WE RECENTLY travelled to villages in Satkhira and Patuakhali and stayed there for a few days during a heatwave. The electricity frequently went out, leaving us without fans or air conditioning. The stillness of the air made it unbearable, and almost everyone became tired and sick. Women, who cook and...
A heatwave set in over 16 districts on Saturday, while heavy rain induced flash flood raged through the north-eastern districts of Sylhet and...
An Indian court has urged the government to declare a national emergency over the country鈥檚 ongoing heatwave, saying that hundreds of people had died during...
Mexico has registered 61 deaths in a series of heat waves since March, the health ministry said on Thursday in an updated toll....
Rajshahi University-based theatre troupe Anushilon Natyadal premiered its 66th production titled Operation Katukutu depicting social anomalies on...
Theatre troupe Theatre Factory staged the 37th show of its production titled 鈥楢sharashya Pratham Dibase鈥� at the Experimental Theatre Hall of the...
The world experienced an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred without climate change, a report said on Tuesday....
Finland has been experiencing unusually warm weather this May, prompting the Meteorological Institute to issue a heat warning on Monday.
The Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy inaugurated a four-day classical music and dance festival at its National Theatre Hall on Sunday...
Repertory theatre troupe Agontuk staged two shows of its third production titled 鈥楨k Guchchha Galpa鈥� at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samity on Bailey Road...
Mexico has registered 48 deaths in a series of heat waves since March, the government said on Friday, as scientists warned that new temperature records could be coming.....
Theatre troupe Srijon Nat premiered its production titled 鈥楢fsoser Shahar鈥� at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samity on Thursday.
Half of Pakistan鈥檚 pupils will be shut out of schools for a week as the nation takes crisis measures to lessen the effect of a series of heatwaves, officials...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Wednesday confirmed the formation of a low pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal and warned that the low might intensify into a cyclonic storm by tomorrow...
Theatre troupe Nagorik Natyangan Ensemble staged its production titled 鈥楨urydice鈥� at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday...
Over 1,000 camps have been set up across Pakistan鈥檚 southern province of Sindh in anticipation of a severe heatwave, disaster management officials said on Tuesday...
A fresh heatwave started on Tuesday with the forecasts of it continuing until the end of the week...
Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius with Delhi gripped by a 鈥榮evere heatwave鈥�...
The heatwave that began on May 13 ended on Sunday as day air temperatures dropped below 36C almost all over Bangladesh amid continued rain, accompanied by lightning and hailstorms...
Bangladesh faces immense challenges in keeping up its rice production amid frequent heatwaves and droughts in the absence of heat-tolerant rice varieties and...
The students of theatre and performance studies department of Dhaka University staged two shows of the play titled 鈥極phelia Machine鈥� at Natmandal of the...
Mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over eight divisions across the country, said met office forecast for the next 24 hours begins from 9:00am on Friday.....
At least three people died with heat stroke symptoms as the ongoing mild to moderate heatwave continued for the second day on Thursday, amid forecasts of...
Theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad lifted the curtain on a four-day theatre festival to pay tribute to its late president Syed Badruddin Hossain at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on...
The heatwave in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries became 45 times more likely due to climate change, says a new report...
A mild to moderate heatwave continued to scorch five divisions, including Dhaka, until Wednesday afternoon amid a heat alert issued by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department for 48 hours...
A mild heat wave is sweeping different parts of the country including Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions, said a Met office bulletin on Wednesday...
The mild heatwave that started on Monday spread to most parts of Bangladesh by Tuesday afternoon, expanding to four entire divisions and...
Mild heat wave is sweeping over the central, northern, northeastern and southeastern parts of Bangladesh and it may continue, a met release said on Tuesday....