environment

Dr Atiq Rahman. Sketch: TBS
Panorama

‘In climate talks, it is like a family – everyone has different needs’: Dr Atiq Rahman

In an interview with The Business Standard, Dr Atiq Rahman, a prominent environmental scientist, highlights Bangladesh's push for fair climate finance and solutions for vulnerable areas at the...

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

File photo shows Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni submerged in flash floods caused by heavy rainfall and rush of water from upstream. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Environment

$1 trillion needed in climate cash for developing nations, experts say at COP29

Photo: UNB
Environment

COP29: Big and small nations get chance to bear witness to climate change

The adviser at a meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat with a World Bank delegation on 3 Nov. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Rizwana stresses World Bank partnership in advancing Bangladesh's environmental goals

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Environment

Polythene bag ban takes effect today: What it means for users

Participants in clean-up campaign at Taltola Market, Agargaon on 17 October. Photo: Courtesy
Events

Clean-up campaign held to tackle single-use plastic waste

A view of Dhaka city. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Thoughts

Are we thinking of energy retrofitting to make buildings in Bangladesh more efficient?

Gaibandha once again flooded last week where people could not even recover from the July floods when this photo was taken. Photo: Collected
Panorama

Are we neglecting the flood victims in the north? 

Roundtable discussion titled “Plastic Waste Management Challenges and Solutions in South Asian Countries” on 30 September. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Rizwana calls for collective efforts to control transboundary plastic pollution

The trees were planted on 14.63 hectares along riverbanks and roadsides. Photo: Facebook
Environment

GBF's Project Oxygen 4.0 plants 50,000 trees in Khulna

Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Under pressure: Can Bangladesh swim past plastic?

Illustration: TBS
Supplement

Green architecture: Helping buildings breathe without aid