Biodiversity

Five banned fishing nets seized and burned in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar

A fisheries office raid in Shyamnagar highlights ongoing efforts to curb banned nets that threaten indigenous fish breeding grounds and aquatic biodiversity. Authorities in Bangladesh’s...

High Court halts road construction in Cox’s Bazar beach area for 8 weeks

Environmental lawyers say the project damaged coastal ecosystems, leading to legal action that has temporarily halted construction and raised concerns over beach protection. The High...
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Vanishing green: Chattogram bears 94% of Bangladesh’s tree-cover loss

Satellite data show Chattogram lost about 260,000 hectares of tree cover from 2001 to 2025 as farming, infrastructure, industry...

Biodiversity key to indigenous rights, Bangladesh representative says

Speaking at an Indigenous peoples’ conference in Malaysia, Parvez urged policymakers to treat local communities as partners in biodiversity...

Rajshahi groups seek action to halt illegal lead recycling in city

The memorandum cites child lead exposure risks, alleged nighttime battery burning in Paba and calls for mobile courts, monitoring...

Rajshahi launches programme to plant 1,000 palm tree saplings

Palm saplings will be distributed across educational institutions and key public sites in Rajshahi under a nationwide initiative targeting...

Women shoulder family burden as Sundarbans bans leave men jobless

Seasonal restrictions on forest and marine resources in Bangladesh’s southwest leave families facing unemployment, debt pressure and unequal wages,...

Qatar and Thailand deepen ties through mangrove restoration project

Thailand and Qatar are deepening environmental cooperation after expert exchanges laid the groundwork for a restoration project focused on...