The state-owned financial institution Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) will provide financial aid to install one million new solar home systems and 20,000biogas plants across the coun

THE Sundarban forest is going to face a slow process of extinction with the setting up of the proposed coal-fired mega power plant in its vicinity.

Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday underscored the need for a coordinated action plan to keep the agriculture production uninterrupted ensuring reduction of carbon emiss

Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said effective policy and planning should be adopted immediately to check unplanned urbanisation of the country particularly for Dhaka city

Tehran is considering a twofold increase in power exports to neighbouring Turkey after a new electricity transfer line between the two countries becomes operational.

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive programme for wheat cultivation in the district during the current season.

By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth's land surface and will drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems from one major

Bangladesh and China will set upa 1320-MW coal-fired power plant in joint venture in Chittagong, officialsources said.

IN the recently published 2011 Global Assessment Report by the UNDP, Bangladesh was found to be one of the countries 'most vulnerable' to disasters.

Continuous erosion of the two mighty rivers- Madhumati and Nabaganga- is threatening the existence of homesteads,farmlands,public institutions and economic centres at 35 villages in Kalia and Lohag