Crops
Why Are Vegetable Prices So High in Peak Season, Asks Agriculture Minister
The agriculture minister questioned high vegetable prices in peak season and linked rising food prices to global inflation and freight costs.
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Environment
Two Monkeys Rescued From a Cage at a Park in Savar
Wildlife officials rescued two caged rhesus monkeys from a park in Savar but took no legal action because the owners did not know the law.
Livestock
Mobile Veterinary Clinics to Reach Farmers' Doorsteps Free of Charge
The Department of Livestock Services is rolling out mobile veterinary clinics that will give farmers in 360 upazilas free emergency treatment for their animals.
Environment
Permission Needed Even to Cut Trees at Home Under Draft Law
Under a draft law approved by the cabinet, people will need government permission even to cut large trees they have planted on their own land.
Crops
Tahirpur Villagers Fight to Survive Wild Elephants, Want a Lasting Fix
Border villagers in Tahirpur, Sunamganj, keep torches ready against raiding wild elephants and are demanding a permanent solution from the government.
Environment
'Checking Whether Anyone Instigated Animal Deaths at Safari Park'
The environment minister said investigators are checking whether anyone instigated the animal deaths at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur.
Environment
Five Wild Elephants Cross the Border Into Bangladesh
Five wild elephants crossed the Indian border and the Jadukata river into the Baragop Tila area of Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj.
Environment
Rangpur Zoo's Only Tigress Dies
Shaon, the only tigress at Rangpur zoo, died of old age on Friday night, leaving the zoo with no tiger.
Environment
National Zoo Earns Tk 1.34 Crore Selling Deer and Peacocks in 13 Months
After animals bred heavily during the Covid closure, the National Zoo sold deer and peacocks worth Tk 1.34 crore in 13 months and now plans exchanges instead.
Crops
Loss of Wetlands Will Put Biodiversity Under Threat, Says Expert
A wetland expert warned on World Wetlands Day that fish, crops and all biodiversity will be threatened unless Bangladesh's shrinking wetlands are protected.
Environment
Now a Lioness Dies at Bangabandhu Safari Park
An ailing lioness died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, following the deaths of 11 zebras and a tiger there in January.
Environment
Red Kangaroos Among Five New Species Coming to the National Zoo
The National Zoo has started the tender process to bring in five new species, including red kangaroos and African lions, within about three months.
Crops
Egrets, the Farmer's Friend, Are Disappearing
White egrets and other farmer-friendly birds are vanishing from Jhenaidah's fields because of pesticides, hunting, tree felling and climate change.