Environment
Two die of snakebite in Thakurgaon
A woman and a nine-year-old schoolgirl have died after being bitten by snakes in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon.
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Environment
Elderly Woman Dies of Snakebite in Dinajpur
A 60-year-old woman, Bhaduri Bewa, died of a snakebite in Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur on 24 June.
Fruits
Police Hold Festival of 28 Kinds of Local Fruit
Chandpur district police held a summer fruit festival featuring 28 kinds of local fruit for members of the force.
Fisheries
Police Warn of Fraud in Online Hilsa Sales
Chandpur district police have begun a campaign warning people against fraudsters who take advance payment for hilsa online and then disappear.
Environment
Two Spectacled Langur Babies Rescued in Chattogram
Police in Karnaphuli, Chattogram, rescued two spectacled langur babies from a bus and arrested the bus supervisor accused of trafficking them.
Environment
Heat Drives Snakes Into Homes, DMP Holds Awareness Drive
Volunteers told police and residents in Mirpur that snakebite deaths could be cut sharply if victims went straight to a government hospital for antivenom rather than to a traditional healer.
Environment
138 Endangered Turtles Rescued in Chattogram
The Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division has rescued 138 turtles of an endangered species from two shops on Station Road in Chattogram.
Environment
Snake Scare at Police Station, OC Calls in Snake Charmer
After a venomous snake slipped into the compound of Sakhipur police station, the officer in charge called in a snake charmer to catch it.
Livestock
Karim Mia Made Guns Behind a Front of Pigeon Rearing, Police Say
Narayanganj detective police say Karim Mia made and supplied firearms for years under the cover of rearing pigeons.
Agribusiness
Macaw Worth Tk 1.5 Lakh Snatched in Dhaka, Recovered by Police and Robinhood
An 11-year-old pet macaw named Molly, snatched in Dhaka's Panthapath, was recovered two days later by police with help from an animal rescue group.
Environment
Three Endangered Langurs Rescued From Private Car, Two Arrested
For the second time in a week, police in Feni have seized endangered langurs from a vehicle on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and arrested two men.
Environment
Wildlife Being Trafficked, Law Enforcement Needed to Rein It In
Wildlife is sold openly by roadsides and smuggled in secret through Bangladesh, and those involved say public awareness and strict enforcement of the law could stop it.
Environment
Police Action Saves Seven-Foot Python
A python more than seven feet long, caught in a fishing net in Gowainghat, Sylhet, was saved by police and released into the forest.