Prime Minister Tarique Rahman called for turning tree planting into a social movement, urging families to celebrate every birth by planting a tree, as he opened the 2026 environment and tree fairs.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said Dhaka must be made a liveable city and stressed environmental awareness while opening the national tree plantation campaign on 9 July.
The Forest Department has rescued a critically endangered hill yellow tortoise that had been brought for sale to Boalkhali bazar in Dighinala upazila, Khagrachhari.
In Charghat, Rajshahi, young entrepreneur Shibli Sadik Shuvo combines AI-based camera surveillance and beehives to run a profitable 300-tree pomegranate orchard.
Juicy ripe mangoes still in the market at the end of summer can be turned into soft, fragrant poa pitha at home.
A Chittagong University law student bitten by a venomous snake on a road beside Khaleda Zia Hall is under close observation at Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
Power supply to Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari, including the Sajek tourist area, has been off since the afternoon of 8 July after floodwater submerged the local substation.
Md Rakibul Amin, owner of Gardening Bangladesh, is being honoured in the National Tree Planting Award 2025 for a decade of greening Dhaka's rooftops, balconies and offices.
The government has taken steps including low-interest loans and import controls to ensure fair prices for salt farmers in Cox's Bazar and Chattogram, the Industries Minister told Parliament.
A cobra sitting with its hood raised in the middle of a busy Bengaluru road stopped traffic for about 30 minutes until police moved it to safety.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has renewed the government's pledge to build a green, climate-resilient Bangladesh, giving development and conservation equal importance.
CropsIn July 2026 researchers in Chapainawabganj said BARI Mango-19, a new late variety that fruits in August, had been proposed for approval; growers saw a chance of better prices but asked for long field trials.
FisheriesThe trawler FB Mohima sank in rough weather in the Bay of Bengal off Taltali, Barguna, on 7 July 2026; 16 of the 18 fishermen on board were rescued and two were missing.
Environment Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo expects a visible improvement in Bangladesh's environment within four years, as the government traces river pollution and sets 70 to 80 indicators.
CropsWith the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declaring El Nino conditions in June 2026, this early-July explainer looked at what the event could mean for Bangladesh's rain, heat and crops at the height of the monsoon, and how to prepare.
A few simple checks on shell, head, colour, shape and smell help buyers avoid stale or poor-quality prawns sold as fresh.
Saplings planted under the government's 250 million tree programme will be monitored by satellite, GIS, remote sensing and drones, Environment Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said.
Several days of heavy rain and hill torrents have sent the Sangu above the danger level in Bandarban, flooding homes, roads and farmland.
A once-marginal bazar in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, has become a dragon fruit hub where Tk 1 crore to Tk 1.5 crore of fruit changes hands every day.
Floods are forecast in at least 16 districts in five divisions, leaving HSC candidates and parents anxious as exams continue.
