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.
The government has taken steps including low-interest loans and import controls to ensure fair prices for salt farmers in Cox's Bazar and Chattogram, the Industries Minister told Parliament.
EnvironmentOn 7 July 2026 Bangladesh's Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre warned of short-term floods in 16 districts including Chattogram; amid worry over the ongoing HSC exams, the inter-board committee said all preparations were in place.
Leo Club of Chittagong Bandhan distributed seasonal fruit to staff working at the Chattogram Lions Eye Hospital compound.
FruitsAn orchard started as a hobby in 2003 on the hills of Mirsarai in Chattogram covered about 50 acres by June 2026, with some 50 kinds of local and foreign fruit trees including avocado, rambutan and cardamom.
CropsMango, jackfruit, pineapple and dragon-fruit output is rising in Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban, but exporters and agriculture officials say no cargo flights, high air freight and unquarantined orchards keep Chattogram's fresh-fruit exports small.
The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs is holding a three-day hill fruit fair in Dhaka from 27 to 29 June, with 30 stalls from the three hill districts.
EnvironmentOn 20 June 2026 a python about 12 feet long, caught in a net around farmland in Wahedpur union of Mirsharai, Chattogram, was rescued unharmed and released into the forest of Baraiyadhala National Park.
CookingChattogram's traditional madhubhat is sticky rice mixed with jala, a powder of sprouted paddy, and left overnight; despite its name it contains no honey, as its sweetness comes from the malted grain.
A 12-foot Burmese python was rescued from a house in Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila and released into a hill forest.
Families in Chattogram are booking sacrificial cattle straight from farms, favouring medium-sized cows as budgets tighten.
AgribusinessAt Mirsarai's Bortakia cattle market on 23 May 2026, a farmer asked Tk 7 lakh for 'Kalo Pahar', a Friesian he put at 20 maunds; by evening the best offer was Tk 4.5 lakh.
Locals in Sitakunda, Chattogram, say a young man who climbed a 30-foot tree at night and shouted for hours fell silent when they called the azan and was then brought down.
