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How Spice Production Can Be Raised on the Char Lands
Improved varieties and mixed cropping of onion with black cumin and coriander can raise spice yields and incomes on Bangladesh's char lands.
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Checkered Keelback Snake Rescued From Home in Sonagazi
A wildlife rescue group saved a checkered keelback water snake from a homestead in Swarajpur village of Sonagazi, Feni, and will release it in the wild.
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Nilphamari Student, 13, Dies of Snakebite While Asleep
A 13-year-old student in Nilphamari died after being bitten by a snake while he slept.
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Dhaka University Green Nexus Ends With Call to Plant Native Trees
The three-day Dhaka University Green Nexus 2026 ended with a call to plant more native trees and care for them to tackle pollution in Dhaka.
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What You Need to Know Before Starting to Farm
Tanushree Gain Priyanka sets out how to make compost at home, prepare soil for indoor plants and value livestock, fish and trees before taking up farming.
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Dhaka South Launches Tree Planting on Road Dividers
Dhaka South City Corporation has started a tree planting and greening drive on road dividers under the metro rail between Paltan and Dainik Bangla intersection.
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Farming at Home: Why, Where and How
Tanushree Gain Priyanka explains why farming at home pays and how to make compost and liquid fertiliser from kitchen waste.
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Fires lit to clear land for palm oil blanket Southeast Asia in haze
More than 50,000 people have been admitted to hospital in Indonesia with respiratory infections as smoke from the fires drifts into Malaysia and the Philippines.
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What It Will Take to Save Sea Turtles on Cox's Bazar Beaches
Olive ridley turtles returning to nest in Cox's Bazar are dying in fishing nets in growing numbers, and researchers say enforcement and awareness are essential to protect them.
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Ethiopia's Omo-Ghibe basin seeks paying livelihoods that keep forests standing
Consultations in Addis Ababa and Jimma identified forest coffee, beekeeping, spices, bamboo and timber plantations as the most promising ways to reward communities in southwest Ethiopia for protecting intact forest.
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West Bengal Plans New 'Arjun Force' for the Sundarbans and Hills
The West Bengal government plans to form a new "Arjun Force" of retired army personnel and deploy it in the Sundarbans and hill areas to handle emergencies.
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BNP Working Extensively to Tackle Climate Change Dangers, Says Rizvi
BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the party is working extensively against the dangers of climate change as it launched a nationwide tree planting drive.
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Cleanliness Drive and Tree Planting at Dhaka University on BNP Founding Anniversary
A cleanliness drive, fruit tree planting and dengue awareness campaign were held at Dhaka University's Institute of Social Welfare and Research to mark the BNP's 48th founding anniversary.