Environment
What Is Holding Back Eco-Friendly Brick-Making in Bangladesh?
The government has held a convention in Dhaka to promote eco-friendly bricks, as kiln owners remain reluctant to adopt the new technology.
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Environment
What Is Plogging, the Growing Trend for Health and the Environment?
Plogging, the practice of picking up litter while jogging, began in Sweden and has become popular in many countries.
Environment
Khadi Could Be 'Modern and Eco-Friendly' Clothing
A khadi fashion show in Dhaka, featuring 26 designers from seven countries, sought to revive the traditional handspun fabric as modern, eco-friendly clothing.
Environment
Bangladesh Has the World's Highest Rate of Pollution Deaths
A Lancet study says pollution killed 9 million people worldwide in 2015, with Bangladesh recording the highest rate of pollution-related deaths.
Environment
How Can You Help Protect the Planet by Living Sustainably?
Cities have battled air pollution for nearly a century, and simple changes such as leaving the car at home can help improve air quality.
Environment
Migratory Bird Numbers Fall at Baikka Beel
Fewer migratory birds have reached Baikka Beel in Hail Haor this winter, blamed on lost aquatic vegetation, a mild winter and poaching, though more species have been recorded.
EnvironmentJahangirnagar University to hold its 20th Bird Fair on 24 January
Jahangirnagar University's zoology department was to hold its annual Bird Fair 2020 on Friday 24 January in front of the Zahir Raihan Auditorium, with birdwatching, contests and exhibitions to build public support for bird conservation.
Daily life
Which Foods Are the Most Environmentally Friendly?
Food production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, and small changes to the weekly shop can make a big difference, experts say.
Daily life
The Foods Behind One in Five Early Deaths
A Lancet analysis finds that diet is responsible for one in five deaths worldwide, killing more than 10 million people a year.
Daily life
The Young Man Who Built a Billion-Pound Business Out of Quick Cooking
Short of time to shop and cook after long days at work, Timo Boldt quit his job to found the recipe-box company Gousto.
Environment
Australia Bushfires: Did Eucalyptus Trees Help the Fire Spread?
Scientists say eucalyptus forests, which cover most of Australia's woodland, catch fire easily, and burning bark can carry flames up to 30 kilometres away.
Environment
How Will Architects Fight Noise Pollution in Future Cities?
Science shows noise pollution is a serious threat to health, and acoustic experts say architecture can help build better-sounding cities.
Environment
Plastic Posters and Late-Night Noise in Dhaka City Polls: How Much Responsibility Will Candidates Take?
As plastic-laminated posters cover Dhaka and loud campaigning runs late into the night, candidates promising a better city are asked how much they think about pollution.
Environment
Rare Birds Spotted at Tanguar Haor
This year's bird census at Tanguar Haor counted 51,368 migratory waterbirds, including rare and threatened species, and researchers expect numbers to rise sharply in February.
Environment
Insects Will Drive Crop Losses in the Tropics
A US study suggests that as the climate warms, insects will destroy 10 to 25 per cent more wheat, rice and maize for each degree of temperature rise.
Agribusiness
Rice Transplanter Can Plant an Acre on a Litre of Fuel
Machine transplanting of Boro rice began for the first time in Tarail, Kishoreganj, where the Department of Agricultural Extension says a transplanter can plant an acre a day on a litre of fuel.
Environment
Light Drizzle Possible
The Met Office forecast a slight fall in daytime temperature and light rain or drizzle in parts of the country on 20 January.
Agribusiness
Ugly Fruit and Vegetables: Why a Third of Europe's Food Is Thrown Away
A University of Edinburgh study finds that a third of Europe's crops are wasted because supermarkets and shoppers want perfect-looking produce.
Crops
How Drones Could Help Increase Crop Production
In South Africa's Western Cape, drones are monitoring a lemon orchard from the air, spotting problems such as dry patches and broken fences and feeding data to the farm.
Environment
What Would Happen If All the World's Insects Died?
Insects are declining fast around the world, and scientists warn that without them birds, bats, frogs and even people could not survive.