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Three Die of Snakebite in Faridpur, No Antivenom at Any Hospital
Three people have died of snakebites in Faridpur in two days, with no antivenom available at any hospital or health centre in the district since June.
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Snakebite Woman Dies After Going to a Quack Instead of Hospital
A 45-year-old woman in Bhola's Lalmohan upazila died of a snakebite after she went to a local snake charmer instead of the hospital she was referred to.
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Snakebitten Student Treated with Exorcism, Dies Two Hours Later
A 15-year-old schoolgirl, Shefa Khatun, died in Rajbari about two hours after a snakebite that her family treated with exorcism rituals at home.
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Mistaken for a Frog Bite, Snakebite Kills Expatriate's Wife
A 21-year-old woman in Madaripur's Kalkini died of a snakebite after her family, seeing a frog at the spot, assumed a frog had bitten her.
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Two Teachers of the Same Madrasa Die of Snakebite
Two teachers of the same madrasa in Gomostapur, Chapainawabganj, died after being bitten by a snake while asleep on the night of 6 August.
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Housewife Dies of Snakebite in Gaibandha
A 32-year-old housewife died of a venomous snakebite in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, after first thinking she had been bitten by a rat.
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Madrasa Student Dies of Snakebite in Jhalokati
A 12-year-old madrasa student died of a snakebite in Rajapur, Jhalokati, after her family first took her to exorcists instead of hospital.
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48 Snakebite Patients Admitted to Hospital in a Month, Four Dead
Chuadanga Sadar Hospital alone treated 48 snakebite patients in July, four of whom died, as snakes become more common in the district.
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UP Member Dies of Snakebite in Faridpur
Woman UP member Kakon Shikder Kanon, 34, died of a snakebite in Sadarpur, Faridpur.
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Chuadanga Farmer Dies of Snakebite After Hours at Exorcist's House
A farmer bitten by a snake in his paddy field in Chuadanga died in hospital after his family first took him to an exorcist.
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Elderly Man Killed by Wild Elephant in Cox's Bazar
A 70-year-old labourer was killed by a wild elephant while returning home from plantation work in Pekua, Cox's Bazar.
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Penguins Starving in the Atlantic, Thousands of Bodies Wash Ashore
More than 2,000 Magellanic penguins, most of them young, have washed up dead on Uruguay's Atlantic coast, apparently from starvation.
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College Student Dies After Snakebite at Home and a Night with Faith Healers in Meherpur
A 19-year-old college student in Gangni, Meherpur, died after being bitten by a venomous snake at home and taken first to faith healers before reaching hospital.