The death toll in the cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' that battered Bangladesh's southwestern coastlines climbed to 46 yesterday as bodies of nine children were pulled out from the Bay of Bengal.

Pushing the country's food security at risk, nearly 69,000 hectares of agricultural land have been shrinking annually due to rapid industrialisation, unplanned urbanisation and increase in rural se

The country is going to celebrate installation of two million solar home systems (SHS) and also launch one million echo-friendly improved cooking stoves on Sunday.

Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP), a non-government organization, won the 'Water for Life' award from the UN World Water Assessment Programme Unit for its outstanding contribution i

Dhaka WASA as a successful water management authority among 4 short-listed cities achieved the Water Leaders' Award-2013 at the two-day long Global Water Summit held in Seville, Spain during 22-23

Anti-tobacco organisations have congratulated the government for passing the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill.

A youth was killed and 35 others injured as a nor'wester hit at Daulatpur upazila of the district on Monday night.

Three major rivers-the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma-eroded 10,347 hectares of land during the last three years.

Bangladesh and Arunachal Pradesh have discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra River for mutual benefit, official sources said on Saturday.

Earthquake Disaster Risk Index of Stanford University ranks Bangladesh (Dhaka) among the 20 cities most vulnerable to earthquake in the world.