Conservation
WB to give $300m for clean air project
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan yesterday announced that the World Bank will provide USD 300 million to support the Bangladesh Clean Air Project (BCAP).
Part of Cox’s Bazar now sanctuary for marine species
The 2.91 kilometre “Bori Beach”, which was inaugurated today, will be off-limits to locals and tourists
12 held for illegal sand extraction from Padma's char
Rapid Action Battalion arrested 12 people in connection with illegal soil and sand extraction from a vast char of Padma river in Pabna's Ishwardi last night
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
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.
Conservationists alarmed as China eases ban on tiger and rhino parts
China unveils new rules that would allow the use of rhino horn and tiger parts for some medical and cultural purposes, watering down a decades-old ban in a move conservation group WWF says could have "devastating consequences".
‘Saline drip’ for a 700-year-old banyan tree in India
The world's second largest Banyan tree in Mahabubnagar district of India’s Telangana which is almost dying, is on ‘saline drip’ now as part of the rejuvenation.
Long road for mates,Gharials ‘Gorai’, ‘Jamuna’ reach destinations
As part of the pioneering exchange to initiate breeding of the critically endangered Gharials, the male, named ‘Gorai’ has made it to the Rajshahi Zoo after a long journey starting all the way from Dhaka Zoo.
Thais celebrate new king's birthday releasing 1,066 turtles into sea
Hundreds of people gather at a beach in Thailand to release 1,066 turtles into the sea as part of celebrations to mark the birthday of new King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Dog lovers demo in Dhaka shunning culling
Animal lovers demonstrated in Dhaka, forming a human chain, protesting the culling of stray dogs in Chittagong city – an action that has been deemed illegal by the High Court.
JU to host Bird Fair Jan 6
With a view to creating mass awareness, the Zoology department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) is to arrange a day-long Bird Fair on January 6, 2017 on the premises of Zahir Raihan auditorium of the university.
Egyptian man grows 'Beard of Bees', hopes to promote apian benefits
Mohamed Hagras stands barechested as dozens of honeybees congregate around his face, eventually forming what he calls the "Beard of Bees". To attract the insects he has a box housing their queen's hormones strapped to his chin.