Agribusiness
What You Can Buy at Tongi's Weekly Animal and Bird Market
Every Sunday, amid Tongi's noise and traffic, a roadside market fills with ducks, chickens, pigeons, parrots, rabbits, cats and colourful fish.
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Environment
Plant Native Trees to Tackle Pollution, Dhaka University VC Urges
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr A B M Obaidul Islam called for planting more native tree species to tackle the capital's growing pollution at a campus tree planting drive.
Environment
12-Foot Python Rescued From a House Ceiling in Sreemangal
A 12-foot python was rescued unharmed from the ceiling of a house in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar.
Environment
Twenty-four monitor lizards seized in sacks in Khagrachhari, 14 dead
A case has been filed under the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act 2026; the ten surviving animals were released into forest at Alutila.
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Ducks Rule Tongi's Animal and Bird Market, Tk 800-1,200 a Pair
Ducks dominate the weekly Sunday animal and bird market in Tongi, where a pair sells for Tk 800 to 1,200.
Environment
What to Do When Elephants Enter Villages: Patiya Students Learn on World Elephant Day
More than a hundred students in Patiya, Chattogram, learned how to stay safe when wild elephants come into villages at a World Elephant Day event run by the forest department.
Environment
Woman Detained With 24 Monitor Lizards in Khagrachhari
Police detained a woman in Khagrachhari with 24 monitor lizards she said she had bought in Chattogram to sell.
Environment
Rangamati's Elephants Are Losing Their 'Conflict' With People
Constant conflict with people, habitat destruction and food shortages have pushed Rangamati's critically endangered Asian elephants towards local extinction.
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Headteacher Suspended After Pupils Planted Branches Instead of Saplings
An acting headteacher in Kaukhali upazila has been suspended for having pupils plant tree branches instead of saplings during a government tree-planting programme.
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Relief Rice Finally Reaches Kurigram Flood Victims
Distribution of 30 tonnes of GR rice allocated for flood and river-erosion victims in Nageshwari, Kurigram, has finally begun, weeks after the floods receded.
Environment
Collective Effort Needed to Secure Elephants' Future, Says Minister Mintoo
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said at a World Elephant Day event that securing elephants' future needs the whole of society, not the government alone.
Environment
Losing Food and Water in the Forest, Garo Hills Elephants Move Into Villages
Forest loss, encroachment and climate change have left the Garo Hills unable to feed and water wild elephants, driving them into villages where people and elephants are dying.
Environment
Special Mosquito Control and Tree-Planting Drive in Kamrangirchar
Dhaka South City Corporation held a special mosquito control, cleanliness and tree-planting programme in three Kamrangirchar wards.