HealthResearchers who modelled data from 79 countries estimate that 2.1 million to 7 million people suffer snake envenoming each year and 274,000 to 513,000 die, far more than official figures show, with sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia's rural field workers worst hit.
EnvironmentSocial media posts claimed a Mithapukur man died after ignoring a snakebite to watch Argentina play; the local UP member told Jagonews24 he was under treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital during the match.
LivestockIn July 2026 the owner of a snake venom farm in Patuakhali, Abdur Razzak Biswas, said it could collect venom worth about Tk 8 crore a month, but three months after registration with the Department of Livestock Services no drug company had offered to process it.
EnvironmentA Chittagong University law student was bitten by a venomous snake on the night of 8 July 2026 beside Khaleda Zia Hall. He was given a dose of antivenom at Hathazari Upazila Health Complex and admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital under close observation.
EnvironmentA woman bitten by a snake died after being taken to the Madarganj Upazila Health Complex in Jamalpur on the night of 6 July 2026; the next day a staff doctor was allegedly assaulted, and a three-member committee was formed to investigate.
EnvironmentA seven-year-old girl died of a snakebite in Jhilim union of Chapainawabganj Sadar on the afternoon of 17 June 2026. Locals alleged she was first taken to a village healer; she was brought to hospital hours later and found dead.
EnvironmentA 13-year-old schoolboy died after a venomous snake bit him on a pond bank by his home in Nayabil union of Nalitabari, Sherpur, on the evening of 12 June 2026. A doctor at the upazila health complex declared him dead.
EnvironmentA young man was bitten by a Russell's viper on 27 April 2026 while freeing it from a net on the Meghna bank in Matlab Uttar, Chandpur. He bagged the snake, took it home and then received antivenom at Chandpur Sadar Hospital.
EnvironmentA farmer bitten by a snake in Motmura village, Gangni, on the night of 17 April 2026 was treated at home by ojhas who said he had recovered; he worsened at about 2am and died at Kushtia Medical College Hospital.
EnvironmentShamim Hossain, 28, was bitten by a snake in his sleep in Gangni, Meherpur, on the night of 4 November 2025, was taken first to a local ojha and died in the upazila health complex on the morning of 5 November. The doctor said he had arrived too late.
EnvironmentThree housewives died of snakebites in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur on 15 and 16 September 2025. Two died on the way from the upazila health complex to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, and one died shortly after she was bitten.
EnvironmentHospitals in Tangail admitted 535 snakebite patients in the seven months to early September 2025 and two of them died, the civil surgeon's office said, as the families of the dead alleged they had to buy antivenom outside the hospital.
EnvironmentGopa Ghosh, 47, was bitten by a snake on the night of 3 September 2025 on her way to the toilet behind her home in East Syedpur, Sitakunda, and was declared dead at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
