Environment
Kalnagini Snake Rescued From a House
A kalnagini snake was rescued unharmed from a house in the staff quarters of the Sreemangal upazila health complex and handed to the forest department.
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Environment
Fisheries
Hilsa Production Has Risen, but Sustainable Management Is the Big Challenge
A BFRI scientist says hilsa production has grown significantly in recent years, but keeping it up needs sustainable management, protection of mother hilsa and jatka, and cleaner, deeper rivers.
Environment
What the Life of the Ant, One of Earth's Oldest Creatures, Teaches Us
Ants, among Earth's oldest and smallest creatures, live in disciplined, cooperative colonies whose habits offer lessons for people.
Crops
Six Seasons Out of Rhythm: What Future for Farming and the Environment?
A senior agriculturist argues that global warming has broken the rhythm of Bangladesh's six seasons, with growing damage to farming, public health and the environment.
Environment
Rescuing, Treating and Releasing Snakes Is Monir Hossain's Work
A young physics graduate in Madaripur has released 86 snakes and treated five injured ones in two years, working with the forest department.
Crops
Agriculture Minister Orders Close Work to Prevent Haor Crop Losses
The agriculture, fisheries and livestock minister has told officials to work closely together to prevent losses of the boro crop in the haor region.
Crops
Who Will Hear the Cries of the Haor Farmers?
A student writer argues that man-made mismanagement, unplanned embankments and weak oversight, more than nature, are destroying the livelihoods of Sunamganj's haor farmers.
Flowers
Sunflower Farming Grows in Mirsarai, Farmers Hope for Good Yield
Sunflower cultivation is growing in Mirsarai, Chattogram, where government incentives have helped farmers plant 15 hectares this season.
Environment
Deer Poacher Arrested in Sundarbans With 4,000 Feet of Snares
Forest guards have arrested a deer poacher with 4,000 feet of snare wire in the Sharankhola range of the Sundarbans, while five others escaped.
Crops
'Unripe Paddy Is Rotting Under Water Before My Eyes; I Cannot Sleep for Worry'
Heavy rain has waterlogged haors across Netrokona, submerging unripe boro paddy two weeks before harvest and leaving thousands of farmers in despair.
Fruits
Hill Wild Fruit Rosko Sells Dearer Than Apples
Rosko, a sweet-sour wild fruit of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, is selling at Tk 400 to 500 a kg, more than imported apples.
Crops
Mirsarai Watermelon Farmers Hit by Heavy Rain
Heavy rain that began on 31 March has damaged about 20 per cent of the 750 hectares of watermelon grown in Mirsarai, Chattogram.
Crops
How Will the Middle East War Affect Bangladesh's Agriculture?
A war in the Middle East pushes up oil prices, raising irrigation, fertiliser and transport costs for Bangladesh's farmers and threatening food security.