Environment
12-Foot Python Found in Chattogram Home Released in Hills
The forest department rescued a 12-foot python from a house in Raozan, Chattogram, and released it in the nearby hills.
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Environment
Crops
Miscreants Cut Down 2,500 Bitter Gourd Plants of Poor Farmer
Miscreants cut down 2,500 bitter gourd plants belonging to a poor farmer, Md Faruk, in Subarnachar, Noakhali, on the night of 3 March.
Environment
Tree Planting in Gulshan Marks 50 Years of Bangladesh-Korea Friendship
Dhaka North mayor Md Atiqul Islam opened a tree-planting programme in Gulshan to mark 50 years of Bangladesh-Korea friendship.
Crops
May Our Native Fruits Survive With Pride
Within just two decades more than fifty of Bangladesh's native fruits have come under threat, depriving people of their taste, nutrition and variety.
Crops
85 Per Cent of Haor Crop-Protection Embankment Work Done in Netrokona
With 15 per cent of the work still to do, Netrokona's haor crop-protection embankments missed the 28 February deadline and the district has been given an extra week.
Crops
Shimul Blossoms Light Up the Railway at Salap in Sirajganj
A thousand flowering shimul trees along the railway at Salap in Sirajganj are drawing crowds, even as the tree becomes scarce across the district.
Environment
Five Snakes Rescued From Snake Charmer Released in Forest
Members of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali released five snakes of three species, rescued from a snake charmer, in Kuakata.
Vegetables
Python Rescued From Vegetable Field in Sharankhola
An eight-foot python found in a farmer's vegetable field in Sharankhola, Bagerhat, was rescued and released into the Sundarbans.
Fisheries
Sheikh Hasina Has Raised People's Capacity, Says SM Rezaul Karim
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim credited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with raising people's capacity at the closing of the livestock exhibition in Agargaon.
Agribusiness
Forest Department Raids Bird Market in Gazipur
Wildlife rescued in a Forest Department raid on a Tongi bird market were released in Bhawal National Park in Gazipur.
Fisheries
Sheep and Goat Ramp Show Draws Curious Crowds at Dhaka Livestock Exhibition
A two-day livestock exhibition marking Livestock Service Week opened in Agargaon, drawing crowds to its cattle, pet birds, fancy poultry and ramp show.
Environment
Colourful Butterflies Near Extinction
Bangladesh's butterfly species have fallen from over 600 a decade ago to about half that, as felling, clearing and trapping destroy their habitat.
Environment
Palm Civet That Strayed Into Village in Search of Food Beaten to Death
Villagers in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar beat a sick palm civet to death after it strayed from the forest into their village.