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Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo speaks at a ministerial-level dialogue titled “Restoration of Rangelands and the Well-being of Pastoralist Communities” during the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 26 August 2026. Photo: Courtesy.

Mintoo calls for involving local communities in rangeland protection

Bangladesh is not a country of vast rangelands in the conventional sense, he says.

File photo of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Photo: Courtesy/File

PM appeals for public help to keep Bangladesh clean and litter-free

Photo collage: UNB

Bangladesh Energy Transition Fund launches climate finance platform to accelerate green infrastructure investment

Illustration: TBS

Climate budget rises 26% – where will the money be spent?

Major foreign observers express satisfaction over polls environment

Major foreign observers express satisfaction over polls environment

Forest department staff and volunteers collect plastic waste during a cleanup drive in the Sundarbans, part of a new campaign to protect the mangrove forest from marine pollution. Photo: TBS

Forest department launches plastic cleanup to safeguard Sundarbans

This photo, during Cyclone Remal, was taken from the Jelepara area of South Halishahar in Patenga, Chattogram in May 2024. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Depression forms over Bay of Bengal, BMD issues cautionary signal

Representational image. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Dhaka's air quality turns 'unhealthy'

File Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Environment ministry suggests keeping tabs on AQI to avoid worst effects of pollution

GPH Ispat responsible for flooding 2 Sitakunda villages, probe finds

GPH Ispat responsible for flooding 2 Sitakunda villages, probe finds

Smoke billows over Khiam, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon November 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karamallah Daher

Nature pays price for war in Israel's north

Bakkhali in Cox’s Bazar. File Photo: TBS

Call for combating Bakkhali River pollution in Cox’s Bazar

Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Climate-smart agriculture needs women empowerment, public-private coordination: Roundtable