 12 August 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Climate adaptation needs stronger local leadership, ownership and financing: Speakers

A drone view shows a harvester working in a soybean plantation in San Andres de Giles, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 12 May 2025. Photo:Reuters.

How will Latin America's super El Niño affect the top food-exporting region?

Winter arrives in Dhaka, along with the title of the most polluted city in the world. This photo was captured in the Dhanmondi area on Monday, 9 December 2024 morning as Dhaka once again topped the list of cities with worst air quality with an AQI score of 302. Photo: Md Tajul Islam

Dhaka's air quality remains moderate today

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World Elephant Day: In a country of fewer than 300 wild elephants, every death matters

Members of Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade work to extinguish a fire rising in Amazon rainforest in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's natural areas shrink, worsening El Nino impact

Representational Image of wheat. Photo: Collected

Decades of farm gains, inventories strengthen food system against 'super' El Nino

Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Rain likely in Dhaka, 7 other divisions

Panellists at a plenary session titled "Evidence-Based Climate Policy: A Vision for COP31" on the opening day of the two-day International Conference on Environment and Climate Action 2026 at Sonapahar in Chattogram on Friday, 7 August 2026. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh needs evidence-based climate policy ahead of COP31: Experts