EnvironmentA wild mother elephant was seriously injured on 11 July 2026 after slipping down a steep hillside in Naitongpara, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, the Forest Department said; vets treated her where she fell.
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.
EnvironmentIn June 2026 local people objected to a 5-metre-high, 137-metre-long brick wall being built in an elephant corridor in the reserved forest behind Shalbagan Rohingya camp 26 in Teknaf. The Forest Department said its permission was not sought for the UNDP waste-management work; the refugee commissioner said the project was meant to deal with camp waste.
Wild elephants in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, are leaving the hills and entering villages in search of food, spreading fear among local people.
EnvironmentA herd of three wild elephants entered Syed Colony in West Khuniapalong, Ramu upazila, around dawn on 30 April 2026 and killed a woman and her small daughter. The Forest Department said the herd was driven back into the forest and the family would receive financial assistance.
Green mangoes have reached the market in Teknaf in Cox's Bazar and are selling at Tk 500 to 550 a kg because of high demand.
The salt season has begun in Cox's Bazar but most farmers have not returned to the fields, saying prices below production cost have left 3.5 lakh tonnes of last year's salt unsold.
The body of an elderly wild elephant was found in a paddy field in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, and the forest department says a post-mortem will establish the cause of death.
The Forest Department rescued a 10-foot Burmese python weighing 25 kg from a mango tree at a house in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, and released it into the forest.
Fifteen people, including vets, were injured when a wild elephant wounded by a landmine on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border attacked the team trying to treat it.
Fishermen off Saint Martin's are netting shoals of hilsa weighing one and a half to two kg each, sold at up to Tk 2,000 a kg.
The Forest Department rescued a python about 15 feet long from a settlement in Ramu, Cox's Bazar, and released it in the local botanical garden the same day.
Fishermen off Teknaf are catching shoals of hilsa weighing 1.5 to 2 kg, credited to observing the fishing ban.
