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Kaptai Lake, an important water body in Rangamati, has become narrow due to encroachment. Different establishments have been constructed occupying the lake area. The picture was taken from the police super office area of the town on Friday.

Kaptai Lake encroachment puts biodiversity at stake

Unscrupulous and influential people including politicians, law enforcers and public representatives have grabbed Kaptai Lake, putting its biodiversity at risk

Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on 23 September 2021.

UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement

It will now be up to the UN General Assembly to resume the fifth session at a date still to be determined

Sundarbans

Environmental pollution adversely affects biodiversity in the Sundarbans.

The Sundarbans, a sanctuary for animals, is more affected by climate change than by human pollution. As the altitude is lower than the sea level, whenever the sea level rises, it directly affects the ...

The joint press conference in protest of allocating lands of reserved forest to the BFF

Do not lease out the reserved forests

Eminent citizens of the country see the allotment of lands for the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a violation of the constitution and law

Giant African land snail is seen in this handout picture taken in New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, US, on 29 June, 2022.

Giant African land snails invade Florida

It is the third time that the destructive giant African land snail has been found in Florida

Plants are seen in a burned forest at the Nembi Guasu conservation area in the Charagua, Bolivia on 24 September 2019.

Mass biodiversity loss would slash global credit ratings: Report

Major global biodiversity loss could cause enough economic damage by the end of the decade to severely cut more than half of the world's sovereign credit ratings - including China's, the first major ...

Bees play a vital role in pollination.

International Day for Biological Diversity Insects and small fish play vital role in biodiversity

Bees play the key role in pollinating 70 per cent of the plants in the world, including in Bangladesh

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UN holds biodiversity talks on deal to stave off mass extinction

Global efforts to cut plastic and agricultural pollution, protect a third of wild spaces, and ultimately live "in harmony with nature" will dominate UN biodiversity negotiations starting Monday, held ...

Black Rhino

South Africa announces hunt permits for rhino, leopards

The South African government on Friday granted annual hunting and export permits for dozens of big game, including 10 critically endangered black rhino and a similar number of leopards

The green mangrove forest of Sundarbans. Sundarbans' Kalibagi area in Khulna. March 2018

‘Sundarbans is being killed gradually’

Professor Anu Muhammad alleged two cliques led by the government are working to destroy the Sundarbans

Sundarbans

Sundarbans Day Biodiversity under threat as salinity increases

'Sundarbans Day' is being observed today with an appeal to save the largest mangrove forest in the world

US actor Leonardo DiCaprio

DiCaprio lauds Bangladesh for establishing MPA around Saint Martin’s Island

Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has congratulated the Bangladesh government and other stakeholders for establishing a Marine Protected Area (MPA) around Saint Martin's Island, reports ...

Asiatic cheetah

Iran says only 12 Asiatic cheetahs left in the country

Iran is now home to only a dozen Asiatic cheetahs, the deputy environment minister said Sunday, describing the situation for the endangered species as "extremely critical".

Md Manjurul Kibria

Interview Biodiversity at stake in Halda river

Halda river is one of the most prominent fish breeding grounds in the country. However, the restrictions given by the fisheries and livestock ministry are being overlooked

Fragments of ice float on the water of Fouque fjord at the Beagle Channel in Chile, on 30 November, 2021

Chilean scientists study climate change at 'end of the world'

Chilean scientists studying organisms in one of the most remote places on Earth are urging regional leaders to step up efforts to tackle climate change

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