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Gumboots Handed to Farmers in Goalanda for Protection From Snakes
Gumboots were distributed among 100 farmers in Goalanda, Rajbari, after a rise in the number of Russell's vipers and other snakes in the area.
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Environment
Agribusiness
Antivenom could be made in Bangladesh if a laboratory is set up
The coordinator of Bangladesh's Venom Research Centre says antivenom now imported from India could be produced at home once a modern venom laboratory is built.
Environment
What to do, and what not to do, after a snakebite
Snakes come closer to people in the monsoon, and the Health Education Bureau lists nine rules for what to do, and avoid, after a bite.
Environment
How to protect yourself from snakebites
With snakebites and deaths rising in June and July, the Health Education Bureau offers six simple steps to avoid being bitten.
Environment
Regional cooperation needed to curb pollution: environment minister
Environment Minister Saber Hossain has called for greater regional cooperation, coordination and connectivity to control pollution in South Asia.
Environment
Russell's vipers increase as snake-eating animals face extinction
Experts say the decline of snake-eating animals has let Russell's vipers spread to 32 districts, while panic has led people to kill mostly harmless snakes.
Environment
Snake killed inside a house in Mirsarai after being mistaken for Russell's viper
A snake killed inside a house in Mirsarai, Chattogram, in the belief that it was a Russell's viper appears to have been a different snake.
Environment
Snake bites tourist's leg at Jaflong's Mayabi waterfall
A tourist visiting Jaflong in Sylhet was bitten on the leg by a snake at Mayabi waterfall; the snake was not venomous and he is out of danger.
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Russell's viper fear on Padma chars leaves farmers without labourers to harvest
Russell's vipers have killed at least six people in six months in Faridpur, and fear of the snakes has left char farmers unable to find labourers for the groundnut harvest.
Fisheries
Russell's Viper Caught in Fisherman's Net
A venomous Russell's viper was caught in a fisherman's China duari net on a newly formed Padma char in Harirampur, Manikganj.
Environment
Child Dies of Snakebite in Magura
A two-year-old girl died of a suspected snakebite in Ramnagar village of Magura Sadar upazila after falling ill while going to sleep.
Environment
Russell's Viper Now Seen in Chuadanga
A snake said to be a Russell's viper was found and killed in a field in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, leaving farmers afraid to go to their fields.
Environment
Snakebite Patients Recovering With Treatment in Faridpur, Antivenom Stocks Adequate
Snakebite cases have risen in Faridpur amid fear over Russell's vipers, but doctors say most patients who reach hospital in time are recovering and antivenom stocks are adequate.