Natural resources

Natural resources

Nature quest / Sapphire with wings

A male purple sunbird was recently seen flower-hopping in the Baroiyadhala National Park in Chattogram's Sitakunda

1d ago

Gas crisis in N'ganj forces residents to adopt alternatives for cooking

Residents in Narayanganj are grappling with increased hardships due to acute shortage in gas supply

2d ago

Economy to take a beating for acute gas crisis

With industries suffering from the gas crisis, it might cause the consumers higher price concerns

3d ago

HC issues injunction on Millennium City's earth-filling at Totail Beel

The High Court today issued an order of injunction restraining Millennium City, a housing company, from earth-filling in Totail Beel, a waterbody in Dhaka's Keraniganj

5d ago

Gas supply to improve in Dhaka, adjacent areas in a day or two

Says State Minister Nasrul Hamid

6d ago

Madhupur Sal Forest: Of deforestation and vanishing wildlife

The Madhupur Sal Forest in Tangail, once teeming with diverse wildlife such as peacocks, wild buffalo, and deer, is now facing a devastating impact from deforestation, food shortages, and poaching.

6d ago

Power outage in parts of Bangladesh due to short supply of LNG

Due to the reduced supply of liquefied natural gas from Moheshkhali terminal, power generation reduced as well leading to countrywide load-shedding in many places today

1w ago

LNG supply resumes in Ctg

Most domestic consumers yet to get gas due to low pressure in the pipeline; authorities say problem will be fixed soon

1w ago

23rd Bird Fair at JU: A daylong celebration of wildlife conservation

Jahangirnagar University (JU) hosted its 23rd annual Bird Fair today, attracting a large crowd and stoking passion for wildlife conservation in Bangladesh

1w ago

No gas supply in Ctg due to 'glitch' in floating LNG terminal

Gas supply has been shut in Chattogram since morning due to technical glitches in the Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) of liquefied natural gas at Maheshkhali, said Petrobangla in a press release

1w ago

Energy crisis, inflation major challenges for business: CPD survey

The CPD in partnership with WEF concluded the survey on 71 executives

1w ago

Uninterrupted gas supply at least two years away

People of Bangladesh, who are experiencing the lowest gas supply since April 2020, will have to wait at least two more years to get uninterrupted supply

1w ago

Urea production at JFCL stops

Urea production at Jamuna Fertilizer Company Limited (JFCL) in Tarakandi under Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur stopped this evening due to low pressure of natural gas supplied from national grid

1w ago

Nasrul now state minister for power, energy, and mineral resources

Earlier, Nasrul Hamid was given the charge of state minister for only the power division

1w ago

Global crisis may increase challenges to energy supply: Nasrul

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the challenges of power and energy supply would increase in sync with the global context

1w ago

Gas crisis leaves households, industry on edge

The gas supply now is the lowest since April 2020, shows data from Petrobangla -- in a development that informs the acute crisis plaguing the industrial sector as well as households.

2w ago

World added 50% more renewable energy capacity last year over 2022: IEA

The world added 50 percent more renewable energy capacity in 2023 over last year, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, predicting booming growth in the next five years

2w ago

Kumar river under threat

A portion of the Kumar river is being filled up with sand for construction of a permanent bus stand in Magura’s Sreepur upazila.

2w ago
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