Crops
Bitten by Snake in the Morning, Farmer Dies on the Way to Hospital
A farmer, Golam Kibria, 50, died after a venomous snakebite in Mirsarai, Chattogram, having told no one at home that he had been bitten.
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Chattogram
Vegetables
Villagers Fed Up with One Monkey's Menace
A monkey that strayed from the forest into a Mirsarai village has been destroying fruit, vegetables and shop goods for 16 days and has bitten a child.
Environment
Endangered Langur Rescued in Chandanaish, Bus Driver Jailed
A mobile court in Chandanaish jailed bus driver Md Jasim Uddin for two months after an endangered black langur was recovered from his bus.
Crops
No Rain at Height of Season, Aman Farming in Doubt
A lack of rain at the height of the season has left Mirsarai farmers unsure whether they can grow aman at all this year.
Environment
Slow Loris Leaves Forest for Village in Mirsarai
A slow loris has left the forest and has been wandering around homes in Mirsarai's Madhyam Wahedpur for four days.
Environment
MP Nadvi Launches Drive to Plant One Lakh Trees
Local MP Dr Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvi has launched a drive to plant one lakh tree saplings in Lohagara, Chattogram.
Agribusiness
Cattle Prices High at Chattogram Haats, Sales Yet to Pick Up
Medium and large cattle dominate Chattogram's qurbani markets, where sellers are asking high prices but buying has not yet picked up.
Environment
Tree Planting Drive at Bangabandhu Maritime University in Baklia
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University opened a tree planting drive at its permanent campus in Baklia, Chattogram.
Livestock
Highway Police Form Quick Response Teams to Stop Extortion
To keep highways free of extortion before Eid-ul-Azha, the Highway Police Cumilla region has formed 30 quick response teams alongside 66 patrol teams from 22 stations and outposts.
Environment
53 Parrots and 30 Munias Rescued in Chattogram
The Forest Department's wildlife unit has rescued 83 birds, 53 parrots and 30 munias, from a bird market in Chattogram.
Environment
Great hornbills rescued from bus in Chandanaish, supervisor jailed
Police in Chandanaish, Chattogram, rescued two endangered great hornbills from a bus, and a mobile court jailed the bus supervisor for four months.
Environment
Four great hornbills rescued, two jailed for six months
A mobile court in Banshkhali, Chattogram, has sentenced two men to six months each in jail for smuggling four great hornbills.
Environment12-foot Burmese python rescued from a colony at Chittagong University
On the night of 9 May 2023 a 12-foot Burmese python weighing about 20 kg was rescued from a colony beside the science faculty of Chittagong University and released on a secluded hill.