Environment
75% of the World's Tigers Now Live in India; Numbers Up in Nepal and Bhutan
India, Nepal and Bhutan have made major gains in tiger numbers, with India now home to about 75% of the world's tigers.
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Vegetables
Relief in Khulna Vegetable Markets, but Fish Prices Stay High
Vegetables are cheaper in Khulna's markets, but fish prices have not fallen as supply is still low after the fishing ban ended.
Livestock
Woman Dies of Snakebite While Grazing Cattle
Maleka Begum, 50, died of a venomous snakebite while grazing cattle on a remote char in Raipur, Lakshmipur.
Environment
World Tiger Day Today
As World Tiger Day is marked, Bangladesh's Sundarbans tiger numbers remain far from the 2010 doubling goal and the exact current count is unknown.
Crops
Chuadanga Farmer Dies of Snakebite After Hours at Exorcist's House
A farmer bitten by a snake in his paddy field in Chuadanga died in hospital after his family first took him to an exorcist.
Fruits
Abid's Hall Balcony Garden Holds 70 Plant Species
A Rajshahi University master's student has turned the balcony outside his hall room into a garden of about 70 plant species.
Fruits
Hog Plum Khatta with Coconut Paste
The sweet-and-sour hog plum, or amra, can be turned into a mouth-watering khatta with coconut paste.
Crops
Atikullah's Green Dream Hangs From the Trellis
A farmer in his sixties in Kaliganj, Gazipur, has drawn crowds with sweet grapes on about a bigha of trellises, once mocked by his neighbours.
Environment
Snake Panic Capsizes Boat, Killing Three Wedding Guests in Tangail
Three people including the groom's elder brother drowned in Tangail's Mirzapur when panic over a snake in the water overturned their boat.
Fruits
Saplings in Exchange for Plastic Bottles at Chittagong University
A student organisation at Chittagong University handed out about 4,000 fruit saplings to people who brought in plastic bottles.
Environment
IFIC Bank Launches Nationwide Tree-Planting Programme
IFIC Bank has begun a month-long tree-planting drive across its 1,300 branches and sub-branches under the slogan "Let trees be life's companions".
Crops
Shrabon 'Drought' Burns Northern Farmers' Fortunes
A rainless monsoon is forcing farmers across northern Bangladesh to irrigate aman paddy, pushing up costs and raising fears of lower yields.
Fruits
Naogaon Mangoes Lag in Exports for Lack of Support
Naogaon is famous for its mangoes, but only Sapahar upazila exports them, and growers say government support would let them earn far more.
Fruits
How to Get to the Floating Guava Market and What It Costs
Bangladesh's largest floating guava market at Bhimruli, on the Jhalakathi-Pirojpur border, is at its liveliest from late July.
Environment
Elderly Man Killed by Wild Elephant in Cox's Bazar
A 70-year-old labourer was killed by a wild elephant while returning home from plantation work in Pekua, Cox's Bazar.
Fruits
Mouth-Watering Pineapple Halwa
Pineapple, available almost all year, can be turned into a halwa whose taste lingers after one bite.
Environment
Python Rescued From Abandoned House, Released in Lemburban
Volunteers in Kalapara, Patuakhali, rescued a 12-foot Burmese python from an abandoned house and released it in the Lemburban forest.
Environment
Feasting on Fox Meat
Foxes are being hunted indiscriminately in Patuakhali and the south in the belief that their meat relieves joint pain, which doctors call superstition.
Crops
Eight Farmers Succeed With Watermelon in Mirsharai
Summer watermelon has been grown in Mirsharai for the first time, with eight farmers in eight unions selling fruit at Tk 60-80 a kg.
Environment
Slow Loris Returned to the Forest in Kaptai
An endangered slow loris found near an Ansar camp in Rangamati has been released deep in Kaptai National Park.