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Tigress Returned to the Sundarbans After Six Months of Treatment
A Royal Bengal tigress badly injured in a poachers' snare has been released back into the Sundarbans after about six months of treatment in Khulna.
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River Erosion Intensifies in Kurigram as Floodwater Recedes
Floodwater is receding in Kurigram, but severe river erosion is eating into homesteads and around 500 hectares of crops have been damaged.
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From Floods in Bangladesh to Heatwaves in Europe: El Nino Grips World Weather
Floods, landslides, typhoons and heatwaves from Bangladesh to Europe are being linked to El Nino, which the World Meteorological Organization warns will grow stronger in the coming months.
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Rivers Fall in Moulvibazar and Flood Situation Improves
River levels in Moulvibazar have begun to fall and the flood situation is improving, but waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery are spreading among people in the flood-hit areas.
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Floods Damage Crops on More Than 28,000 Hectares in 12 Districts
Continuous rain and hill runoff had affected crops on more than 28,610 hectares in 12 districts by 11 July, the agriculture department says, while nearly 10,000 ponds and 320 shrimp farms were hit in Chattogram.
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Venomous Monocled Cobra Found Inside Boalkhali Home, Family Escapes Unharmed
A Wildlife and Snake Rescue Team pulled a 2.5-foot monocled cobra from a house in Boalkhali, Chattogram, sparing the family from the venomous snake.
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Elephant Falls from 300-Foot Hill in Teknaf, Belly Torn
A wild mother elephant was seriously injured and left with a slight tear under her belly after falling from a hill about 300 feet high in Teknaf.
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Floodwater Enters Bandarban Substation, Power Supply May Be Cut
Floodwater has started entering a power substation in Bandarban, which may be shut down, cutting supply to more than 10,000 customers.
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Government Will Support Flood-Hit Farmers: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid says the government will help flood-hit farmers once union- and ward-level lists of the affected are complete.
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Water Lilies from Notdanga Beel and a Puti Fish Curry
A government employee posted in Khulna goes home to Narail's Notdanga beel for water lilies and puti fish, cooked into a curry by his mother.
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A snake the world has seen 23 times has turned up 66 times in Panchagarh
First described in India in 1936, the coral red kukri was recorded in Bangladesh only in February 2021 — and one rescuer has since found 66 of them.
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Four Rivers Above Danger Level, Flood Situation May Worsen
Continuous rain and upstream runoff have pushed four rivers above the danger level at six points, raising fears the flood situation will worsen.
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Discouraged by Many, Hamidullah Kept Going and Sold Nearly Tk 2 Lakh of Latkan
A union parishad member in Sherpur's Jhenaigati who was told latkan would not grow in the area earned Tk 1.9 lakh from 51 trees this season.