The Border Guard Bangladesh chief opened a week-long tree planting programme at Pilkhana and said 73,000 trees would be planted across the country this year.
A joint drive in Kamalganj recovered about 5 acres of reserved forest that local influential people had turned into malta, pineapple, lemon and betel nut gardens.
FisheriesOn 15 July 2026 a python about 8 feet long and weighing 11 kg was caught in fishermen's net in Kalmakanda, Netrokona; the next day the Forest Department rescued it and released it in the Kanthalbari forest near the Lengura border.
A Tree Monitoring App will soon be launched to track the location, care and survival of every sapling planted under the government's 250 million tree programme.
At Dhaka's Karwan Bazar, jamun is pressed into juice that goes to processors and exporters, while the once-discarded seeds now sell as powder.
Army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman opened the army's 2026 tree plantation campaign, under which 11 lakh 36 thousand trees will be planted.
The Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation rescued a python from a house in Sreemangal where ducks and chickens had been disappearing.
The country's only commercial snake venom farm could produce Tk 8 crore of venom a month, but drug companies have shown no interest in processing it.
DAE's three tissue culture labs produced 212,387 disease-free seedlings in a year, cutting costs for farmers and reducing dependence on imported plants.
EnvironmentOn 15 July 2026 a faction of Jagannath University Chhatra Dal distributed awareness leaflets on campus under the slogan "Green campus, healthy environment, bright future", urging students to help make the university greener.
CropsIn mid-July 2026, Jagonews24 set out why the Asharh-Shraban monsoon is the best time to plant saplings in Bangladesh, while the national tree plantation campaign and tree fairs were under way across the country.
A two-layer ice lolly of ripe mango and coconut milk, made at home without artificial colour or flavour, offers quick relief on a hot day.
Floods from heavy rain and hill run-off have hit about 8,000 farmers in Khagrachhari, with agricultural losses estimated at about Tk 12.21 crore.
