Daily lifeA young man who climbed a coconut palm in Ramganj, Lakshmipur, on 14 December 2025 drank a green coconut and fell asleep at the top; firefighters brought him down with a ladder after about two hours.
After 24 fires in two decades, experts and officials weigh whether Bangladesh needs firefighting helicopters, special teams or better canals to protect the Sundarbans.
A seven-member committee will investigate whether the fire in the Sundarbans at Amarbunia damaged the forest's biodiversity.
The fire service rescued two nearly dead kittens that had been stuck for two days in a three-inch gap between two buildings in Barguna town.
Firefighters rescued a cat that had been stuck for three days on the third-floor ledge of a building in Chattogram's Chandgaon residential area.
