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Climate Change Cyclone Amphan

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Climate Change Cyclone Amphan

Photo: TBS

Eviction on Bakkhali River halts after resistance on fifth day

Officials, accompanied by an executive magistrate, police, RAB, and army personnel, moved towards Nuniarchhara and Natun Baharchhara with bulldozers in the morning.

While the downpour offered temporary relief from the scorching heat, those who went out from home for different purposes have suffered a lot due to the rainfall. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Rains likely to increase in next 5 days: Met Office

Bangladesh ranks ninth globally in plastic pollution due largely to transboundary inflows from upstream countries and inadequate waste management. Photo: Bloomberg

Rizwana calls for global partnerships to protect oceans

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan spoke at a ceremony held by the Embassy of Switzerland in the capital today. Photo: PID

Global unity, solidarity essential to address climate crisis: Rizwana

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan and Textiles Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin inaugurate sell of jute bags on 31 August 2025. Photo: TBS

Environment adviser urges use of jute bags instead of polythene

A Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sundarbans. Representational Photo: Collected

Sundarbans to be reopened on Monday

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaks at the Bangladesh Sustainability Conclave 2025 held at the Dhaka North City Corporation auditorium today, 30 August 2025. Photo: TBS

Investment needed in food, water and clean air: Rizwana

Bakkhali in Cox’s Bazar. File Photo: TBS

Eviction of Bakkhali River encroachers to begin after full verdict: Shipping adviser

Bapa urges halt to Rabindra University plan threatening Chalan Beel’s ecosystem

Bapa urges halt to Rabindra University plan threatening Chalan Beel’s ecosystem

The device was officially launched at a seminar titled “IoT-Based Smart Liquid Trees for Carbon Footprint Mitigation in Dense Urban Areas of Bangladesh” on August 25. Photo: Collected

JU researchers develop 'Liquid Tree' to fight urban CO₂ pollution

Guests at the ‘Re-digging of Shuvadda Khal and development of its embankments’ project at Jhawbari bridge in Dhaka on 26 August 2025. Photo: PID

Shuvadda canal to be linked with Dhaleshwari, Buriganga: Rizwana

A signboard marks Rabindra University’s “designated site” on four acres of filled land between the Gumani River and Chalanbil reservoir. Despite alternative options, the boat-only accessible site remains submerged for months, with fishermen using the area, raising concerns over its impracticality. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Proposed Rabindra Univ campus in Chalan Beel: Environmentalists urge alternative sites

Rizwana at a Focus Group Discussion on 23 Aug. Photo: Courtesy

Bus owners obstructing transportation reforms: Rizwana