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COP30 President Correa do Lago addresses delegates during the closing plenary in Belem. Photo: Masum Billah

Belem delivered big declarations, but Bangladesh returns home to rising seas and shrinking finance

Belem delivered historic pledges on just transition and new momentum on climate action. Yet the absence of concrete funding pathways leaves frontline nations warning that ambition without resources...

Members of the Bangladesh delegation speak at a press conference during COP30. Photo: Courtesy

Bangladesh warns of deepening divisions centring climate finance as COP30 enters crucial phase

Effort to revive Dhaka's lost heritage begins with renovation of 44 ponds

Effort to revive Dhaka's lost heritage begins with renovation of 44 ponds

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