Fisheries
Where to Find the 'Alien Island' and the 'Alien Fish'
Socotra's strange plants and endemic animals earn it the name "alien island", while the see-through-headed "alien fish" lives far away in the deep sea.
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Environment
Fruits
Good Lychee Prices Bring Profits for Meherpur Growers
After heavy losses last year, Meherpur's lychee growers and traders are profiting from a strong harvest and good prices this season.
Environment
Fox Bites Injure 14 in Nandail, Mymensingh, Including 11 From One Family
Fourteen people, 11 of them from one family, were hurt in fox attacks in two villages of Nandail, Mymensingh, on 21 May.
Agribusiness
45,000 More Animals Than Needed, but Buyers Scarce at Markets
Mymensingh has a surplus of sacrificial animals, but at the district's biggest cattle market buyers are scarce and farmers are getting low offers.
Environment
Trees Felled Wholesale Under Cover of Canal Digging
Hundreds of trees planted under social forestry along a Faridpur canal have been felled during re-excavation, and officials and a BNP leader blame each other.
Environment
Huge Python Rescued From House Ceiling in Sreemangal
A large python found on a house ceiling in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal was rescued unharmed and handed to the forest department for release.
Environment
'Each of You Give Half Your Tiffin Money, and We Will Buy Trees and Make a Garden'
At a road safety programme in a Rampura school, a senior DMP traffic officer asked pupils to save half a day's tiffin money to plant a garden.
Flowers
Bangladesh's 'Donald Trump' Now in the International Media
A rare albino buffalo named "Donald Trump" at a Narayanganj farm has become a social media star before Eid-ul-Azha and been picked up by international media.
Environment
'Super El Niño' Forming, Raising Fears of Record Global Temperatures
Forecasters say El Niño is strengthening fast in the Pacific and could become one of the strongest on record, threatening record heat and food crises next year.
Organic
This Wild Fruit Is as Nutritious as Amla
Keora, the main tree of the Sundarbans, bears a sour fruit that research finds second only to amla in polyphenols among the country's fruits.
Environment
163 Turtle Hatchlings Rescued on Kuakata Beach
Hatchlings trapped under an abandoned shop at Kuakata's Lemburban were rescued and released at the mouth of three rivers.
Crops
Why Location-Specific Rice Varieties and Technologies Are Vital
BRRI's LSTD project is building regional offices, satellite stations and technology villages to develop rice varieties and technologies suited to each of Bangladesh's farming regions.
Environment
DNCC Starts Miyawaki Urban Forestation in Dhaka
Dhaka North City Corporation has launched what it calls the country's largest urban forestation project using the Japanese Miyawaki method, planting about 39,400 trees at Uttara Diabari.