The Teesta began to recede in Nilphamari on 5 August as upstream rain and hill runoff eased, but fear remains after the water damaged seasonal vegetables, groundnut and maize.
A king cobra and a python fighting in a family's courtyard in Gonauli, in the Bagaha area of India's Bihar state, were rescued alive and released into nearby forest, and a video of the scene has gone viral.
Watering alone is not enough to keep indoor plants healthy; keeping the leaves free of dust and checking the plant daily matter just as much.
A young agricultural entrepreneur in Mirsarai, Chattogram, has launched a drive to plant 2,300 palm saplings along both sides of a five-kilometre road to reduce the risk of lightning and protect the environment.
A stall at a 14-day tree fair in Faridpur is selling vegetable and flower seedlings for as little as Tk 2, drawing strong interest from visitors.
A 30-year-old snake charmer in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, died after a venomous snake he had just caught bit him as he trained it for a show, and he was taken to a faith healer before reaching hospital.
Uncontrolled engine boats and rubbish left by visitors have upset the wetland's biodiversity, prompting an indefinite ban by the district administration.
The governing board of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority has decided to plant a total of 1.25 lakh trees in the country's export processing zones.
Dhaka South City Corporation has handed over and planted 500 saplings on the Dhaka University campus as part of the national tree-planting programme.
A woman in India's Madhya Pradesh survived after a snake bit her five times in two minutes, though she was first taken to a faith healer rather than hospital, a delay doctors say often costs lives.
A 12-year-old boy died after being bitten by a snake in his sleep in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, and his family says taking him to faith healers first delayed his arrival at hospital.
A 72-year-old man in China who cut off a cobra's head with a spade was bitten by the severed head five minutes later and spent two months in treatment before recovering.
New York City has set a target of tree cover over about 30 per cent of its area by 2040 to cope with rising heat, building on the MillionTreesNYC programme that planted its millionth tree in 2015.
