BANGLADESH is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world, despite its minimal contribution to the global greenhouse gas emissions. Bangladesh historically has faced several climate disasters, where the 1988 flood and the 2007 cyclone Sidr are some notable events. According to the latest 鈥楪lobal Climate Risk Index 2021鈥� by...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified teenager from a lake in Green Model Town of Mugda area in Dhaka Wednesday night...
French energy giant TotalEnergies said Monday it was halting new investment linked to Indian conglomerate Adani, after the indictment of its billionaire founder on US bribery charges, an announcement which saw Adani Green shares lose 7.9 per cent on the Indian stock market...
LAND acts as the primary source of food. More than eight billion people still draw 99.9 per cent of food from land. Out of agriculture, the first human intervention in the nature, emerged communities, which ultimately brought in pollution. Records show that civilisation has spoilt most of the land people lived on. Neolithic revolution caused changes in the...
Speakers at an international conference in Dhaka have emphasised that research plays a significant role in advancing a nation, and the stronger the research, the greater the progress a nation will make.
Green University of Bangladesh is set to hold a two-day international conference titled Innovation and Transformation for Development on its campus at Purbachal American City in Dhaka on Saturday.
US Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she鈥檚 riding a wave of support unlike anything she鈥檚 experienced in past campaigns 鈥� and is unfazed by warnings that her run could tip the...
Chevron Bangladesh and Green Savers, an environmental organisation, jointly inaugurated a tree planting programme in the vicinity of Chevron Bangladesh鈥檚 Bibiyana Gas Plant in Habiganj as part of the comprehensive tree planting initiative across the country to protect biodiversity...
The total number of LEED-certified green factories in Bangladesh has now reached 229, following the recent certification of three more apparel and textile factories by the US Green Building Council under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design programme...
AS THE world grapples with the intensifying effects of climate change, countries like Bangladesh stand at the forefront of both vulnerability and leadership in the global environmental struggle. Bangladesh, while contributing only 0.56 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is disproportionately affected by climate-induced disasters such as...
The Green Multimedia Limited鈥檚 satellite broadcasting services have been suspended due to repeated failure to pay broadcasting service dues and repeated breach of terms of notices sent for payment of arrears...
Bangladesh is now the home of 60 out of the top 100 highest rated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified factories around the world-a testament to the...
The prices of essential commodities, including vegetables and eggs, skyrocketed on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka on Sunday...
Like most Americans, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said she was shocked to learn of a would-be assassin鈥檚 attempt to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally...
BUILDING a sustainable future is not optional but, rather, a deliberate choice we have to make for a safe future. To reach these decarbonisation goals, telecom operators are trying to have a leadership position in sustainability and the use of renewable energy sources. The Green Telecom Network is now explored as a potential application of green solutions...
Google, despite its goal of achieving net-zero emissions, is pumping out more greenhouse gas than before as it powers data centres needed to support artificial intelligence, the company said...
The Green University of Bangladesh on Tuesday at its campus celebrated the achievement of permanent certificate provided by the Ministry of Education as part of the...
Climate finance experts at a press conference urged the government to mobilise more green finance to combat climatic events by imposing a carbon tax and...
The price of green chilli has surged in recent weeks while that of other essential commodities, including vegetables, has remained high on the...
Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Friday said that according to the election manifesto of the ruling Awami League, a 500-metre green belt would be built in coastal areas to protect the country from storm surges...
Bangladesh will need green growth to achieve its vision of upper middle-income country by 2031, which can be achieved through institutional strengthening, regulatory reforms, climate responsive public and private finance and enabling policy framework, says a new World Bank report launched on Thursday...
Ambassador and head of delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley on Monday said that the EU wanted to see more collaboration in the area of security and defence in Bangladesh beside their support in achieving the goal of green transition...
THE world鈥檚 first global carbon price is getting closer to becoming a reality...
Banks鈥� green financing dropped in the January-March period of 2024 compared with that in the October-December period of 2023 amid a severe liquidity crisis in the country鈥檚 banking sector...
The import of green chilli has been started through Hili port in the district after six months....
A two-day long 24th National Conference and Green Expo on 鈥楶olicy Frameworks for Enabling Renewable Energy Investment: A Global and Regional Perspective鈥� began on Wednesday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University...
The price of green chillies witnessed a sharp rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka in the past two weeks and the item sold for up to Tk聽220 a kilogram on Sunday...
The president of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng on Friday criticised the fresh tariffs on Chinese cars imposed by Washington as 鈥榰nfavourable鈥� for the United States鈥� energy transition...
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists president Omar Faruque and secretary general Dip Azad in a statement on Thursday expressed concern over the current instability in Green TV.....
THIS is disconcerting that the Green Climate Fund, set up by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2010 to help developing countries to respond to climate change, is not serving intended purposes because of...