Conservation
Protecting Ganges river dolphins crucial for preserving ecosystem: minister
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury stated today that protecting the Ganges river dolphins is crucial for preserving the ecosystem of the country's rivers
Restoration of Kirtankhola’s natural flow demanded
Students and artists in Barishal have demanded that the natural flow of the Kirtankhola be restored
HC stays leasing process of Mohadeo Balumahal
The High Court has stayed all the tender proceedings for leasing out the Balumahal (designated sand quarry) at Mohadeo river in Netrokona for a month
Taposh directs BIWTA to reclaim Lalkuthi's riverbank
Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today directed Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to reclaim Lal Kuthi's riverbank
Case filed over hill cutting in Cox's Bazar
A mobile court yesterday stopped hill cutting in the Kolatoli area of Cox's Bazar Sadar and filed a case against one person responsible for conducting the illegal activity
HC orders to remove dams across Nabaganga river
The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to remove earthen embankments made across the river Nabaganga in Jhenaidah and conduct boundary survey and prepare a list of people occupying the river land
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to lowest since 2018
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made good on a pledge to rein in the destruction that happened under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro
Eminent citizens urge govt to not build safari park in Lathitila reserve forest
Eminent citizens wrote to the government yesterday demanding the cancellation of building a safari park in the Lathitila protected reserve forest
Ban on hilsa fishing: 4 fishermen sentenced to a month in jail in Barishal
A mobile court in Barishal today sentenced four fishermen, each to one month in prison, for fishing hilsa violating a ban that was imposed from today.
‘Protect Sangu-Matamuhuri sanctuary, reserve forest’
Parbatya Chattogram Forest and Land Rights Protection Movement has called upon authorities concerned to take measures to protect the Sangu-Matamuhuri Sanctuary and the Reserve Natural Forest and take action against those destroying the forest.
7ft long dolphin found dead in Halda River
A Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica), over seven feet long, is found dead in Halda River of Chattogram’s Raozan upazila.
Brazil to deploy troops
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April, government data showed on Friday, as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging.
Dolphin killed in Halda River
A Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in Halda River is allegedly slaughtered to death by locals in Raozan upazila of Chattogram.
UN accepts India’s proposal to save three endangered species
India’s proposal to include the critically-endangered Asian elephant and two large species of birds -- Great Indian Bustard and Bengal Florican -- in the UN Convention on Migratory (CMS) Species, is unanimously accepted.
22 pythons hatched in Srimangal zoo
A total of 22 python eggs have been hatched in a zoo of Sreemangal upazila of Moulviabzar. A python which was rescued in Dinajpur 22 years ago laid 35 eggs at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation last month and since then the eggs were kept with the mother python, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports.
10-day long dolphin fair kicks off in Khulna
A ten-day long dolphin fair kicks off in Khulna with a call to take tangible steps to protect freshwater dolphins in the Sundarbans.
Conquering the wild seas
Think wildlife conservation and what first comes to mind are men in grey or beige toned outfits and names like David Attenborough, George Schaller, John Muir, and Roger Payne.
Wildlife declined 60pc in 44 years
Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned yesterday.
