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Sifat Khan's Colourful Dream Journey With Colourful Budgerigars
Young lawyer Md Sifat Khan has turned a childhood fascination into Sifat Aviary, a budgerigar farm of about 130 birds that earns him Tk 20,000-30,000 a month.
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EnvironmentStarving African penguins: stones found in the stomachs of rescued chicks
Staff at SANCCOB, South Africa's seabird rescue centre, told CNN in February 2026 that they have found stones in the stomachs of starving cormorant and penguin chicks, as a study links the collapse of sardine stocks to the deaths of about 62,000 breeding African penguins.
EnvironmentRajshahi University bird fair puts preserved 'mummy' birds on display
Rajshahi University's Bird Conservation Club held a day-long bird fair on 31 January 2026 with taxidermy-preserved "mummy" birds, bird photographs, an awareness rally and a children's drawing contest.
Crops
What Farmers Can Do to Protect Birds in Crop Fields
With pesticides, wetland traps and habitat loss pushing birds into crisis, farmers can help through organic farming, pest management and protecting wetlands and trees.
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A Hobby Turned Bird Business Selling Tk 3 Lakh a Month
Young entrepreneur Mehedi Hasan Shuvo has turned a childhood love of birds into a shop in Old Dhaka that sells Tk 2-3 lakh worth of birds a month.
Environment
Migratory Birds Decline at Protected Baikka Beel
Flocks of migratory birds once filled the protected Baikka Beel in Moulvibazar, but far fewer come now and visiting birdwatchers often leave disappointed.
EnvironmentA Student's Call for a Kinder New Year's Eve, Not Fireworks
Faria Islam, a student at Bhairab Government Women's College, argued that Thirty-First Night fireworks and loud noise harm people, birds and the environment, and urged that the new year be welcomed through acts of kindness instead of wasteful displays.
Environment
A Night Frozen by Noise Pollution: Is Our Celebration Someone Else's Sigh?
The writer argues that New Year fireworks break the law, endanger people and animals, and should be stopped through enforcement and public awareness.
Rooftop farming
Thirty-First Night Through the Eyes of Birds and Animals
For people Thirty-First Night is a celebration, but for birds and animals the fireworks, noise and smoke make it a night of terror and injury.
EnvironmentRare Himalayan griffon vulture rescued in Sirajganj
An exhausted Himalayan griffon vulture, a rare winter migrant, was rescued from Sirajganj town on 13 December 2025 by a local bird protection group after it fell to the ground on the Jamuna chars. It is being fed and treated before being handed to wildlife officials.
EnvironmentThousands of Migratory Birds Bring Winter to the Bishkhali Estuary
In December 2025 the Bishkhali estuary in Jhalakathi Sadar again sheltered thousands of migratory birds in its hogla reed beds, where residents said years of vigilance had stopped hunting.
EnvironmentHow woodpeckers peck without brain injury, and the species of Bangladesh
A December 2025 Jagonews24 feature said the woodpecker's long tongue, looped around the skull, works like a seat belt; research partly supports this, and the IUCN Bangladesh assessment lists no woodpecker as threatened, though large forest species are under pressure.
Environment
Rajshahi Is Dropping Off the Migratory Bird Map
Migratory bird numbers in Rajshahi have fallen sharply this winter, and observers and researchers blame habitat destruction on the Padma chars, human disturbance and light pollution.