Livestock
Four Arrested for Demanding Extortion at Cattle Market
Police in Barishal's Agailjhara arrested four people accused of trying to extort money at a temporary cattle market.
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Animals
Crops
Students Treat Sacrificial Animals at 21 Dhaka Cattle Markets
Sixteen students of BAU's Faculty of Veterinary Science are providing first aid to sacrificial animals at 21 Dhaka cattle markets for the first time this Eid-ul-Azha.
Agribusiness
Lal Manik, Raised Like a Child, Priced at Tk 7 Lakh
A Faridpur man who returned from Dubai has raised an 18-maund cow named Lal Manik on grass and straw and hopes to sell it for Tk 7 lakh.
Livestock
Going to a Cattle Market for the First Time? Some Things You Need to Know
Before going to a sacrificial animal market for the first time, buyers should plan their budget, health precautions, animal checks, bargaining, transport and feed.
Crops
What Young People Can Do to Conserve Biodiversity
For International Biodiversity Day, Kazi Maliha Akter gathers students' thoughts on the threats to biodiversity and what young people can do.
Agribusiness
Cattle Market Toll Is 5 Percent Now, Request to Cut It to 4
The home adviser says local government bodies have been asked to cut the cattle market toll to 4 per cent from next year, as this year's tenders are already done.
Crops
Forests Are Vanishing, and Wildlife Is at a Loss
A researcher argues that the destruction of forests and water bodies is pushing wild animals into human settlements and threatening Bangladesh's biodiversity.
Crops
Python Rescued in Sherpur, Released Into Forest
Forest officials rescued a Burmese python from a paddy field in Jhenaigati, Sherpur, and released it into the Rangtia range forest.
Environment
Cat Abuse: Grameenphone to Take Action Against Official
Grameenphone says it will take necessary action against one of its officials after a neighbour alleged her pet cat was beaten with an iron rod in his flat.
Livestock
No Cattle Market in Two Aftabnagar Blocks and Part of Sun Valley
The High Court has stayed a temporary Eid-ul-Azha cattle market in two blocks of Aftabnagar's Eastern Housing and part of Sun Valley, leased out by Dhaka North City Corporation.
Livestock
65 Hatchlings Born to Critically Endangered Batagur Baska Turtle
Sixty-five hatchlings have emerged from the eggs of a critically endangered Batagur baska turtle at the Karamjal wildlife breeding centre in the Sundarbans.
Livestock
1.25 Crore Animals Ready for Qurbani, Surplus Could Reach 20 Lakh
Bangladesh has 1,24,47,337 animals fit for sacrifice this Eid-ul-Azha, and about 20,68,135 may be left over, the fisheries and livestock adviser said.
Crops
Endangered Gandhagokul Seen at Dusk in Pabna's Bera
Residents of Bera municipality in Pabna still see the endangered gandhagokul after dark and have learned to live alongside it.