EnvironmentMarking World Environment Day on 7 June 2026, Chattogram Mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain said the city corporation was planting 10 lakh trees, starting with 6,500 saplings of 26 species on the road islands between Dewanhat and Barik Building.
Young environmental activists describe how online campaigns are turning into tree planting, clean-up drives and biodiversity work, and why online support does not always show up in the field.
A public health researcher argues that pollution, deforestation and climate change make environmental protection a question of health, economy and national development for Bangladesh.
EnvironmentOn 22 May 2026 the new group Bengal Peace Foundation walked from Ramna Park to the Botanical Garden in Mirpur and showed 100 wildlife photographs by four photographers at Dhaka University's TSC to mark Biodiversity Day.
A study led by University of Oxford researchers says Bangladesh will be one of six countries with the most people living in extreme heat by 2050.
In this opinion piece, environmentalist Hasan Zahid argues that wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran are adding greenhouse gases and pollution and accelerating climate change.
A joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Meteorological Organization warns that extreme heat is pushing some food supplies towards the brink.
The environment ministry has asked qualified volunteer organisations to send concept papers to take part in the 25 crore tree-planting programme.
Bangladesh, the land of six seasons, is seeing its seasonal pattern break down, which weather experts blame on climate change, with direct effects on farming.
Motahar Hossain argues that falling soil fertility, shrinking farmland and climate change threaten Bangladesh's food security, and calls for balanced fertiliser use and tighter oversight.
Some Antarctic penguin species have brought their breeding season forward by more than three weeks, a new study finds, threatening their survival.
Caribbean coral reefs have suffered irreparable damage over four decades, with hard coral cover down by about 48 per cent since 1980, according to a new study.
An environmentalist argues that climate change and pollution already threaten Bangladesh, and that COP talks keep delivering funds instead of the emission cuts that matter most.
