Environment
Baby Langur Cries Beside Its Mother, Electrocuted in Lathitila Forest
A spectacled langur has again died of electrocution in the Lathitila reserved forest in Juri, Moulvibazar, and its baby kept crying beside the body.
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Environment
Fisheries
Three Fishermen Held in the Sundarbans With Deer-Hunting Traps
The Forest Department detained three fishermen preparing to hunt deer and catch fish in the Sundarbans and seized a boat, nets and 25 deer traps.
Environment
Why Planes Cannot Fly Over Messi's House
Planes cannot fly over Lionel Messi's mansion because it lies next to a park near Barcelona that Spanish environmental law strictly protects.
Environment
Venomous Snake in the Cockpit Forces an Emergency Landing
Pilot Rudolph Erasmus made an emergency landing after spotting a Cape cobra slipping under his seat in mid-flight.
Crops
Blast Outbreak Hits Boro Paddy in Habiganj's Haors
Blast disease has struck BRRI dhan28 boro paddy in the haors of Habiganj, leaving farmers with empty husks at harvest time.
Environment
Take the Family to the Zoo on Your Day Off
A writer's guide to spending a day with family at the Bangladesh National Zoo in Mirpur, from its animals and facilities to the rules and how to get there.
Crops
Meherpur Farmers Happy With Drumstick Yield
Favourable weather and no natural disasters have given Meherpur a good drumstick harvest, with branches bending under the weight of the pods.
Environment
Gaziul, the Lifeline of Campus Animals and Birds
Rajshahi University employee Gaziul Islam has been feeding and caring for hungry campus animals and birds since 2008.
Crops
Mango Fruit Setting in Naogaon, Growers Busy Tending Orchards
Naogaon's mango blossom is turning into young fruit, but with no traders yet buying orchards, growers are busy spraying and tending the trees themselves.
Crops
Mojar Has Been Eating Live Snakes and Scorpions for 15 Years
Day labourer Md Mojar Mia of Kurigram has been eating live snakes, scorpions, raw cow blood and tripe for 15 years, and neighbours want him treated.
Crops
Storms and Hail Feared on Friday and Saturday: What Farmers Should Do to Protect Crops
With storms and hail forecast for 31 March and 1 April, the Agriculture Information Service has told farmers how to limit damage to standing crops.
Crops
Farmer Dies of Snakebite in Sherpur
Farmer Aynal Haque (38) died after being bitten by a snake while checking his paddy field in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.
Agribusiness
Extortion With Elephants Goes On in Narail
Mahouts in Narail are openly collecting Tk 2,000 to Tk 2,500 a day by taking elephants onto roads and into markets, with many people paying out of fear or embarrassment.