Environment
What to do, and what not to do, after a snakebite
Snakes come closer to people in the monsoon, and the Health Education Bureau lists nine rules for what to do, and avoid, after a bite.
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Bangladesh
Environment
How to protect yourself from snakebites
With snakebites and deaths rising in June and July, the Health Education Bureau offers six simple steps to avoid being bitten.
Environment
Regional cooperation needed to curb pollution: environment minister
Environment Minister Saber Hossain has called for greater regional cooperation, coordination and connectivity to control pollution in South Asia.
Crops
Government working to increase mango exports: agriculture minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid said during a visit to mango orchards in Chapainawabganj's Nachole that the government is working to increase mango exports.
Fruits
Prime minister sends mangoes, hilsa and sweets to Tripura chief minister
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sent 500 kg of gifts, including Haribhanga mangoes, hilsa and sweets, to Tripura chief minister Dr Manik Saha through Akhaura land port.
Environment
Russell's vipers increase as snake-eating animals face extinction
Experts say the decline of snake-eating animals has let Russell's vipers spread to 32 districts, while panic has led people to kill mostly harmless snakes.
Crops
Three friends succeed with a mixed fruit orchard in Mirsarai
Three friends in Chattogram's Mirsarai have built a mixed fruit orchard on fallow land and expect to sell about Tk 12 lakh of guavas this year.
Environment
Snake killed inside a house in Mirsarai after being mistaken for Russell's viper
A snake killed inside a house in Mirsarai, Chattogram, in the belief that it was a Russell's viper appears to have been a different snake.
Environment
Snake bites tourist's leg at Jaflong's Mayabi waterfall
A tourist visiting Jaflong in Sylhet was bitten on the leg by a snake at Mayabi waterfall; the snake was not venomous and he is out of danger.
Crops
Russell's viper fear on Padma chars leaves farmers without labourers to harvest
Russell's vipers have killed at least six people in six months in Faridpur, and fear of the snakes has left char farmers unable to find labourers for the groundnut harvest.
Fisheries
Russell's Viper Caught in Fisherman's Net
A venomous Russell's viper was caught in a fisherman's China duari net on a newly formed Padma char in Harirampur, Manikganj.
Environment
Child Dies of Snakebite in Magura
A two-year-old girl died of a suspected snakebite in Ramnagar village of Magura Sadar upazila after falling ill while going to sleep.
Environment
Russell's Viper Now Seen in Chuadanga
A snake said to be a Russell's viper was found and killed in a field in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, leaving farmers afraid to go to their fields.