Dhaka Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026
- No Plan to Provide New Gas Connections to Household Sector
- All Quick Rental Power Plants Retired: Power Minister
- Fuel Oil Sales: BPC Incurring Daily Loss of Tk 780 Million
- It Will Take Time to Break Free from the Cycle of Corruption in the Power Sector: Information Minister
- Electricity Prices Increased for All Consumers
- Approval Given to Purchase Three LNG Cargoes
- Diesel, Kerosene Prices Cut By 50p For November
- AI Boom To Fuel Natural Gas Demand In Coming Years, Report Says
- Bangladesh signs €477m deals with EU and EIB for renewable energy and more
- The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits
Environment
A heatwave is currently sweeping over Bangladesh, bringing life-threatening temperatures that have left many wondering why conditions resemble those of the Arabian desert. The extreme heat has significantly disrupted daily life, prompting the Bangladesh Meteorological Department to issue heat warnings as residents eagerly await relief from rain. The oppressive temperatures have led many to stay indoors, resulting in deserted roads even on weekdays. This change in behaviour has also impacted... »
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said Bangladesh needs US$ 534 billion to address climate change impact by 2050 and that is why international financial support is a must for implementing climate plans. “Bangladesh is committed to working collaboratively with international partners to build climate resilience,” he said while addressing a technical session of the National Adaptation Plan Expo 2024 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre here.... »
Severe heat wave is sweeping Khulna division and Rajshahi, Pabna and Tangail districts, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The heat wave condition will remain unchanged for the five days commencing 9 am on Saturday, it predicted. Country’s highest temperature was recoded in Chuadanga at 41 degree Celsius on Friday. The district also experienced the season’s highest temperature in the previous three days. A mild to moderate heat wave is... »
Some 19% of food produced around the world ended up as waste in 2022, equivalent to around 1.05 billion metric tonnes of food, according to a new study by the United Nations, report agencies. In the Food Waste Index Report published on Wednesday, the UN said households and businesses binned more than one trillion dollars’ worth of food at a time when more than 780 million people were going hungry.... »
Over 272,000 premature deaths occur in Bangladesh per year due to air pollution, unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene, and lead exposure, says a new report of the World Bank. The report titled ‘Building Back a Greener Bangladesh: Country Environmental Analysis 2023’ was revealed at a city hotel here in presence of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury. The Bangladesh Country Environmental Analysis finds air pollution, unsafe... » 
Announcing a joint statement on Saturday at the National Press Club, Dhaka, Prof Jasim Uddin Ahmed, President of the International Farakka Committee, Bangladesh said that the 54 common rivers shared among the countries could be sustainably developed only on the basis of a basinwide agreement. The press briefing was also addressed by Mostafa Kamal Majumder, convener, IFC, Sirajuddin Sathi, writer and researcher, Tamijuddin Ahmed, Dr. Nazma Ahmad, vice president of... »
The Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury said the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the United State will be stronger in the coming days based on the environment and climate actions. These are priority areas for the United States, so the United States wants to cooperate with us in programs to combat climate change. Environment Minister said this to media after Afreen Akhter, the Deputy Assistant... »
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today stressed the need for identifying the deforestation rate in Bangladesh, urging authorities concerned to ensure optimum utilisation of allocations in forest conservation. “There is no proper and up-to-date statistics on deforestation ratio but this is happening in Bangladesh. So, we have to know the deforestation rate,” he told the inauguration of the Second National Forest Inventory of Bangladesh at Hotel... »
Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Environment and Climate Change and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said Bangladesh will take steps to get quickly an effective loss and damage fund operationalized in COP-28. “For this, the capacity building activities of the concerned officials of Bangladesh will be undertaken soon,” he told a workshop on ’28th UN Climate Conference... » 
This year is “virtually certain” to be the warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after data showed last month was the world’s hottest October in that period. Last month smashed through the previous October temperature record, from 2019, by a massive margin, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. “The record was broken by 0.4°C, which is a huge margin,” said C3S Deputy Director Samantha... »