Agribusiness
DSCC Administrator Launches Tree-Planting Drive in Kadamtali
Dhaka South City Corporation's administrator opened a tree-planting drive on a canal bank in Kadamtali and urged residents to help keep canals and drains clean.
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Environment
Animals Die as Gazipur Safari Park Struggles
Mismanagement and neglect at Gazipur Safari Park in Sreepur have seen animal after animal die or go missing, uncollected lease money and falling visitor numbers.
Environment
Migratory Birds Flock to Ulupur Dighi in Tarash, Delighting Visitors
Flocks of migratory birds from colder countries have again settled at Ulupur Dighi in Tarash, Sirajganj, drawing visitors, while locals urge protection from hunters.
Environment
Only about 23 slow lorises left in Lawachara as rescued animals die on release
Seven of nine radio-collared lorises released in the park died within a short time; deforestation is pushing the endangered nocturnal primate into villages, where roads, railway lines and power lines kill it.
Environment
Survey finds 23 mammal species at Inani, clouded leopard among them
The 7,085-hectare park was divided into 11 zones and surveyed with camera traps and line transects, turning up clouded leopard, hoolock gibbon and Asian elephant.
Fruits
Three years of standing water kill Jamalpur's 66-year-old litchi orchard
More than 150 litchi trees in an orchard planted with 137 trees in 1960 have died with their roots under water, while five neighbourhoods of the municipality spend seven to eight months of the year waterlogged.
Crops
Kansas farmers count the cost of a summer of heat, wind and drought
Weeks of drought and temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit above normal have left more than a third of Kansas corn rated poor or very poor, and dryland growers say some fields will not be worth harvesting.
Agrotech
Delhi Declaration on Drylands: ICAR and ICRISAT push proven solutions across the South
Commemorating the UN Day for South-South Cooperation at the Global Drylands Congress 2026 in New Delhi, the two institutions presented a declaration on scaling validated innovations between countries with similar conditions; ICRISAT's South-South centre ISSCA now works with 19 partners, has identifi
Environment
Padma and Madhumati erosion spreads across five Faridpur upazilas
Homes, fields, schools and mosques face the rivers in Alfadanga, Sadar, Sadarpur, Charbhadrasan and Bhanga; the Water Development Board promises geo-bags within two days while residents demand a permanent embankment.
Livestock
Farm Rescue launches Operation Hay Lift for drought-hit ranchers in Dakotas and Montana
Heat and scant rain have cut forage and feed across the northern Plains, some areas now in a multi-year drought with soil moisture badly depleted; the non-profit is hauling donated hay to livestock producers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana and asking neighbours to refer families who need i
Livestock
Cattle keep grazing under a 3,200-acre prairie deal that guards Brandon's aquifer
The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the RM of North Cypress-Langford will protect 1,300 hectares of mixed-grass and sandhill prairie over the Assiniboine Delta aquifer, with local ranchers' grazing written in as a management tool and $2.35 million placed in a permanent fund for the municipality.
Environment
How Actress Nutan Unknowingly Killed Two Snakes
Actress Nutan has recounted on a podcast how two snakes died after she pressed their necks too hard during the shooting of Rajmahal.
Crops
The Remarkable Life of the Hairy Caterpillar Hidden Among the Leaves
A hairy caterpillar spotted on a roadside debdaru tree offers a lesson in metamorphosis, and a reminder never to touch one with bare hands.