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A man takes a photograph of a snow-covered neighbourhood as he cleans up the rooftop of a building after a heavy snowfall in Seoul, South Korea, November 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korea battles second day of heavy snow; four dead

The winter snowfall was the third-heaviest in Seoul, the capital, since records began in 1907, the Yonhap news agency said, citing data from the city

Attendees at a press conference on recently concluded COP29 in Dhaka on 27 November. Photo: Courtesy
Climate Change

$300b NCQG target falls short of needs: Climate experts

Environment

Refill machine saves 30% cost, reduces plastic use: Unilever Bangladesh 

Photo: UNB
Environment

Drives against Polythene: Tk19 lakh fined, 38,178kg polythene seized

Infograph: TBS
RMG

Inefficient chemical use in RMG costs billions, pollutes environment

Joint forces fend off attack by forest grabbers in Gazipur on 26 November. Photo: Collected
Environment

10 injured as forest grabbers attack local officials, joint forces in Gazipur during eviction raid

Rizwana after inspecting an embankment at Umedpur area of Mortian Haor under Tahirpur upazila in the district on 26 Nov. Photo: BSS
Environment

Master plan of Haors to be revised: Rizwana

A woman holds up a sign during a rally to demand stronger global commitments to fight plastic waste at the upcoming fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), in Busan, South Korea, November 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Daewoung Kim
Climate Change

Divisions on curbing plastic waste persist as UN treaty talks begin

People practice yoga in thick smog at a park in New Delhi, on Nov. 15. Photo: Manish Swarup/AP Photo via Bloomberg
South Asia

Mounting economic costs of India's killer smog

A view during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Climate Change

COP29 - How does $300 billion stack up?

COP29, Baku, November 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Climate Change

COP29 agrees deal to kick-start global carbon credit trading

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev speaks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Climate Change

Developing nations blast $300 billion COP29 climate deal as insufficient

Activists hold a silent protest against the draft agreement, during the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan on 22 November 2024. Photo: Reuters
Environment

COP29: Finance dispute stalls deal between developing and developed countries