Crops
Jamalpur's "Butterfly Park"
A college teacher has built a butterfly park on about five acres in Sarishabari, Jamalpur, home to several hundred butterflies of about 30 species.
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Bangladesh
Environment
Rare Turtle Caught in Floodwater in Faridpur
The forest department has rescued a rare yellow turtle that a young man caught in his fishing net in floodwater in Faridpur.
Environment
Another Dead Dolphin Washes Up on Kuakata Beach
A three-foot Irrawaddy dolphin calf washed up dead on Kuakata beach within five or six hours of an eight-foot Irrawaddy dolphin found that morning.
Livestock
Saidul Succeeds With Deshi Chicken Farm
A cloth trader in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria, who lost business in the Covid lockdowns now raises about 1,000 deshi chickens and can earn about Tk 50,000 a month.
Crops
Sapling Markets Bustle in Jhalakathi
Weekly sapling markets are busy across Jhalakathi in the tree-planting season, with about two lakh saplings expected to be sold this year.
Environment
The Importance of Tree Planting in Islam
An essay on the Quranic verses and hadiths that encourage Muslims to plant and care for trees and warn against cutting them down without need.
Environment
Faridpur District Police Hold Social Forestry Programme
Faridpur district police held a Zoom conference and planted trees as part of a nationwide social forestry drive by Bangladesh Police and the Bangladesh Police Women's Welfare Association (PUNAC).
Livestock
Pigeons in Clay Pots Still a Livelihood in Nachole
In several villages of Nachole in Chapainawabganj, hobbyists still rear pigeons in clay pots hung from their eaves, and some now run their households on the sale of squabs.
Environment
Villagers Catch Faridpur Crocodile After 17 Days
A freshwater crocodile stranded for 17 days in a pond in Faridpur Sadar upazila has been caught by local villagers after two failed attempts by wildlife officials.
Environment
Critically Endangered Talipot Palm Blooms 'Death Flower' at 10 Years
A critically endangered talipot palm planted at Tangail Circuit House in 2012 has flowered after only about a decade, instead of the century the species is known to take before blooming once and dying.
Environment
Chairman Rushes to Plant Trees Whenever a Baby Is Born
Under the slogan 'One child, two trees', Maheda Union Parishad chairman Md Badsha Miah in Tangail's Mirzapur plants a fruit and a timber sapling at the home of every newborn in his union.
Environment
'Crocodile Scare' in Faridpur's Salam Khar Dangi Village
Residents of Salam Khar Dangi village in Faridpur Sadar are living in fear after a crocodile was spotted in a local pond, and the forest department is trying to lure it out.
Environment
Environmental Group Nurses Sick Black Kite Back to Health
A Bogura environmental group rescued a sick black kite in Sonatala, nursed it back to health on a wildlife officer's advice and released it into the wild.