Environment
Young Man Dies Trying to Rescue Pet Bird, Two Others Burned
A 22-year-old member of a pet bird rescue team died after being electrocuted in South Keraniganj while trying to retrieve a bird from a power line.
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Death
Crops
Child Dies of Snakebite While Playing With Classmates in Paddy Field
A seven-year-old girl died after being bitten by a snake while playing with classmates in a harvested paddy field in Nawabganj, Dinajpur.
Environment
Wild Elephant Dies After Getting Caught in Electric Wire in Cox's Bazar
A wild elephant was found dead near a jujube orchard in Eidgaon, Cox's Bazar, with locals blaming an illegal electric wire and forest officials citing a heart attack.
Agribusiness
Man Kills Wife and Child by Releasing Venomous Snake in Their Room
A man in India's Odisha state has been arrested after his wife and two-year-old daughter died from the bites of a cobra he allegedly released in their room.
World
Child Dies in Monkey Attack in India's Gujarat
A child was killed in a monkey attack in Salki village of Gandhinagar in India's Gujarat on 14 November.
Environment
Rampaging Elephant Finally Captured
A Forest Department team from Dhaka tranquillised and captured an elephant that had rampaged through Tanore in Rajshahi and Nachole in Chapainawabganj.
Bangladesh
Cancer-Stricken Giraffe Dies at Bangabandhu Safari Park
A giraffe suffering from uterine cancer died at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur on 20 October, leaving the park with only two giraffes, both of them female.
Environment
Young Man Dies of Snakebite While Being Filmed Handling Snake
A 25-year-old man in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat, died after being bitten by a venomous snake he had caught and was handling while a friend filmed him.
Crops
Awami League Leader Dies of Snakebite in Shariatpur
A ward-level Awami League leader in Damudya, Shariatpur, died of a snakebite after his family said the district hospital did not give him antivenom because no doctor was available.
Fruits
Wild Elephant Found Dead in Kaptai Forest
The carcass of an aged wild elephant was found in Kaptai upazila, Rangamati, and forest officials believe it may have died of a stroke.
Fruits
Housewife Dies of Snakebite in Jhalakathi
A 45-year-old housewife in Kathalia, Jhalakathi, died after a snake from a hole under her bed bit her foot early on 9 October.
Crops
Farmer Dies of Snakebite
A 44-year-old farmer in Shahid Wahabpur, Rajbari Sadar upazila, has died after being bitten by a snake while working in a paddy field.
Environment
Housewife Dies of Snakebite in Rajbari
A 35-year-old housewife named Nargis Akter has died of a snakebite in Rajbari Sadar upazila.