Industrial and household waste has cut fish catches in canals around Pubail and Tongi and driven farmers to sell land; tests found lead up to 30 times and nickel six times safe limits, with three inspectors for 7,000 factories.
EnvironmentAfter lemurs, macaws and a nilgai went missing, the Forest Department plans to microchip rare animals at Gazipur Safari Park and record their DNA, work to be done by its Wildlife Crime Control Unit.
EnvironmentBelai Beel, some 50 square kilometres across 35 villages in four Gazipur upazilas, once met about a third of the district's fish demand; the Department of Fisheries says fish variety and quantity have both fallen below half amid toxic waste, grabbing and sand-filling.
Forest staff rescued a 9-foot, 9-kilogram Burmese python crossing the road at Hotapara truck stand in Gazipur Sadar late on Monday night and placed it in the python enclosure at Gazipur Safari Park.
The Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute has released the Philippine black sugarcane as BSRI Akh 49; Bashundhara Agro Chemical Industries' research farm at Kaliakair has grown it experimentally on 20 decimals since January 2025 with a new planting method, while Gazipur's cane area stands at 1,603
Mismanagement and neglect at Gazipur Safari Park in Sreepur have seen animal after animal die or go missing, uncollected lease money and falling visitor numbers.
Vantara in Jamnagar, Gujarat, has promised full cooperation with any lawful request, including DNA testing, after reports that two lemurs stolen from Gazipur Safari Park ended up there.
With no DNA profile on file for the stolen lemurs, Gazipur Safari Park is relying on samples from a related lemur still in its care to check whether two at Vantara are Bangladesh's.
Two elephants released to their owners on conditions including no extortion have been taken back to Gazipur Safari Park on the minister's order after the owners broke the terms.
Poultry farmers in Sreepur, Gazipur, blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway to protest a rise in feed prices while egg prices keep falling.
The Forest Department has returned two elephants rescued two years ago from use in extorting money on roads to their owners, on conditions that they are not abused or used to collect money.
Every Sunday, amid Tongi's noise and traffic, a roadside market fills with ducks, chickens, pigeons, parrots, rabbits, cats and colourful fish.
Jackfruit from Gazipur's red-soil Bhawal area, recognised as a GI product in 2024, drives a trade worth crores of taka a day in peak season.
