EnvironmentResorts and cottages built by cutting hills and forest in Moulvibazar now number about 200, most with no clear approval on record; in August and September pythons, cobras, fishing cats and other animals left Lawachara for nearby villages.
A python measuring 18 feet was taken from the yard of a union parishad member's home in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal by the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation and handed to the Forest Department, which will release it in Lawachara National Park.
Seven of nine radio-collared lorises released in the park died within a short time; deforestation is pushing the endangered nocturnal primate into villages, where roads, railway lines and power lines kill it.
EnvironmentOn 28 July 2026 two large pythons were rescued from the Jagchhara and Phulbari tea gardens in Moulvibazar. Jagonews24 reported one at about 16 feet and the other at 17 feet; both were handed to the forest department.
CropsOn 9 July 2026 the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation rescued an unharmed python about 10 feet long and weighing around 14 kg from the Bhurbhuria tea garden in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.
EnvironmentA Jagonews24 report of 8 April 2026 said Lawachara National Park in Moulvibazar still had no boundary marked on the ground 30 years after its declaration, and that theft, encroachment, traffic and crowds were damaging the forest. Forest officials said they had written to the settlement office and that visitors and drivers ignored the rules.
EnvironmentOn 24 November 2025 a python weighing about 20 kg, spotted on a wall during bush clearing at Ichhabpur in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar, was rescued unharmed by the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation and the forest department and handed over for release in Lawachara forest.
