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During the drive, some 323 kg of plastic waste was collected from a 6-kilometre long beach in Kuakata. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

323kg plastic waste collected in drive at Kuakata beach 

A view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
Climate Change

Wealthy countries back raising COP29 climate deal to $300 billion: sources

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hossain at COP29 in Baku. Photo: BSS
Environment

COP29 text on climate finance disappointing: Rizwana

A child sits on a pile of plastic bottles while blowing bubbles. Photo: Nayem Ali
Environment

'Moment of truth' for world-first plastic pollution treaty

A view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
Environment

Disappointment as COP29 fails to finalise climate finance targets

File photo shows a road in Rajshahi/BSS
Environment

RCC adopts massive steps for making green city

Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29 UN Climate Summit on 20 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: AP/UNB
Environment

Time ticks down for negotiators at COP29 to find deal to curb warming

Fatma Varank, Turkish Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, and Azerbaijan?s Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Umayra Taghiyeva visit the Turkish pavilion during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Climate Change

COP29 climate talks: What is needed for a deal by Friday's deadline?

The COP29 summit is ongoing in Baku. Photo: Collected
Environment

COP29: Bangladesh 'does not want' climate loans, demands fair financing

The watery areas and forests on the banks of re-mined reservoirs are now enchanted with the chirping of the guest birds and rare species creating spectacular scenes to attract everyone. Photo: BSS
Environment

Re-excavation of extinct reservoirs improving environment, biodiversity in northern region

Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and other leaders of the G20 pose for a photo of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty at the G20 summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture date: Monday November 18, 2024. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
Climate Change

G20 leaders turn focus to climate change on Rio summit's last day

A cloud of smoke and ash is seen covering Quito, as the city has five active fires in its surroundings, Ecuador September 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
Climate Change

Ecuador declares national emergency as wildfires, drought intensify

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud arrives at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria December 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Climate Change

Saudi Arabia is a ‘wrecking ball’ in global climate talks