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Mountains Are Vital to the Environment and to Life
A column marking International Mountain Day on the role of mountains in supplying water and sheltering biodiversity, and the damage being done to hills in Bangladesh.
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Agriculture and nature
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Nayan Works Tirelessly to Protect Nature and the Environment
A Titumir College student from Bhola has spent years campaigning for the environment, leading climate strikes and volunteering in disaster relief.
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Collecting Snails Keeps Families Going in Chalan Beel
With little other work in the Chalan Beel area, thousands of poor people collect snails for a living, though experts warn the harvest harms soil fertility and the food chain.
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The Flowers That Bloom in Autumn
A short guide to the flowers of Sharat, the Bengali autumn, from white kash on riverbanks to night-blooming shiuli.
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Autumn Arrives, the Queen of Seasons
Sharat, the autumn of Bangladesh's six seasons, follows the monsoon with clear blue skies, white clouds, seasonal flowers and fields of green paddy.
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Let Change Come to the Country's Agriculture Too
The writer argues that change is needed in agriculture as village people turn away from farming, and calls on the state and the young to put it back at the centre of national life.
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Chalta Flowers Grace the Monsoon
The fragrant white chalta flower blooms in the monsoon and becomes a fruit rich in vitamin C, but the tree is now a rare sight.
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The Snake That Eats Other Snakes
The king cobra, found in Bangladesh's Chattogram and Chattogram Hill Tracts forests, feeds mainly on other snakes and is becoming rare as forests disappear.
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How to Recognise the Venomous Russell's Viper
With the Russell's viper turning up in farmland, here is how to recognise the snake, known locally as chandrabora or ulubora.
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Trees Can Bring Relief From the Heat
Trees can ease the heatwave's toll, but experts urge people to choose native species over the foreign trees that now fill the country.
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Rare Red Sonail Charms Onlookers in Rajshahi
The rare Cassia javanica, or lal sonail, is in bloom at several places in Rajshahi, admired for its beauty and valued for its herbal uses.
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A Summer Full of Flowers and Fruit
Summer, made up of Boishakh and Jyoishtho, fills Bangladesh with ripening fruit and a blaze of flowers, led by the krishnachura.
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Which Tree to Plant, When and Where
With the heatwave blamed on tree felling, here is a guide to when to plant saplings and which trees suit which places.