On May 19 there’s a rare chance for accountability for the massive health problems caused by Bangladesh’s toxic leather tanneries, said Human Rights Watch.

ISLAMABAD: Global Climate Risk Index-2015 said that five out of top 10 countries most affected by climate change-induced disasters during 1994-2013 are located in Asia Pacific.

The government should formulate a policy for bettering water and sanitation services in slums and coordinating relevant non-government organisations' activities, speakers told a workshop yesterday.

Erosion by the river Jamuna devoured over 150 homesteads and 100 acres of crop land in Shimla, Bahuka, Italy and Balighugri villages of Sirajganj Sadar upazila over the last couple of weeks.

DHAKA : Although chlorine is widely used for making water safe and clean, an icddr,b study suggests that safe storage and handling practices are sufficient for reducing tube-well water contaminatio

DHAKA : The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015′ subject to the vetting of the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, aiming to construct the count

Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud Sunday said the government has given top priority on reclamation of land from Bay of Bengal, reports UNB.

The sheer scale of the resources used to make everyday products such as coffee and T-shirts – often in parts of the world where the environment is under strain – is laid bare in a new report, showi

On December 9, 2014, a wrecked tanker released approximately 94,000 gallons (78,271 Imperial gallons) of heavy fuel oil into the Shela River, which runs through the Sundarbans, the sprawling and re

Some five months after an oil tanker carrying furnace oil capsized in Shela River harming flora and fauna of the Sundarbans, another vessel carrying fertilizer made up of toxic chemicals, sank in B