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Mobile courts in Chandpur sent 209 fishermen to jail for catching jatka in the Padma-Meghna sanctuary in defiance of the government ban and collected Tk 4,69,900 in fines.
Bangladesh Medical University's vice-chancellor pledged to lift the institution to international standard as it marked its 29th University Day with a rally and fruit-tree planting.
A 35-year-old shopkeeper in Sadarpur, Faridpur, was bitten by a cobra and went to hospital carrying the live snake, causing a stir in the area.
Frequent rain has been submerging ripe paddy in Habiganj's haors, with 600 hectares going under in a single day, though the sun came out on Thursday.
The sun appeared in Sunamganj after about four days, letting farmers dry their paddy, but the Water Development Board says the risk of flooding remains.
Continuous rain and hill runoff are raising water levels in Netrokona's haors, submerging ripe paddy and threatening cut crops that cannot be dried.
Watermelon growers in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram have lost about Tk 1 crore to virus attacks, poor yields, falling prices and heavy rain.
Several days of heavy rain have submerged Boro paddy in most of Sunamganj's haors, leaving farmers who depend on this single crop in despair.
Sudden rain has flooded paddy fields in Bagerhat's Kachua upazila just as harvesting began, while labourers cost the price of two maunds of paddy a day and are still hard to find.
Bangladesh called for Japanese investment in dried-food processing of mango and jackfruit at a bilateral meeting on strengthening cooperation in agriculture.
Heavy rain and runoff from upstream have caused flash floods across Moulvibazar, marooning thousands of families, and the district administration has readied 115 shelters.
The malai tea and burnt bread that draw crowds to the streets of Kushtia town can easily be made at home.
Heavy rain could bring floods to five districts in the north-east, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said, with several rivers already above the pre-monsoon danger level.
