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Nandigram Farmers' Hopes Sway on Aman Paddy Ears
Farmers in Nandigram, Bogura, expect a bumper Aman harvest from 19,420 hectares, with early varieties due to be cut from next week.
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Tree Rats Raid Paddy Fields, Robbing Lakshmipur Farmers of Sleep
Large tree rats are destroying unripe Aman paddy in Lakshmipur, and farmers say neither poison bait nor traditional methods are stopping them.
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8-Foot Python Rescued From Paddy Field in Panchagarh
An eight-foot python caught in a paddy-field net near the Indian border in Panchagarh was rescued and handed to the forest department.
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Tigers Must Be Protected to Save the Sundarbans: Forest Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister Begum Habibun Nahar said at a meeting in Koyra, Khulna, that tigers must be protected to protect the Sundarbans.
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Venomous Banded Krait Rescued in Kalapara
A venomous banded krait found tangled in a net at a house in Tegachhia village, Kalapara, has been rescued by a local animal welfare team.
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Venomous Russell's Viper Rescued From Home in Kalapara
A venomous Russell's viper, the first found in Kalapara by a local rescue group, was caught at a house in Char Dhulasar village.
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A 'Rupban' Bean Revolution on the Hills
Farmers on the hills of Sitakunda, Chattogram, have turned Rupban beans into a thriving crop sold across the country.
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Three Endangered Langurs Rescued From Private Car, Two Arrested
For the second time in a week, police in Feni have seized endangered langurs from a vehicle on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and arrested two men.
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8-Foot Python Found in Paddy Field
A python 8 feet long, found by a farmer in a paddy field near the Indian border in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat, has been released in the Hatibandha Sal forest.
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Winter Vegetable Farming in Full Swing in Ishwardi
With autumn giving way to late autumn, farmers across Ishwardi in Pabna are busy planting winter vegetables, some of them early.
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Over a Thousand Children Get to Know Trees
A children's tree fair organised by the Singair upazila administration in Manikganj introduced over a thousand primary pupils to hundreds of plants.
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Snakebite Patient Arrives at Hospital With the Cobra
A man bitten by a cobra in Chatkhil, Noakhali, took the snake to hospital in a sack before releasing it at the hospital's request and being admitted.
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Sleeping Schoolgirl Dies of Snakebite
A 14-year-old schoolgirl in Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, died on the way to hospital after a snake bit her in her sleep and her family first turned to a faith healer.