Juicy Hill Litchis Reach the Market in Rangamati
Boatloads of hill litchis are arriving at Rangamati's Samata Ghat, where growers are pleased with prices of Tk 300 to Tk 800 per hundred.
Boatloads of hill litchis are arriving at Rangamati's Samata Ghat, where growers are pleased with prices of Tk 300 to Tk 800 per hundred.
A 14-foot python caught at a duck farm in Rangamati was handed to the Kaptai forest department and released into Kaptai National Park.
People living inside the Kaptai hydroelectric power plant area in Rangamati are spending their nights in fear of wild elephant attacks.
Wild elephants and monkeys short of food in the forest are coming into villages in Kaptai, Rangamati, damaging crops and homes.
A python rescued from the Tabalchhari area of Rangamati was released into Kaptai National Park on 15 November.
The carcass of an aged wild elephant was found in Kaptai upazila, Rangamati, and forest officials believe it may have died of a stroke.
Kaptai Lake is brimming after rain and hill runoff, and its gates may be opened if the water rises one more foot.
An endangered slow loris found near an Ansar camp in Rangamati has been released deep in Kaptai National Park.
Forest staff released two hill mynas into the Raikhali range forest in Rangamati a day after rescuing them from traffickers.
The Rotaract Club of Rangamati planted trees at a government primary school under the slogan "Spread oxygen, save lives".
The qurbani haat at Rangamati's truck terminal is crowded with buyers and sellers, with traders trucking animals on to Dhaka and Chattogram.
Litchi growers in the hill district of Rangamati have had a strong harvest and are getting good prices for their juicy, sweet fruit.
In the honey month of Jyoishtha, Rangamati's markets are filling with mangoes, litchis and jackfruit brought in by hill farmers.