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HealthBangladesh's only venom research centre reported its Russell's viper antibodies to the government two years ago, but state funding stopped after 30 June 2024, stalling work on a home-made antivenom, BBC Bangla reports.
GalleryA female desert elephant in Namibia that lost her own calf has been seen four times carrying other elephants' dead calves; Federico Veronesi's picture of the scene won the main prize of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026.
HealthDietary consultant Dr Arun Kumar told BBC Bangla that a yolk carries about 200 mg of cholesterol but most blood cholesterol is made by the liver; claims that chickens are given hormones are wrong, but eggs should not be eaten raw.
CropsThe cheap rice of Mughal governor Shaista Khan's Bengal is famous; in a BBC Bangla analysis historians say prices were indeed low, but an export ban, weak purchasing power and farmers' hardship lay behind them.
In Gottman Institute research, 69 per cent of couples were still arguing about the same issues four years later; what matters is how partners treat each other, and about 70 per cent of couples in therapy see positive results.
HealthResearch suggests micropractices such as laughter yoga, 15-30 second stretch breaks, three slow deep breaths and a 20-second self-soothing touch can improve mood, wellbeing and work performance.
A ten-year-old spotted cat living in a Bolivian rescue centre has been confirmed by DNA analysis as an entirely new species, and the study suggests there are five tiger cat species rather than three.
An adult giant panda must eat between 12 and 38 kilograms of bamboo a day, and the loss of a bamboo forest puts the species directly at risk.
Professor Farid Ahsan of Chittagong University says 80 percent of the snakes found in Bangladesh are not venomous.
A new report estimates that Himalayan water underpins about 20 percent of India's GDP and sustains its wheat, rice and tea economies.
Nineteen firms brought in about 70 million taka worth of hilsa through Benapole in July and August, most of it caught off Gujarat.
The 7,085-hectare park was divided into 11 zones and surveyed with camera traps and line transects, turning up clouded leopard, hoolock gibbon and Asian elephant.
Agricultural scientists say that if nano fertiliser is used effectively, Bangladesh could cut its fertiliser imports by up to 30 percent by 2030.
