environment

Debunking tales of the Russell’s viper

Amid this mass panic, many “facts” being circulated about the snake fall in the realm of misinformation. 

JU lost 40pc waterbodies in 35 years

Jahangirnagar University campus, known for its verdant fields, woods, and waterbodies, has lost nearly 40 percent of its waterbodies over the last three and a half decades.

World Ocean Day: How MSP can help us navigate the blue frontier

Cradled by the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh boasts a maritime area almost as vast as its terrestrial territory.

Will corporations finally be held accountable?

EU’s new law on corporate responsibility a step in the right direction

Integrating our conservation and adaptation approaches

Over the last five years, one approach took shape quite strongly in relation to climate change and biodiversity conservation, and that is Nature-based Solutions.

Creating a community for conservation

While our country does have long co-management experience regarding land and inland waters, it doesn't have it for the sea.

World Soil Day / Dying soil in need of care and justice

The relationship between soil and water plays a significant role in achieving sustainable and resilient agrifood systems.

Who will save the planet? Certainly not its killers.

Issues centring ecological protection are inherently political, but in this dying earth, these are repeatedly depoliticised.

More trees fall victim to development

Jahangirnagar University must protect its green campus

April 26, 2022
April 26, 2022

Construction on at Tetultala playground despite home minister’s assurance

Despite resistance from environmentalists, human rights bodies, eminent citizens, local people and children, construction work of Kalabagan police station is going on at Tetultala playground.

April 23, 2022
April 23, 2022

RHD cutting down 622 trees for road expansion

More than one hundred trees have already been cut down and several hundred more are in the process to embrace the same fate. It is the situation of a portion of Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway.

April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022

Cox's Bazar: Longest beach or biggest dumpster?

Like all other developing towns and cities in Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar has been growing at a tremendously rapid rate. And, not surprisingly,

October 4, 2021
October 4, 2021

Carbon footprint and you: slowing climate change starts at home

One of the factors contributing increasingly to a rise in climate change is a high carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse emissions (such as carbon dioxide and methane gas) that are generated by our actions as we live our life.

July 8, 2021
July 8, 2021

Fun Upcycling Projects to Try

Fun ways to adopting a zero-waste lifestyle.

June 24, 2021
June 24, 2021

Algal Biofuels: The Next Generation of Renewable Energy?

Algae are a remarkable candidate for biodiesel production.

June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020

Go paperless for an eco-friendly workplace

Going paperless in the workplace can save money. Tons of it. Oh, it can reduce waste, improve employee efficiency and do good for the environment too.

June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020

3 apps that help you support a greener earth

3 apps that can help you help the environment without going out in the wild

June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020

The absence of climate change in fiction and other great derangements

The book explores our inability at the level of literature, history, and politics to grasp the scale and violence of climate change.

March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020

The million promises and little perils of bird-watching by the coast of Bangladesh

It is years ago now. The day I took a bus to the southernmost tip of Bangladesh with a group of people wearing khaki-coloured shirts, two-in-one pants, carrying heavy duty binoculars, spotting scopes and talking excitedly about a bird.

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