The housing and public works minister has directed that a condition to plant trees on vacant space be added to building plan approvals, as his ministry set a target of five lakh trees.
The upazila administration in Gosairhat, Shariatpur, has closed a tree fair held in the forest department's name, citing irregularities, while the forest department says the fair was never theirs.
A farmer in Shibchar, Madaripur, was bitten by a Russell's viper that got caught in the net he had put round his house to keep snakes out.
Snakes bit three farmers on the same day in Shibchar, Madaripur; two are in the upazila health complex and one has been sent to Dhaka.
About a thousand saplings planted by the Water Development Board along a GK irrigation canal in Jhenaidah's Shailkupa were pulled up overnight.
A woman and a nine-year-old schoolgirl have died after being bitten by snakes in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon.
Small livestock, poultry and fish farmers say a handful of feed makers are pushing up prices at will, even as the main raw materials have got cheaper, and many have closed their farms.
The Jashore district administration has begun sowing one crore date palm seeds across the district, starting on government land in Abhaynagar.
The coastal forest division in Patuakhali has launched the planting of about one lakh saplings along 10 km of embankment at Kalapara to stop soil erosion and protect the coast.
A volunteer group in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, gave more than a hundred saplings as gifts at a wedding reception to raise awareness about planting trees.
A railway worker in India's Bihar bit a snake twice after it bit him, killing it, and has since recovered in hospital.
A 70-year-old farmer, Ranji Pal, died after a venomous snake bit him while he worked his land in Raozan, Chattogram.
Guava is best planted between May and September, in pits prepared with manure, TSP and potash and left for 10 to 15 days before planting.
