The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday received an award for Bangladesh for its stellar performance in fighting against poverty as well as significant reduction in poverty during the present

The state-run Soil Resources Development Institute has found some 40 per cent of both locally produced and imported fertilisers adulterated.

Reducing fossil-fuel emissions to safer levels would save millions of lives annually by the end of the century, a study said on Sunday.

The government on Tuesday tabled a bill in the house to regulate sale of baby food and food supplements, inserting a provision for punishment for the suppliers of adulterated formula.

The country’s power generation would reach 10,000 megawatts by December, state minister for energy and power Enamul Haque told parliament on Tuesday.

Speakers at a seminar on Monday stressed the need for developing a sense of urgency for stopping the use of ozone depleting substances to avert adverse impact on global climate.

Flooding in several northern districts in the Brahmaputra basin has worsened with the major rivers in the region rising sharply.

The Bangladesh Ship Breakers’ Association and the Association of Bankers Bangladesh have signed a joint statement to improve the country’s environmental and social standards in the ship recycling i

Flood situation in two north-western districts of Rajshahi and Lalmonirhat worsened as the water levels of the mighty rivers Padma and Dharla continued to rise.

Department of Environment fined a garment factory in Gazipur Tk 2 lakh for violation of environment laws on Monday.