Environment
Baby Langur Cries Beside Its Mother, Electrocuted in Lathitila Forest
A spectacled langur has again died of electrocution in the Lathitila reserved forest in Juri, Moulvibazar, and its baby kept crying beside the body.
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Fisheries
Three Fishermen Held in the Sundarbans With Deer-Hunting Traps
The Forest Department detained three fishermen preparing to hunt deer and catch fish in the Sundarbans and seized a boat, nets and 25 deer traps.
Environment
Why Planes Cannot Fly Over Messi's House
Planes cannot fly over Lionel Messi's mansion because it lies next to a park near Barcelona that Spanish environmental law strictly protects.
Bangladesh
UP Member Slaughters Stray Deer and Shares Out the Meat
Chargazi union parishad member Farid Uddin and others slaughtered a stray deer in Ramgati, Lakshmipur, and divided the meat among themselves.
Environment
Venomous Snake in the Cockpit Forces an Emergency Landing
Pilot Rudolph Erasmus made an emergency landing after spotting a Cape cobra slipping under his seat in mid-flight.
Crops
Blast Outbreak Hits Boro Paddy in Habiganj's Haors
Blast disease has struck BRRI dhan28 boro paddy in the haors of Habiganj, leaving farmers with empty husks at harvest time.
Environment
Take the Family to the Zoo on Your Day Off
A writer's guide to spending a day with family at the Bangladesh National Zoo in Mirpur, from its animals and facilities to the rules and how to get there.
Crops
College Student Succeeds Growing Cucumbers With Mulching in Sharsha
Twelfth-grade student Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, is growing hybrid cucumbers on 50 decimals with polythene mulching and employing five to seven people.
Crops
Capsicum Success in Gadkhali, the Kingdom of Flowers
Farmer Monjur Alam has had a bumper crop of red, yellow and green capsicum on one bigha in Gadkhali, Jashore's flower capital.
Crops
Meherpur Farmers Happy With Drumstick Yield
Favourable weather and no natural disasters have given Meherpur a good drumstick harvest, with branches bending under the weight of the pods.
Crops
BRRI Seed Sower Machine Can Sow 7,000 Seeds an Hour
BRRI has developed a seed sower that evenly sows 7,000 to 7,300 rice seeds an hour, alongside a whole-feed combine harvester, transplanters, weeders and an improved solar light trap.
Environment
Gaziul, the Lifeline of Campus Animals and Birds
Rajshahi University employee Gaziul Islam has been feeding and caring for hungry campus animals and birds since 2008.
Crops
Mango Fruit Setting in Naogaon, Growers Busy Tending Orchards
Naogaon's mango blossom is turning into young fruit, but with no traders yet buying orchards, growers are busy spraying and tending the trees themselves.
Crops
Mojar Has Been Eating Live Snakes and Scorpions for 15 Years
Day labourer Md Mojar Mia of Kurigram has been eating live snakes, scorpions, raw cow blood and tripe for 15 years, and neighbours want him treated.
Bangladesh
Nine Monitor Lizards Recovered in Chauddagram From Smugglers Bound for India
Border Guard Bangladesh seized nine monitor lizards being smuggled into India from the Chauddagram border in Cumilla, and they were released into the forest.
Crops
Tk 4.65 Lakh Fine for Stealing One Sack of Chicken Feed
Village heads in Bhangura, Pabna fined two men Tk 4,65,000 over the alleged theft of a single sack of poultry feed from a farm.
Crops
Blossom Pleased the Eye, but Young Mangoes Disappoint
Despite heavy blossom, Fazli and Ashwina mango trees in Chapainawabganj have set little fruit, and growers are worried about the yield.
Crops
Storms and Hail Feared on Friday and Saturday: What Farmers Should Do to Protect Crops
With storms and hail forecast for 31 March and 1 April, the Agriculture Information Service has told farmers how to limit damage to standing crops.
Agribusiness
CAB Demands Punishment for Those Who Looted the Chicken Market Through a Syndicate
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh demanded strict punishment for traders who made crores of taka through a broiler chicken syndicate.
Crops
Farmer Dies of Snakebite in Sherpur
Farmer Aynal Haque (38) died after being bitten by a snake while checking his paddy field in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.