Farmer Dies After Snakebite Treated With Healer's Incantations
Abul Bashar Howlader, a farmer in Patuakhali's Galachipa, died after a snakebite when his family called a village healer before taking him to hospital.
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Abul Bashar Howlader, a farmer in Patuakhali's Galachipa, died after a snakebite when his family called a village healer before taking him to hospital.
Sonargaon farmer Abu Taher switched to papaya this year in hope of higher profit and is now enjoying the yield he hoped for.
Fishermen landed thousands of hilsa at Patuakhali's Alipur-Mohipur on the morning the 22-day ban ended, though much of the catch had rotted because ice plants were closed.
River police arrested 3,173 people and seized 1,221 vessels during the 22-day nationwide drive to protect breeding hilsa.
Bhola's fishermen say they are catching koral, pangas and poa but little hilsa since the ban ended, while the district fisheries officer says catches meet hopes.
After all its HSC candidates failed, a Raipura college ploughed its playing field to grow vegetables, then dropped the plan once the media reported it.
Chandpur's fishermen found little hilsa on the first day after the 22-day ban, but large river pangas filled the Boro Station landing and cheered them.
A 2.5 kg hilsa caught in the Bay of Bengal by a Bhola fisherman fetched Tk 9,200 at auction at Matirhat fish landing in Lakshmipur.
Jhalakathi's fishermen returned to the rivers at midnight on 25 October after the 22-day hilsa ban, many carrying debts taken on to survive the closure.
Before winter sets in, farmers in Nilphamari are rushing to plant early potatoes, hoping good early-season prices will make up for last year's losses.
Chandpur's fishermen went back to the rivers after the 22-day ban to protect mother hilsa, but caught little hilsa on the first day and prices stayed high.
A mobile court in Kawkhali, Pirojpur, jailed five fishermen for catching hilsa in the final hours of the ban.
The last giraffe at Gazipur Safari Park died under treatment on the evening of October 23, leaving the park without a single giraffe.