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Youth Taken to Traditional Healer After Snakebite Dies Next Day
A 25-year-old man in Lohagara, Chattogram, died after relatives took him to a local ojha rather than a hospital following a snakebite.
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Bitten Farmer Arrives at Hospital With the Live Snake
A farmer in Pangsha, Rajbari, bitten by a venomous cobra while fetching fodder for his cattle, went to hospital carrying the live snake.
AgribusinessClash over Baluchar cattle market lease in Munshiganj leaves at least 10 injured
At least 10 people were injured, three of them by spears, when two local groups clashed on 22 May 2026 in Baluchar union of Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj, over the lease of the Baluchar cattle market, police and local sources said.
LivestockCow seen on third floor of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, photo spreads online
A photograph of a black-and-white cow walking along a third-floor corridor of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, outside the paediatric surgery department, spread on social media in May 2026. A hospital officer said the guards' lapse would be looked into and action taken.
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20 Injured in Clash Over Picking Mangoes in Bhairab
At least 20 people were injured when two extended families clashed over picking mangoes from a tree in Bhairab, Kishoreganj.
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BMU Vice-Chancellor Pledges to Raise University to International Standard
Bangladesh Medical University's vice-chancellor pledged to lift the institution to international standard as it marked its 29th University Day with a rally and fruit-tree planting.
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Bitten Man Takes the Live Cobra With Him to Hospital
A 35-year-old shopkeeper in Sadarpur, Faridpur, was bitten by a cobra and went to hospital carrying the live snake, causing a stir in the area.
EnvironmentMan bitten by Russell's viper on Meghna bank in Matlab Uttar takes snake home
A young man was bitten by a Russell's viper on 27 April 2026 while freeing it from a net on the Meghna bank in Matlab Uttar, Chandpur. He bagged the snake, took it home and then received antivenom at Chandpur Sadar Hospital.
EnvironmentMadaripur Records 353 Snakebite Cases in a Year, Shibchar Worst Hit
Hospital sources told Jagonews24 on 11 December 2025 that snakes had bitten 353 people in Madaripur's five upazilas that year, eight of whom died, with Shibchar upazila the worst affected; doctors urged families to go to hospital, not to an ojha.
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Cold-Related Illness Rises in Haor Region, Patients Treated on Floor Amid Bed Shortage
With cold-related illness rising in Sunamganj, the children's ward of the district hospital holds about twice as many patients as beds, and many are treated on the floor.
CropsRajbari farmer bitten by a Russell's viper takes the live snake to hospital
On 28 November 2025 a Russell's viper bit farmer Md Helal Biswas, 35, in a paddy field on a Padma char in Pangsha, Rajbari. The snake was caught alive and taken to hospital with him; quick identification made treatment easier and the health officer said he was out of danger.
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Snake Fear in Kushtia: 8 Deaths in 10 Months, Antivenom in Short Supply
Snakebites killed eight people in Kushtia in the first ten months of the year, while Kushtia General Hospital and several upazila health complexes ran out of antivenom.
EnvironmentGangni man bitten by snake in his sleep dies after visit to a faith healer
Shamim Hossain, 28, was bitten by a snake in his sleep in Gangni, Meherpur, on the night of 4 November 2025, was taken first to a local ojha and died in the upazila health complex on the morning of 5 November. The doctor said he had arrived too late.