Enviroment

Enviroment

Forest officials pose with four men detained for allegedly harvesting crabs during the government-imposed seasonal ban in the Sundarbans. Photo: Collected

4 held for violating crab harvesting ban in Sundarbans

Forest officials also recovered 105 kilogrammes of live crabs and deer snares from the suspects' boat.

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The seasons we grew up with are slowly fading

Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Photo: Collected

Dev planning must put environment, biodiversity, public health at the core: Rizwana

Sloths sleep at the Emilio Goeldi Museum during the COP30 UN Climate Summit, on 13 November 2025, in Belem, Brazil. Photo: UNB/AP/Andre Penner

Rising exotic pet trade spurs calls for tighter international rules

Photo: TBS

Bangladesh pushes youth-led, locally driven adaptation, spotlights LoGIC model at COP30

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Each affected Bangladeshi lost Tk1.17 lakh in 10 months to climate impacts: Oxfam

Syeda Rizwana Hasan spoke at a discussion organised by the Forest Department in Agargaon, Dhaka. Photo: PID

District voluntary network to be formed for protecting wildlife: Rizwana

File photo from one of the drives of the Department of Environment against banned polythene. Photo: Courtesy

3,797 cases filed, Tk26.38cr fines realised in nationwide anti-pollution drives

Representational Photo: Collected

Decarbonisation: Good news we need in fight against climate change

At an event organised by Oxfam in Bangladesh and the World Food Programme (WFP) at a hotel in Dhaka. Photo: Courtesy

Climate risk insurance can empower disaster-prone farmers: Experts

People travelling by a boat in flood effected Cumilla. Photo: TBS

8 districts flooded, rising rivers threaten more areas

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS

Bangladesh is a global pioneer in coastal afforestation: PM Hasina

Sketch: TBS.

Is planting trees enough to save the environment?