Agribusiness
The Cheap Hilsa Trap: How Fraudsters Are Taking Buyers' Money Online
A fraud ring using fake Facebook pages and cut-price offers for Chandpur hilsa is taking buyers' advance payments and damaging genuine online fish sellers.
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Agribusiness
Hilsa-Laden Pickup Robbed in Cumilla, No Arrest After Three Days
Robbers in Cumilla's Muradnagar took a pickup loaded with about Tk 9.5 lakh worth of hilsa and Tk 71,000 in cash, and no one has been arrested three days on.
Environment
Six Cobras Brought by Launch from Chandpur Rescued in Dhaka's Gulistan
The Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association and the Forest Department's wildlife crime unit rescued six venomous cobras from Gulistan in Dhaka and detained one man.
LivestockFive arrested over firing at a cattle market leaseholder's office in Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolitan Police said on 18 July 2026 that it had arrested five men it accuses of firing at a Qurbani cattle market leaseholder's office in South Kamalapur in May and of demanding Tk 10 lakh from him over WhatsApp, and that it had recovered three foreign-made firearms.
EnvironmentPower-use records led Chinese police to 309 pythons in a Taizhou flat
A court in Taizhou, eastern China, convicted three men over the illegal buying, breeding and selling of protected pythons after police, according to Chinese state media, traced an escaped snake to a flat through unusually high electricity use and found 309 snakes inside.
EnvironmentTwo more golden tree snakes rescued from the Barishal DIG's office
On 8 June 2026, Animal Lovers of Patuakhali rescued a second pair of kalnagini, or golden tree snakes, from the office of the Barishal Range DIG, bringing the total found there in two days to four.
Environment
Pair of Kalnagini Snakes Found Hiding in DIG's Office
Members of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali have rescued a pair of kalnagini snakes from the office of the Barishal Range DIG.
Environment
'Each of You Give Half Your Tiffin Money, and We Will Buy Trees and Make a Garden'
At a road safety programme in a Rampura school, a senior DMP traffic officer asked pupils to save half a day's tiffin money to plant a garden.
Livestock
Trucks Carrying Qurbani Animals Must Display the Destination Market's Name and Address
Truck owners and drivers carrying sacrificial animals have been told to display the name and address of the destination cattle market on a banner at the front of the vehicle.
Fisheries
Police Driver Dies of Snakebite While Fishing in Baor
A 28-year-old police driver died after apparently being bitten by a venomous snake while fishing at Nasti baor in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah.
LivestockSeven of 31 Cattle Seized by Sunamganj Police Die While Held on a Boat
Seven of 31 Indian cattle seized by Sunamganj Sadar police on the Surma river died while kept on a small boat, Jagonews24 reported on 5 January 2026. The officer in charge said legal complications had stopped their auction.
Daily lifeTraditional jhapan snake charmers' game held in Chuadanga town
Five teams of snake charmers took part in a day-long jhapan, a traditional snake game of rural Bengal, at the Police Line Para field in Chuadanga on 25 October 2025, watched by hundreds of spectators.
Fisheries150 fishermen and 35 trawlers held on the Payra river in Taltali during hilsa ban
A joint task force detained 150 fishermen with 35 trawlers on the Payra river in Taltali, Barguna, in an overnight drive ending on 24 October 2025, for fishing in breach of the hilsa ban, officials said; each trawler owner was fined Tk 1,000.