Crops
Wild Boar Raid Crop Fields at Night in Moulvibazar
Wild boar from Lawachara National Park in Kamalganj are coming down to farmland in search of food and destroying paddy and winter vegetables, forcing farmers to keep watch all night.
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Bangladesh
Environment
Antivenom Stocks Fall Short of Demand in Moulvibazar
Snakebite patients in Moulvibazar lack enough antivenom, and even where it is stocked, a shortage of doctors often prevents its use.
Crops
Aman Harvest Festival Under Way in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are busy harvesting aman paddy after cultivation rose by 1,900 hectares from last year's flood-hit level.
Crops
20kg of Oranges a Tree in Three Brothers' Mixed Orchard
A mixed fruit orchard run by Sarowar Hossain Babu and his two brothers in Rajbari has produced a bumper orange crop, with each tree bearing more than 20 kg on average.
Livestock
Boy Tied to Goalpost and Pelted With Eggs for Birthday
Classmates at a school in Muradnagar, Cumilla, tied a teenager to a goalpost and pelted him with eggs to celebrate his birthday, and a video of the incident has gone viral.
Vegetables
10 Winter Fruits and Vegetables You Should Eat
Winter brings a higher risk of infection, and ten seasonal fruits and vegetables can help keep the immune system strong.
Crops
Faridpur Farmers Find Success Growing Jute Seed
Farmers in Faridpur have found success growing jute seed and expect it to earn more per decimal of land than it cost them.
Cooking
Nature's Call to Friendship: The Bond Between People and Animals
A columnist weighs heart-warming stories of friendship between people and animals against a long list of cruelty to wildlife and pets in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh
One Held With Three Tokay Geckos in Chuadanga
RAB has detained a man named Abdul Aziz with three tokay geckos at Sarishadanga in Chuadanga.
Crops
Tk 50,000 Fine for Cutting Topsoil From Farmland
A mobile court has fined a man named Ripon Tk 50,000 for cutting topsoil from farmland beside the Muhuri riverbank at Kalibazar in Parshuram, Feni.
Fisheries
Payra River Hilsa Sells for Tk 9,500
A hilsa weighing 2 kg 400 g caught in the Payra river in Barguna has sold for Tk 9,500.
Fisheries
Two Trawlers Land 200 Maunds of Hilsa in Barguna
Two trawlers caught 200 maunds of hilsa in a single haul in the Bay of Bengal, and the fish sold at auction in Pathorghata, Barguna, for Tk 53.5 lakh.
CropsMagura's date palm sap collectors prepare trees as costs rise
In November 2025 sap collectors in Magura began trimming and scraping date palms for the winter season. The district had about 1.05 lakh date palms, the Department of Agricultural Extension said, but rising costs left the gachhis fearing thin profits.