Crops
Students Now Selling Vegetables at Low Prices in Chattogram
To break the market syndicate, the Students Against Discrimination movement has begun selling vegetables at fair prices in Chattogram, in some cases Tk 30-35 below market.
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Chattogram
Agribusiness
Mirsarai Traders Fined for Selling Hilsa During Ban; 60kg Goes to Orphanage
A mobile court in Mirsarai fined two traders for selling hilsa in breach of government orders and seized 60 kg of the fish.
Environment
Python Found in Mirsarai Village Released into Forest
A 12-foot python caught in wire netting at a home in Mirsarai was rescued unharmed and released into the forest.
Bangladesh
Endangered Eagle Rescued in Boalkhali
Snake Rescue Team Bangladesh rescued an injured fish eagle of an endangered species in Boalkhali, Chattogram.
Agribusiness
Farmers Demand End to Discrimination in Poultry Industry
Marginal poultry farmers in Chattogram have demanded fair day-old chick prices, cheaper feed and an end to discrimination in the poultry industry.
Environment
People Invade the Elephants' Home, Sparking a Habitat 'Conflict'
Deadly elephant attacks around Deyang Hill have villagers and the Korean EPZ demanding the animals' removal, while forest officials blame hill-cutting and settlement in the elephants' corridor.
Environment
Elephant Attacks Kill Two in One Night in Chattogram
Two people, including a woman, were killed in separate elephant attacks on the same night in Bairag union of Anwara, Chattogram.
Environment
Snake Menace Rises in Mirsarai, Over 400 Bitten in 9 Months
Snakebites have risen in Mirsarai, Chattogram, after the devastating flood, with about 400 people bitten this year and one schoolboy killed.
Environment
Schoolboy Dies After Being Taken to Snake Charmer Before Hospital
A seventh-grade pupil in Mirsharai, Chattogram, died of a snakebite after his family first took him to a traditional healer.
Environment
Snakebite Kills Child in Sitakunda
A two-and-a-half-year-old child died after being bitten by a snake while playing indoors in Sitakunda, Chattogram.
Environment
Snakebite Kills Child in Mirsarai
A three-year-old girl died after a snake bit her in her sleep in Mirsarai, Chattogram, on Wednesday night.
Crops
Catching Snakes and Freeing Them in the Forest Is Tarek's Passion
Tarek Aziz, 22, known in Chattogram's Mirsharai upazila as the 'friend of snakes', rescues snakes that people want to kill and releases them into the forest.
Fisheries
Fishermen Disappointed as Hilsa Elude Nets After Ban Ends
Fishermen from 29 fishing villages in Mirsarai are catching few hilsa after the 65-day sea fishing ban and are struggling with debt.