Department of Fisheries on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation and Rotary International to combat the use of harmful chemicals in fish marketing i

Foreign minister Dipu Moni on Thursday said Bangladesh and UNFPA would work closely to further improve maternal and reproductive health as well as population dynamics under post-2015 development ag

GENETICALLY modified crops and vegetables may have become a rage worldwide but these food items, produced in artificial conditions with the aid of special proteins, are poor substitute for organic

Human activity is almost certainly the cause of climate change and global sea levels could rise by several feet by the end of the century, according to an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The first-ever flood insurance scheme was launched in the country on Tuesday, aiming to compensate flood victims and help them fight natural disasters.

The World Bank is providing US$302 million to implement the Second Rural Transport Improvement Project, which will improve around 5,250 km of union parishad and upazilla roads in 26 districts.

The Climate Change Trustee Board on Tuesday approved 22 projects with an estimated cost of Tk 77 crore to tackle the adverse impacts of climate change.

The world’s 136 largest coastal cities could risk combined annual losses of $1 trillion (750 billion euros) from floods by 2050 unless they drastically raise their defences, a study warned Sunday.

Solid wastes with rainwater are entering the Hatirjheel-Bagunbari Lake, polluting its water as the authorities stopped screening wastes before letting them into the lake.

Bangladeshi scientists have cracked the code discovering the genome sequence of local jute variety, prime minister Sheikh Hasina announced at a news conference at Ganabhaban on Sunday.