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.
The office of online mango seller "Mango Lover" in Paba, Rajshahi, was attacked and vandalised, with two staff injured and more than Tk 15 lakh allegedly taken.
AgribusinessAt least 10 people were injured, three of them by spears, when two local groups clashed on 22 May 2026 in Baluchar union of Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj, over the lease of the Baluchar cattle market, police and local sources said.
Fishermen defying the hilsa ban attacked a fisheries department raid team on the Meghna in Barishal, injuring at least 15, the second attack in 24 hours.
An assistant commissioner (land) and an upazila fisheries officer faced an attempted attack while seizing a trawler during a mother hilsa drive in Gosairhat, Shariatpur.
BangladeshA wild elephant attacked a home in Eidgarh union of Ramu, Cox’s Bazar, on the night of 17 June 2025, killing a one-and-a-half-year-old boy and injuring his 10-year-old sister.
A 32-year-old woman, Esther Bawm, was injured in a wild bear attack in the Chimbuk area of Bandarban.
Eight fisheries department staff were injured when attackers struck a mother hilsa protection drive on the Padma in Zajira, Shariatpur.
Fishermen defying the hilsa ban in the Meghna sanctuary at Hizla and Mehendiganj in Barishal have repeatedly attacked officials and law enforcers.
A black-faced langur bit an 11-year-old schoolboy on the chest in Abhaynagar, Jashore, when he tried to pet it; another boy was attacked earlier the same day.
A child was killed in a monkey attack in Salki village of Gandhinagar in India's Gujarat on 14 November.
An Australian cattle farmer escaped a crocodile that seized his leg by biting the animal's eyelid.
Families in Mymensingh's Haluaghat and Dhobaura who have lost relatives, crops and homes to wild elephants say they have received only promises of compensation.
