Crops
Having Lost Everything, Elephant Attack Victims Live on Promises
Families in Mymensingh's Haluaghat and Dhobaura who have lost relatives, crops and homes to wild elephants say they have received only promises of compensation.
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Environment
Environment
Four great hornbills rescued, two jailed for six months
A mobile court in Banshkhali, Chattogram, has sentenced two men to six months each in jail for smuggling four great hornbills.
Environment
Afloat in water, walking on land: the olive ridley turtle
A science writer describes the olive ridley sea turtle's mass nesting on a handful of beaches and warns that the species could vanish this century unless they are protected.
Crops
Bandarban mango growers happy with bumper yield
Favourable weather has given Bandarban a bumper mango crop, though a lack of rain meant trees held far fewer fruits than their blossom promised.
Livestock
Harun ate jackal meat 'to cure body aches'
A man in Kuakata cooked and ate a wild jackal in the belief that its meat cures body pain, and animal welfare volunteers rescued a second one from his home.
Environment
Palm trees earn villagers Tk 2 crore, and no lightning deaths
Palm trees line every road in Kakiladah village in Kushtia, bringing in crores of taka each summer and, villagers say, keeping lightning deaths at zero.
Fruits
Bangladesh Has Strong Potential in Mango Exports
Bangladesh ranks seventh in mango production but barely registers as an exporter, and a DAE project is trying to change that.
Environment
Zero Tolerance Policy Declared Against Wildlife Crime
The government has declared a zero tolerance policy on wildlife crime, the environment minister said on International Biodiversity Day.
Crops
Isahak Makes His Mark With a Homestead Mango Orchard
A Kuakata farmer has sold nearly Tk 2 lakh worth of mangoes from a single tree, and his orchard now supplies much of the area.
Environment
Six-Kilogram Python Released in Kaptai National Park
A python rescued from a house in Rangamati Sadar has been released deep in Kaptai National Park.
Environment
GLTS Sets World Record With 'Green Human Wall'
Global Law Thinkers Society wants to plant 10 lakh trees in Bangladesh and one crore in climate-threatened countries, after forming green human walls around the world on 26 March.
Environment
'Bonsai' Trees to Be Planted Along 21 km of Metro Rail
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited plans to plant bonsai-type trees along the whole metro rail median from Uttara to Motijheel.
Environment
Child Dies of Snakebite While Taking Food to Grandfather in Field
An 11-year-old boy died after a snake bit him as he carried food to his grandfather in a jute field in Faridpur's Nagarkanda upazila.