Environment
Vulture Injured by Electrocution Rescued in Bogura
The student environmental organisation "Teer" rescued an injured vulture from Bogilagari village in Shibganj, Bogura, on 6 February and handed it to the forest department.
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Crops
Tk 600 Crore of Paddy Washed Away in Sunamganj as Embankments Broke Over Five Years
Breaches in haor crop-protection embankments during untimely floods have washed away Tk 600 crore 20 lakh of paddy in Sunamganj over the past five years, the agriculture department says.
Environment
Matian Dighi Comes Alive With Thousands of Migratory Birds
Thousands of migratory birds have again come to Matian Dighi in Dhamair union of Biral upazila, Dinajpur, filling the village with their calls from before dawn until sunset.
Environment
Wildlife crime team visits Panchagarh to find out how leopard died
A three-member team from the Wildlife Crime Control Unit visited the Atwari border area on 3 February to investigate the death of a leopard.
Environment
Two fishing cat cubs rescued in Teknaf sent to Bangabandhu Safari Park
The coastal forest department rescued two fishing cat cubs in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, and sent them to the safari park in Chakaria.
Crops
Once unknown, kathbadam grows popular in Dinajpur
Kathbadam picked from trees around Dinajpur town has become a popular snack, sold fresh on the Boropul bridge.
Livestock
Baghdash caged after raid on pigeons in Shibganj
A baghdash rescued by local people in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, is being cared for in a cage at a local man's home.
Environment
Slow loris returned to the forest in Matiranga
An endangered slow loris rescued from a residential area in Matiranga, Khagrachhari, has been released into the forest.
Crops
Wild animals come into villages in search of food, Kaptai residents suffer
Wild elephants and monkeys short of food in the forest are coming into villages in Kaptai, Rangamati, damaging crops and homes.
Environment
To look 'elite', we are even eating the dried meat of Royal Bengal tigers
A columnist argues that the rich in Bangladesh are fuelling the illegal trade in tiger parts and the killing of elephants in the name of status.
Agribusiness
Delwar's hobby grows into a commercial nursery
Md Delwar Hossain, a former driver who learned to love trees from his employer, has run a nursery business in Dhaka for 17 years.
Crops
Migratory birds of Burungi Beel
Thousands of migratory birds have flocked to Burungi Beel amid the crop fields of Nepaltali union in Bogura's Gabtali upazila.
Environment
Bird fair at JU spreads message of bird conservation
Jahangirnagar University's zoology department held a day-long bird fair, the 23rd of its kind, to raise public awareness of bird conservation.