Climate-change

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has returned home after attending the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Emirates flight EK 582 carrying the prime minister, his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and members of his delegation departed Dubai International Airport for Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:15 am Dubai time today, Sunday. The flight arrived in Dhaka at 8:30 am today, Sunday. The prime minister left New York on 25 September after delivering his first spee...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has warned that rising sea levels pose not merely an environmental disaster, but a multidimensional and existential threat to climate-vulnerable countries, including coastal and island nations. To address this crisis, he stressed the need for coordinated initiatives by the international community, equitable financing, enhancement of adaptation capabilities, and effective international cooperation for affected nations.The Prime Minister highlighted these issues today...

The death toll from the devastating floods along the Nepal Tibet border has surpassed 1,000. But the impact of the disaster is not expected to remain confined to Nepal. It is also a major warning for India. According to a BBC report published Thursday, heavy rainfall in Nepal’s mountains, flash floods, landslides or glacier related disasters can have impacts that cross the border and reach vast areas of India’s plains. Nepal has more than 6,000 rivers and streams. Most of them flow south...

The toxic impacts of climate change are not only disrupting environmental balance but also robbing people of restful sleep at night. A recent report by international research organization Climate Central says residents of Bangladesh’s major cities are now losing between 72 and 84 hours of normal sleep each year. Over the past five decades, this heat-related sleep loss has at least doubled. The study found that the port city of Chattogram tops the list of sleep loss. Residents there are lo...

After the 'Top Dying' disease, the Sundari tree, the principal species of the Sundarbans, is now facing a new threat. This new danger is a parasitic plant called 'Pargacha' (mistletoe). Previously, Pargacha was confined to the branches of trees. However, it is now spreading to the main trunks of the...

At least seven people have died and 33 others injured after multiple houses collapsed due to torrential rains and powerful winds in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials confirmed Sunday.The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported that the hardest-hit distri...