The government has reduced its allocation for the water and sanitation sector by around Tk 1000 crore in the proposed 2012-13 budget, widening the disparity between the rich and poor, with the majo

Two siblings were killed in a hill slide triggered by rains at Nayakhel Suryatila in Jointapur upazila of Sylhet on Tuesday.

Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund has approved $153 million projects to fight adverse impacts of climate change.

Nutrition status of Bangladesh and others South Asian countries is very low compared to the countries of Africa, said World Bank officials.

Allocation of Tk 400 crore for the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund was sought in the proposed budget for 2012-2013, which was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Friday the United States would provide $75 million to a private-public effort to improve the health of mothers and their babies in developing countries

The people in Keraniganj on Friday protested at a reported move to acquire land for building a mega city project at Teguria in Keraniganj upazila.

Waste continues to be dumped into the River Buriganga despite a June 2011 High Court order which prohibited the dumping of waste in the river or on its banks as well as ordering the sealing of sew

One in seven people suffer from malnourishment, the head of the UN’s food agency said Wednesday in a report released ahead of a summit on sustainable development to be held in Rio de Janeiro June 2

Dust pollution in Dhaka air remains above the danger level one-third of the year, said minister for environment Hasan Mahmud in parliament, attributing it to open-air construction works and road di