Environment
Python Rescued From a Home in Sreemangal
The Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation has rescued a python from a disused pit in the compound of a house in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.
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Environment
Next Bangladesh-India Meeting on Sundarbans and Tigers to Be Held in Bangladesh
Bangladesh and India agreed that their next joint meeting on Sundarbans biodiversity and Royal Bengal tiger conservation will be held in Bangladesh.
Environment
Drought warnings only pay off when water governance lets farmers act, IWMI says
Better forecasts do not automatically mean fewer losses, IWMI's Mohsin Hafeez told a CGIAR webinar on drought resilience, citing sensor-guided irrigation in Tanzania that cut water use by an average of 60% while lifting yields.
Environment
Tree Planting Must Become a Lasting Social Movement, Says Minister
State Minister for Environment Sheikh Faridul Islam said all agencies must work together to turn tree planting into a sustainable social movement.
Crops
A strong El Nino puts Bangladesh's Boro harvest at risk: experts warn of sterile rice flowers above 35C and heavier irrigation demand
With the WMO forecasting an El Nino that could last into early next year, IRRI's Sharif Ahmed, SAU's Abu Noman Faruq Ahmmed, BARI's Jamal Uddin and Professor Jahangir Alam Khan say the late Aman, the winter crops and above all the irrigation-dependent Boro need preparation now; DAE chief Md Abdur Ra
Fruits
How Promising Is Commercial Fig Farming in Bangladesh?
Fig, known as tin or dumur, is emerging as an exotic fruit with commercial potential in Bangladesh, growing in fields and rooftop tubs year-round.
Environment
Could a Nile Crocodile Case Decide Trump's Washington Building Projects?
A Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump's White House ballroom is being used against challenges to his other Washington projects, reviving debate over the right to sue on aesthetic grounds.
Environment
Husband Kills Cobra, Takes It in a Bag to Hospital With Bitten Wife
A man in Parshuram, Feni, killed the cobra that bit his 70-year-old wife and carried it in a bag to hospital so doctors could identify the snake.
Crops
Why Have Fireflies Forgotten the Way to Our Courtyards?
Habitat loss, artificial light, pesticides, climate change and unregulated tourism are behind the decline of fireflies, researchers say, and simple steps can help bring them back.
Environment
Birdsong Wakes the Villagers of Kanaipur
Thousands of Asian openbill storks and other birds have made a family homestead in Kanaipur village of Joypurhat's Khetlal upazila their home over nearly two decades.
Crops
The Native Fruits You Can Find Close at Hand This Autumn
Palm fruit, guava, hog plum, star fruit and monkey jack bring the flavours of Sharat, and planting and protecting native fruit trees is urgent, writes Niamur Rashid Shihab.
Environment
Youth Sleeping Under Mosquito Net Dies of Snakebite in Jhenaidah
An 18-year-old in Jhenaidah Sadar died after being bitten by a venomous snake while asleep under a mosquito net, despite receiving antivenom at hospital.
Environment
Krait Found on Mosquito Net in Rajshahi University Hall Room
A venomous krait was rescued from a student's mosquito net in a room at Rajshahi University's Shaheed Shamsuzzoha Hall, leaving students alarmed.