Environment
Meeting Baya Weaver Birds in Vietnam
Seeing weaver birds nesting and performing tricks in Vietnam's Go Cong prompts a writer to reflect on the decline of the baya weaver in Bangladesh.
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Livestock
BLRI Develops a New Chicken Breed With Local Taste and Safer Meat
The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute has developed an improved chicken that looks like local chicken, resists disease and needs fewer drugs, to be marketed through Aftab Hatchery.
Environment
Orphanage Students Rescue Bear Cub in the Hills
Students of an orphanage in Lama, Bandarban, rescued a bear cub that dogs had chased up a tree and informed the forest department.
Livestock
A New Arrival for a Slow Loris in Sreemangal
A slow loris kept at the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation in Sreemangal has given birth, its fourth baby in six years.
Environment
Squirrels Play and Birds Sing in a Deserted Park
With the public kept out of Dhaka's Suhrawardy Udyan during the coronavirus crisis, squirrels and birds have taken over the historic park.
Fisheries
Rare Event as Whale Comes Ashore on Cox's Bazar Coast
A young Bryde's whale that locals mistook for a dolphin came ashore on the coast at Teknaf, which experts say is the first record of a live whale on the beach.
Vegetables
We May Be the Last Generation to See Elephants
After a run of elephant deaths in Teknaf, Lama and Banshkhali, a wildlife reporter argues that the forest department must be made accountable before Bangladesh loses its elephants.
Environment
Birds Roam Freely in the Courtyard of the Kaaba
With tawaf at the Kaaba suspended during the coronavirus pandemic, flocks of birds have settled on the empty courtyard, a photo on the Haramain Sharifain Facebook page shows.
Environment
Baby Elephant Rushes In to Save 'Drowning' Man
An old video of a baby elephant rushing into a river to rescue a swimming man it believed was drowning has spread again after the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala.
Environment
A Pair of Hornbills Outside a Closed Shop
During the coronavirus lockdown a pair of hornbills was seen chatting happily outside a shuttered shop in Siliguri, India.
Livestock
Broiler Chicken Does Not Spread the Coronavirus
A government livestock officer argues that broiler chicken does not spread the coronavirus and that meat, including chicken, can help strengthen the body's immunity.
Environment
20 Lakh Rats Killed in 20 Years
Magura carpenter Abdul Hannan says he has killed at least 20 lakh rats in 20 years with traps he built himself, helping farmers without charging anything.
Daily life
Did the Coronavirus Pandemic Start with Pangolins Smuggled into China?
Scientists writing in Nature have found coronaviruses closely related to Covid-19 in pangolins smuggled into China and urge a strict ban on their sale.