3+ hour ago  (335+ words) Bangladesh faces one of the world's highest burdens of childhood lead exposure, with an estimated 36 million children affected, campaigners said at a rally in Barishal on Wednesday. YouthNet Global organised the awareness rally with support from Pure Earth under the…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (656+ words) Scorching temperatures around the clock, frequent power cuts and sleepless nights have become part of daily life for residents of Banda, a town in northern India that has repeatedly ranked among the hottest places on Earth. Climate change, driven largely…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (488+ words) Thursday July 16, 2026 The Economist published its 2026 Global Liveability Index. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) magazine has been releasing this ranking every year, and this year it assessed a total of 173 cities around the world. In this year's index, my city,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (507+ words) Wednesday July 15, 2026 Air pollution caused by fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is responsible for an estimated 88,240 premature deaths every year across Bangladesh's six major cities, equivalent to around 242 deaths a day, according to a new study by Jahangirnagar University. The study also…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (485+ words) Wednesday July 15, 2026 The Brahmaputra River, a vital artery of South Asia, sustains approximately 114 million people across China, India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Yet, beneath its life-giving flows, the river is suffering from a systemic crisis, one rooted in "de-commonisation." While historically…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (700+ words) The 2026 Fifa World Cup is expected to generate more than double the carbon emissions of Qatar 2022, with an estimated 7.8 million tonnes of CO₂e, according to estimates by Greenly, a widely cited carbon accounting platform. As a result, it is expected to…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (294+ words) Tuesday July 14, 2026 The country's largest biomedical waste treatment facility was inaugurated in Sirajganj today. It can process over 950 tonnes of healthcare waste annually and aims to reduce public health and environmental risks for more than three million people in the…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (235+ words) The call came at a national seminar titled "Integrated Approach for Effective Solid Waste Management", held at the Department of Environment auditorium in Agargaon, Dhaka, on Monday, 13 July, 2026. The seminar was jointly organised by the Department of Environment and the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (247+ words) The seminar, titled "Engineering a Sustainable Future: The Role of Civil Engineers in Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals," brought together academics, researchers and professional engineers from universities and research institutions across the country. He said protecting rivers, canals, wetlands…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (525+ words) Monday July 13, 2026 Experts have said Chattogram's recurring waterlogging and landslides stem not only from climate change but also from decades of unplanned urbanisation, canal encroachment, destruction of wetlands, illegal hill cutting and poor maintenance of drainage infrastructure. According to experts,…...