The Burmese government has said that 85,000 people have been driven from their homes by heavy flooding.

Erosion by rivers Suganda and Biskhali has taken a serious turn in four upailas of Jhalakati district rendering many people homeless and landless.

A total 965 arsenicsis patients have so far been detected in four upazilas of the district, including four Pourashavas.

The flood situation in Assam was grim on Tuesday with vast tracts of land in both Brahmaputra and Barak valleys remaining submerged even as the death toll climbed to 125.

The affected upazial are Sylhet Sadar, Companigonj, Kanaighat, Jokigonj, Jointapur, Fenchogonj, Balagonj, Beanibazar, Golapgonj, Daksin Surma, Chhatak.

Raging floodwaters fed by monsoon rains have inundated more than 2,000 villages in northeast India, killing at least 27 people and leaving hundreds of thousands more marooned Friday.

As the scarcity of surface water is hitting a critical level with the steady fall in ground water level as well, experts are now laying emphasis on harvesting rain water to carry out essential hous

The total value of the carbon market grew by 11 per cent in 2011, to $176 billion, and transaction volumes reached a new high of 10.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), according to

Bangladesh has become the partner of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's initiative styled "Sustainable Energy for all".

Public sector Hathazari Peking Power Plant (HPPP) was fined of Tk.10 lakh for alleged pollution of the water of Halda River recently through dumping effluents of the plant.