environment

environment

File photo of Manjeet Dhakal. Photo: TBS

Adaptation finance one of the main agenda as COP30 edges forward, says LDC negotiator Manjeet Dhakal

Students, researchers, and prominent national climate experts pose for a photo with Emeritus Professor Ainun Nishat at the inauguration ceremony of ICCES. Photo: Courtesy

Institute of Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability launched on Int'l Climate Action Day, youth leadership focused

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. File Photo: Collected

Adviser Rizwana stresses stronger enforcement, end to faulty environmental clearances

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

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

Illustration: TBS

Taps running dry: How Bangladesh is draining its groundwater — and its future

The Shada Pathor area is now almost desolate, scarred and damaged. Photo: TBS

How inter-party ‘consensus’ stripped Bholaganj of iconic white stones

Speakers attend a national consultation workshop held recently at the Department of Environment, co-organised by UNDP and the environment ministry.

Bangladesh steps up ozone fight; targets ambitious 85% HFC cut by 2045

Representational image of low pressure on Bay of Bengal. Photo: UNB

Low-pressure over North Bay likely to form on 24 July: BMD

Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan during a meeting of Department of Environment on 19 July 2025. Photo: UNB

Keep Kuakata, Cox's Bazar beaches clean during tourist season: Rizwana

Unregulated mining and deforestation in Meghalaya mean heavier floods for the people of Tahirpur. Photo: TBS

Transnational distress, environmental disasters, and marginal lives in Tahirpur

The polluted Labolong River flows beside X Ceramics in Sreepur, Gazipur-allegedly constructed by encroaching on both banks and discharging untreated industrial waste into the waterway. Despite these claims, the factory controversially received the Green Factory Award, sparking backlash from environmental groups who are demanding its withdrawal and accountability for the degradation of the once-thriving "Labolong Sea." Photo: TBS

Factory accused of polluting, grabbing river receives green award 

Photo: Courtesy

SIDA-funded project to enhance Bangladesh's climate, environmental governance: Adviser Rizwana