EnvironmentA 13-year-old schoolboy died after a venomous snake bit him on a pond bank by his home in Nayabil union of Nalitabari, Sherpur, on the evening of 12 June 2026. A doctor at the upazila health complex declared him dead.
A 10-month-old boy named Ariyan has died of a venomous snakebite in Dashmina upazila of Patuakhali.
EnvironmentShifa Akter, a 16-year-old madrasa student, died on 9 June 2026 after a cobra bit her beside the fridge at home in Phulbaria, Mymensingh. She first took little notice of the bite and was taken to hospital only when her condition worsened that afternoon.
An 85-year-old man drowned in a pond in Dupchanchia, Bogura, apparently after slipping while gathering fallen mangoes at night.
CropsA 55-year-old farmer, Shahidul Islam, died on the morning of 30 May 2026 in Bhangbaria village of Alamdanga upazila, Chuadanga, after a mango stone lodged in his windpipe while he was eating a mango. Police confirmed the death.
HealthA 14-year-old boy died in Islampur, Jamalpur, on Eid-ul-Azha, 28 May 2026, after a piece of sacrificial beef lodged in his throat during the family meal; the upazila health officer said he died before reaching hospital.
LivestockDr Mohammad Mahbubul Alam, deputy director of the Central Artificial Insemination Laboratory in Savar, fell ill on official duty at the Radio Colony cattle market on 27 May 2026 and died on the way to hospital; the fisheries and livestock ministers mourned his death.
LivestockA woman was gored by a cow at Gharmora Bazar in Homna upazila of Cumilla at noon on 25 May 2026, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, and was declared dead at the upazila health complex, police said.
The deaths of four members of a Mumbai family were first blamed on watermelon, but early forensic findings reported by NDTV point to possible poisoning.
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.
A long-ill male Asian wild elephant, about 65 years old, has died in Longadu, Rangamati, with a female elephant standing beside its body.
EnvironmentA farmer bitten by a snake in Motmura village, Gangni, on the night of 17 April 2026 was treated at home by ojhas who said he had recovered; he worsened at about 2am and died at Kushtia Medical College Hospital.
The family of a young man who died of a snakebite in Babuganj, Barishal, kept his body in the yard for a daylong exorcism by snake charmers before burying him.
