The High Court yesterday directed the government to submit a report on the status of Sakhipur reserve forest area in Tangail in next two weeks.

Four workers were killed in a landslide at the country's biggest stone quarry at Bholaganj in Companyganj upazila of the district on Sunday night.

DHAKA : Although seven months of the current fiscal have elapsed, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) could not yet take any effective step for realising ‘one percent surcharge’ or ‘green tax’ from

Even though the government has taken various measures to protect Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans, its poaching is on the rise with 49 being killed in last 14 years (2001-2014), according to forest

A cabinet committee has approved the decision to procure electricity from the Indian open market.

The country’s power stations will pollute the air by three times in 2030 comparing to that of the level of today by emitting more carbon dioxide gas.

The government wants to keep the Sunderbans under surveillance using drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the wake of the colossal damage suffered by the mangrove forest last month due to oil sp

An agreement was signed on Wednesday between the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the government of Bangladesh for $ 20.14 million (approximately Tk 1.56 billion) t