- Maximum interest rate on credit cards increased to 25%
- Palestinian struggle key inspiration behind July uprising: Adviser
- Sakhawat pledges strict action against labor unrest
- Gold price drops again
- Bangladesh receives $2.2 billion remittances in November
- Looting scenario should come in textbooks: Press Secretary
- Tarique Rahman calls for unity to end political vengeance
- Bangladesh adopts ILO-supported declaration to address industrial unrest
- Primary students to get 100% books in January: Advisor
- Yemeni forces launch ballistic missile in Israel, 4 injured
- Top Jamaat leaders killed through judicial process: Ameer
- Ex-minister Yaalon indicts Israel for 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza
- Over 40 hospitalized in Georgia amid protests triggered by suspension of EU negotiations
- CPD contributes huge to creating mindset for student uprising: CA
- Dengue claims 6 more lives in 24 hrs
- Judiciary Reform Commission holds meeting with stakeholders
- Bangladesh Bank sticks out machinery import loans
- Biker dies in Dinajpur road accident
- What to know about Kash Patel, Trump’s pick for FBI head
- Chief Justice convenes full court meeting on Tuesday
Plastic pollution killing country’s rivers
Rivers in Bangladesh are facing environmental collapse as plastic pollution reaches alarming levels. The Buriganga, Turag, Balu, Shitalakshya, Karnaphuli, and Surma rivers, once vital water sources, are now among the countrys most polluted, overwhelmed by a continuous influx of plastic and...
UN’s top court to hold 'Historic Hearings' on climate crisis
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will next week embark on unprecedented hearings to establish a legal blueprint for how nations should address environmental protection against greenhouse gases and the consequences of failing to do so. Starting Monday, representatives and legal experts...
Rizwana for coordination between financial institutions, development partners
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today stressed the need for coordination among local, national, bilateral, multilateral financial institutions (MFIs) and development partners to access climate finance, reports BSS. Speaking at an event titled The Feasibility...
Tokyo park faces environmental protests over cutting trees
Tree cutting started on Monday in the Jingu Gaien park area of central Tokyo, a spot that has been a conflict between environmentalists and real estate developers for over a year. Developers led by real-estate company Mitsui Fudosan have a 10-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to build three...
E-waste pollution becoming big threat to environment
The presence of e-waste contributing to environment polution has been increasing its intensity day by day. This toxic wastage is damaging the environment, as well as entailing poisonous effect on human health conditions. According to the E-waste Monitor Report 2024 Bangladesh is one of the biggest...