River levels in Moulvibazar have begun to fall and the flood situation is improving, but waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery are spreading among people in the flood-hit areas.
Ripe mango malai kulfi, combining the natural sweetness of mango with a thick, creamy malai, is easy to make at home with a few ingredients.
Continuous rain and hill runoff had affected crops on more than 28,610 hectares in 12 districts by 11 July, the agriculture department says, while nearly 10,000 ponds and 320 shrimp farms were hit in Chattogram.
A wild elephant that was seriously injured after falling from a hill about 300 feet high in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, died under treatment on 12 July.
Hafez Rokonuddin, a former imam from Nayanpur village in Mymensingh's Bhaluka, has built two commercial latkan orchards and developed a variety known locally as "Nayanpuri latkan", earning Tk 7-8 lakh a year from grafted saplings alone.
A Wildlife and Snake Rescue Team pulled a 2.5-foot monocled cobra from a house in Boalkhali, Chattogram, sparing the family from the venomous snake.
Fruit bagging, adopted to protect mangoes and meet export standards, has become a costly burden for Chapainawabganj growers after bag prices doubled and low-quality bags let fruit rot.
A wild mother elephant was seriously injured and left with a slight tear under her belly after falling from a hill about 300 feet high in Teknaf.
Floodwater has started entering a power substation in Bandarban, which may be shut down, cutting supply to more than 10,000 customers.
Soft, melt-in-the-mouth sandesh made with ripe mango is an easy summer dessert that needs only a few ingredients.
Agriculture minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid says the government will help flood-hit farmers once union- and ward-level lists of the affected are complete.
A government employee posted in Khulna goes home to Narail's Notdanga beel for water lilies and puti fish, cooked into a curry by his mother.
First described in India in 1936, the coral red kukri was recorded in Bangladesh only in February 2021 — and one rescuer has since found 66 of them.
