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What Did the Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Say About the Fuel Crisis?
16+ hour, 43+ min ago (93+ words) What Did the Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Say About the Fuel Crisis?The Business Standard 7 essentials for safer long drives this Eid Community-led water management for a resilient Delta in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh How rural women are…...
Earth’s ants signs MOU with Cornell-linked seed for k–12 climate education
1+ week, 2+ day ago (172+ words) Saturday February 28, 2026 Earth's Ants, a youth-led environmental organisation in Bangladesh, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Students for Environmental Education & Discovery (SEED), a Cornell University scholar-led non-profit organisation based in the United States, to advance climate change education,…...
4.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Sylhet and surrounding areas
2+ week, 4+ day ago (143+ words) Thursday February 19, 2026 A mild earthquake was felt in Sylhet and its surrounding areas at 12:46pm today (19 February). According to sources at the Meteorological Department, the epicenter of the latest quake was in Chatak Upazila of Sunamganj district. The tremor measured 4.1 on…...
Heavy dependence on imported fossil fuels driving economic risks: Study
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (347+ words) Thursday January 22, 2026 The findings were disseminated yesterday (20 January) during an online workshop titled "Navigating Bangladesh's Energy Transition: Economic Resilience, Green Incentives, and Industrial Efficiency," organised by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) in collaboration with the Tara Climate…...
Draft energy master plan risks locking Bangladesh into costly fossil fuel infrastructure: CPD
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (482+ words) Thursday January 15, 2026 The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today (15 January) called on the interim government to immediately suspend the formulation of the Energy and Power Sector Master Plan (EPSMP), warning that the draft represents a backward shift in policy and…...
The Bepza experience: From groundwater dependence to resilient systems
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (520+ words) Monday January 12, 2026 What measures are being taken in EPZs to ensure sustainable water management in factories?" Bepza works closely with enterprises across all EPZs to promote responsible water use and reduce consumption in production. The priority is to ease pressure…...
COP30 in Belém: Adaptation gains and equity progress, but fossil fuel phase-out stalls
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (538+ words) Sunday November 23, 2025 The summit agreed to double climate adaptation finance by 2025, triple global flows to US$120 billion annually by 2035, and open direct-access channels for vulnerable nations to receive US$520 million per year from the Loss and Damage Fund. "The summit…...
Understanding how tremors are measured: What scientists mean by a 5.7 or 3.7 earthquake
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (702+ words) Sunday November 23, 2025 The 5.7 magnitude earthquake that violently shook the nation on 21 November, with its epicentre in Narsingdi's Madhabdi, a mere 13 kilometres east of the BMD office in the capital's Agargaon, has brought the science of seismology into sharp focus. As…...
The world can't solve climate change without naming fossil fuels, says UN Rapporteur Puentes Riaño
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1524+ words) Saturday November 22, 2025 At COP30 in Belem, negotiations have reached a decisive moment for climate-vulnerable nations demanding justice, accountability and financing aligned with human rights. Astrid Puentes Ria'o, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable…...
18 years after Sidr, fear persists as cracks appear in Bagerhat's embankment
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (402+ words) Saturday November 15, 2025 For four decades " from 1985 through 2025 " cyclones have been synonymous with fear for coastal communities. But the super cyclone Sidr (15 November 2007) left behind a wound so deep that even after 18 years it has not healed. People still have not…...