Monsoon brings new hardships to poorly equipped camps: MSF
The onset of monsoon rains in Bangladesh has brought further misery to Rohingya refugees living…
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Modi inspects Kerala flood rescue effort
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the southern state of Kerala to see for…
People evacuated from rooftops after India floods kill 164
Rescue workers use helicopters and boats to evacuate hundreds of people stranded on their home…
Cultivating resilience to climate change
Danielle Nierenberg For every degree Celsius that the temperature rises, farmers can see crop yields…
Hostility to Islam remains stagnant in Germany
While homophobia has seen a drastic decrease in Germany over the years, Islamophobia has remained…
Depression in Bay: Tidal surge likely in coastal districts
The low-lying areas of the coastal districts and offshore islands and Chars are likely to…
Drought declared in entire state of New South Wales
Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have…
As heat waves rise, cooling is human right, not luxury: UN
The rising heat waves in the world’s middle income and poorer nations are threatening the…
Rohingyas awaiting future return to Myanmar need safer camps
Bangkok – The Bangladeshi government should relocate Rohingya refugees living in a severely overcrowded mega…
Caribbean builds resilience through enhanced data collection
By the end of September 2018, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) would have…
Fossil-fuel doublespeak
by Lili Fuhr, Hannah McKinnon Berlin – Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in…
Rain-flood leads to traffic chaos in capital Dhaka
Torrential rains triggered by the active monsoon inundated many parts of the capital for the…
Climate resilience to ensure basic survival: The Carribean
In 2004, when the Category 4 hurricane Ivan hit the tiny island nation of Grenada…
Dhaka residents suffer in humid heat as rain forecast
As people across the country continued to suffer due to scorching heat, the weather office…
Dhaka dwellers experience the hottest day of the year
Dhaka, 19 July – Dhaka dwellers spent an extremely unpleasant day on Thursday as the…
১১৩ বছর আগে স্বর্ণ নিয়ে ডোবা যুদ্ধ জাহাজের সন্ধান
রুশ যুদ্ধ জাহাজ দিমিত্রি ডনস্কই ১৯০৫ সালে স্বর্ণসহ বহুমূল্য সম্পদ নিয়ে ডুবে গিয়েছিল বলে গুজব…
5 villages flooded in Bhola
Bhola – At least seven hundred families of five villages in Tazumuddin and Char Fasson…
Cooling a warmer world to cost Earth in climate terms
In the next three decades, cooling a warmer world will bring soaring demand for equipment…
Huge iceberg near Greenland village sparks flooding fears
A massive iceberg drifting near the coast of Greenland has triggered fears of flooding if…
Killing rats could save coral reefs
The much-maligned rat is not a creature many would associate with coral reefs. But scientists…
Death toll from Japan disaster reaches 176, thousands face water shortage
TOKYO,(BSS/XINHUA) – The death toll in the wake of torrential rains battering western Japan and…
Climate Fund fails to reach agreement on replenishment process
Songdo, 9 July (Indrajit Bose and Meena Raman) — Attempts to arrive at consensus on…
Agriculture policy to raise productivity approved in Cabinet
The government has given approval to the National Agricultural Policy-2018 (Jatiya Krishi Niti-2018) with an…
BWP Emergency General Meeting nods NGO Bureau registration
Dhaka, July 7 – An emergency General meeting of the Bangladesh Water Partnership on Saturday…
Toothpaste, handwash causing antibiotic resistance
A common ingredient in toothpaste and handwash could be contributing to antibiotic resistance, according to…
Protection of climate displaced people urged
Dhaka, Jun 30 – Speakers at an event in Geneva on Friday have pleaded for…
‘Local temperature rise linked to antibiotic resistance’
A multi-disciplinary team of epidemiologists from Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital and the University…
Heavy monsoon downpour floods BD capital Dhaka roads
Incessant rainfall, triggered by active monsoon, swamped many parts of the capital on Monday, causing…
Rediscovering the promise of nuclear power
by Wade Allison Oxford – At the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris,…
River erosion takes serious turn in Faridpur
Dhaka- The devastating erosion by the mighty River Padma has taken a serious turn in…