Flowers
St Christopher lily, the fragrant white crinum blooming by a Mymensingh roadside
Crinum jagus, a bulbous plant from tropical Africa, flowers on Mymensingh's Bisweshwari Debi Road; each stalk carries four to twelve scented white blooms.
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Environment
Dumuria villagers protest as two encroached canals drop off dredging list
Two canals in Gutudia union of Dumuria, Khulna, have been filled in for roads and buildings; villagers who fear waterlogged farmland protested after the pair were dropped from the excavation list.
Environment
Netrokona's Tk 11 crore waste plant shut a day after opening, now a dump itself
Built for about Tk 11 crore with World Bank money, Netrokona municipality's waste treatment plant has stood idle since the day after it opened; the town's 42 tonnes of daily waste go to open dumps and rubbish piles up inside the plant.
LivestockNFU rejects Wildlife Trusts claim that mega-dairies push nature to breaking point
A Wildlife Trusts report links 71 percent of serious farm pollution incidents in England to dairy and calls for permits for very large housed units; the NFU, AHDB and Dairy UK say management, not size, decides environmental performance.
HealthWarmer, wetter weather is raising mycotoxin risk in crops, toxicologist warns
A Malaysian toxicologist told Fi Asia 2026 in Jakarta that rising heat, carbon dioxide and erratic weather favour the moulds that make mycotoxins, and that prevention through dry, cool storage is still the main defence.
Environment
Hatirjheel lake filled for Dhaka Elevated Expressway as sewage fouls water
Parts of Dhaka's Hatirjheel lake have been filled with sand to sink pillars for the Elevated Expressway's Sonargaon link ramp; water flow is blocked, sewage pours in through drains and the water has turned black and foul.
EnvironmentTigress to be flown from Bihar to Buxa in West Bengal's first tiger reintroduction
A tigress from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve will be fitted with a satellite radio collar and moved via Gorakhpur and Hasimara to the Buxa forest, for release on 2 October.
Environment
Bangladesh gives a Maldives farm college 21,360 seeds of nine species to trial
Under a Bangladesh-Maldives Green Initiative, Mianz College School of Agriculture will test how guava, neem, flame tree and other Bangladeshi species adapt to Maldivian soil and climate.
Gallery
Rivers Day in pictures: black water and plastic on Dhaka and Chattogram rivers
On World Rivers Day, photographs of three rivers in Dhaka and Chattogram show factory effluent, vessel oil, floating plastic and two-coloured water.
Environment
Low pressure may form in the Bay as rain is forecast across the country for five days
The Met Office says a low may form over the north Bay of Bengal within 48 hours, with light to moderate rain and gusty wind in all eight divisions and moderately heavy falls in parts of Chattogram division.
Environment
Forest land grab and tree felling alleged in Nalitabari's Garo Hills
Locals in Nalitabari, Sherpur, allege encroachment and night-time tree felling in the Forest Department's Gopalpur beat; social-forestry partners say they paid money to get their cheques, which the beat officer denies.
Environment
Khulna launches a drive to plant 25,000 trees across the city
A joint afforestation programme of Khulna City Corporation and bKash opened at the city's Solar Park and Linear Park, with 25,000 trees to be planted in phases.
Environment
Water minister calls for joint effort to save rivers as five win Mark Angelo award
At a World Rivers Day event at Pani Bhaban, water resources minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said government, public, researchers and environmentalists must work together; five were honoured for protecting rivers.