EnvironmentOn the afternoon of 11 July 2025, Rokeya Akter Rina, 48, died after a venomous snake bit her in her kitchen in Solia village, Parshuram, Feni, where she had gone to cook once the floodwater went down.
Indoor plants for decorating homes are the top choice of young visitors at the National Tree Fair in the capital.
Several days of continuous rain have submerged standing crops on about 72,076 hectares in 21 districts of Bangladesh.
Crowds returned to the National Tree Fair in Agargaon on the weekly holiday after four days of rain, and sellers hoped for Tk 50-60 lakh in sales.
A forest department raid on Mirpur-1 markets and bird shops seized 50 native wild animals held illegally or displayed for sale.
Nurseries at the tree fair in Agargaon are selling many kinds of organic and mineral soil alongside saplings.
The three-day Pran Mango Fest has opened at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhanmondi, with 10 stalls selling many varieties of mango until 12 July.
Following a government ban, the agriculture department has begun destroying akashmoni and eucalyptus saplings across Bangladesh, paying Tk 4 for each.
Volunteers in Kalapara had an injured kalnagini snake X-rayed on a vet's advice after rescuing it from villagers beating it with sticks.
A 30-year-old woman visiting her father's home in Birampur, Dinajpur, died after a snake bit her as she stood at the door.
Former agriculture secretary Anwar Faruk said agriculture reporting must raise problems but should not publish negative news that harms farmers.
A Jhenaidah farmer alleges that an army member cut down 150 fruit-bearing malta and guava trees on land he had leased for five years.
General Waker-Uz-Zaman has opened the Bangladesh Army's 2025 tree-planting campaign, which will run in all cantonments, DOHS areas and Jolshiri until September.
