Environment
100 People Bitten by Snakes in Noakhali and Lakshmipur
Snakebites have risen in flood-hit Lakshmipur and Noakhali, where 65 and 35 people respectively have been bitten in recent days.
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Environment
Crops
Agriculture Adviser Calls for Support for Flood-Hit Farm Sector
The home and agriculture adviser has called for the real extent of flood damage to farming to be assessed quickly, with support and rehabilitation for farmers.
Crops
What Should Farmers Do After the Flood?
With the ongoing flood damaging crops across the country, this guide sets out what farmers should do once the water recedes.
Fisheries
ALB Calls for New Animal Welfare Law to Protect Animals
Animal lovers have demanded a new law to replace the Animal Welfare Act 2019 and a meeting with the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
Environment
How to Stay Safe from Snakes
Wildlife photographer and researcher Adnan Azad Asif explains how people in flood-hit areas can protect themselves from snakes and what to do after a bite.
Crops
Jhalakathi Farmers Busy with Aman Cultivation, Fear Seed Shortage
Farmers in Jhalakathi are busy planting aman but fear a seed shortage after heavy rain damaged seedbeds, and complain of an artificial fertiliser crisis.
Crops
The Flowers That Bloom in Autumn
A short guide to the flowers of Sharat, the Bengali autumn, from white kash on riverbanks to night-blooming shiuli.
Crops
Autumn Arrives, the Queen of Seasons
Sharat, the autumn of Bangladesh's six seasons, follows the monsoon with clear blue skies, white clouds, seasonal flowers and fields of green paddy.
Environment
Tree Saplings Distributed Among Students in Naogaon
The school students' organisation Swapner Mofossol distributed 200 jam saplings at Naogaon KD Government High School.
Crops
What Should Ducks Be Fed?
Ducks can be reared without water bodies, but they need the right feed at each stage, from soaked puffed rice for ducklings to bran, oilcake and snails for adults.
Environment
Students Plant Trees on Badda Road Divider
Students are planting about 300 trees on the road divider of Pragati Sarani in Middle Badda, Dhaka, helped by local residents.
Crops
How to Grow Kathgolap in a Pot
Kathgolap blooms all year round and can be grown in a pot from a nursery plant, seed or stem cutting with the right soil and care.
Fisheries
Let Change Come to the Country's Agriculture Too
The writer argues that change is needed in agriculture as village people turn away from farming, and calls on the state and the young to put it back at the centre of national life.