Asia Bangladesh Fire mitigation plan guidelines are being drawn for the Sundarbans, given the increasing risk of fires in the world's largest mangrove forest
Asia Bangladesh Bangladeshi social media influencers are urging millions of followers to plant trees as part of a campaign to combat climate change, as the nation reels from its worst heatwave in decades
Asia Bangladesh The average rainfall in Bangladesh was one millimetre in April, the lowest in the country in 43 years, since 1981; the average rainfall in April is 134 mm
Asia Bangladesh The government's Green Factory Award will recognize the compliance of 29 companies in 12 industries with occupational safety standards; main sectors are weaving, knitting, leather, tea, cement and textile industries
Asia Bangladesh DEC Bangladesh, an award-winning youth organisation focusing on skills, career and social leadership development, launched a campaign in Chattogram entitled 'Keep the environment clean and livable'
Asia Bangladesh The country will not provide electricity and gas to new factories to be built outside designated economic zones and industrial enclaves; central bank required banks to secure mandatory certificates of approval from utility providers before lending
Asia Bangladesh Kicked out of other prayer services, members of Bangladesh's transgender hijra community have been welcomed into a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation with the promise of discrimination-free worship
Asia Bangladesh 50.000 tons of onions from India will enter the Bangladeshi market within a short time, Trade Minister Ahsanul Islam Titu said
Asia Bangladesh Bangladesh is committed to further collaborate with the Nordic countries for a greener and more resilient future, according to the Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Asia Bangladesh Fossil fuel used in the city of Dhaka and generally in Bangladesh has sulphur levels almost 10 times higher than international standards and is the main cause of the country's air pollution
Asia Bangladesh Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat accepted the journalists' call for social media to be subject to an accountability policy and said he would take action on the matter after talking to all stakeholders
Asia Bangladesh Coca-Cola has appointed Ju-un Nahar Choudhury as the new managing director of Coca-Cola Bangladesh Ltd, becoming the first Bangladeshi and the first woman to hold this position
Asia Bangladesh Only 47.773 citizens registered for the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, out of a quota of 127.000, marking the lowest turnout of registrations ever; despite government efforts to reduce the price of packages, most people cannot afford the trip