Seeds, fertiliser and livestock vaccines are being given to flood-hit farmers and livestock owners in the Chattogram region, Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said.
EnvironmentOn 18 July 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre warned that heavy rain upstream in Assam could push the Teesta, Dharla and Dudhkumar over danger level within two days, while the Kushiyara was already above it at two points.
Commercial grape farming is taking root in Rajshahi, with one young engineer harvesting 7,021 kg worth about Tk 21 lakh from 360 vines this season.
The Department of Agricultural Extension has stand-released Satkhira Sadar upazila agriculture officer Abu Sayeed Shuvro over alleged irregularities in sapling distribution.
Farmers in five flood-hit districts of the Chattogram region will get rice seed and seedlings, and all livestock there will be vaccinated against FMD within 15 days.
Most snakes in Bangladesh are harmless and shy, myths fuel needless killing, and killing one is punishable by up to seven years in jail and a Tk 10 lakh fine.
Instalments and interest on NGO loans taken by small women entrepreneurs hit by the Bandarban floods have been waived for one month, State Minister Mir Helal Uddin said.
Floods from heavy rain have caused an official Tk 13 crore of farm, fisheries and livestock losses in Sitakunda, Chattogram, though those affected say the real figure is Tk 30-35 crore.
Though the Sundarbans tiger count has risen to 125, climate change, salinity and habitat loss threaten the Royal Bengal tiger unless conservation is stepped up.
Floods in five districts of the Chattogram region caused fisheries and livestock losses of about Tk 275 crore, the minister said, announcing seed, vaccination and fodder support.
A year after the Milestone tragedy, students planted memorial trees for lost classmates and took part in art therapy, counselling and football at a resort in Pubail, Gazipur.
A physically disabled farmer in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah, faces losses of several lakh taka after miscreants cut down his fruiting bottle gourd plants at night.
The Border Guard Bangladesh chief opened a week-long tree planting programme at Pilkhana and said 73,000 trees would be planted across the country this year.
