1+ week, 1+ day ago   (706+ words) Saturday | September 05, 2026 | Dhaka Bangladesh must rapidly reshape its agriculture sector, which generates nearly 38 per cent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions, or risk compounding the vulnerability of one of the world’s most climate-exposed nations, according to a World Bank-backed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1197+ words) Thursday | September 03, 2026 | Dhaka Bangladesh is once again looking to the sun for a way out of an electricity crisis. As load shedding has become a daily reality and the gap between electricity demand and supply has widened sharply, solar power…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (354+ words) Sunday | August 30, 2026 | Dhaka Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Tufts University of the United States have concluded a three-day workshop aimed at advancing engineering diplomacy and strengthening institutional partnerships. The Dhaka Engineering Diplomacy Workshop 2026 was jointly organised by…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1002+ words) Wednesday | August 26, 2026 | Dhaka Climate change in Bangladesh is usually discussed through economic losses: damaged homes, destroyed crops, lost roads and the cost of rebuilding after cyclones and floods. But some of its most profound consequences cannot be measured in taka....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (694+ words) Monday | August 24, 2026 | Dhaka Outer space is rapidly emerging as the newest arena of strategic competition. As major powers grow more dependent on space-based infrastructure, protecting these assets and the potential to disrupt them have become central strategic concerns. The militarization…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (480+ words) Friday | August 21, 2026 | Dhaka The government has introduced new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Guidelines on Plastic Waste Management, 2026, making manufacturers, importers and brand owners responsible for collecting and recycling plastic waste generated by their products. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (791+ words) Friday | August 21, 2026 | Dhaka The environment and biodiversity in Mirzapur of Tangail are facing a serious threat as household and industrial waste is being dumped indiscriminately beside roads, rivers, canals, water bodies and ditches in the municipality and Gorai industrial area....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (365+ words) Friday | August 21, 2026 | Dhaka Bangladesh needs to proceed cautiously with artificial intelligence adoption, particularly by protecting data privacy and ensuring consent, Adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office Md Ismail Zabiullah has said. He also stressed the need to finalise the country’s…...