Environment
Past Fears of Extinction, Wild Elephants Increase in the Garo Hills
Forest officials and activists say more food in the forest has boosted breeding, with numerous elephant calves born in the Garo hills of Sherpur in the past year.
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Crops
'We Used to Get 100 Maunds of Paddy, Now We Won't Get Even One'
Farmers in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur say adulterated seed sold as BRRI dhan96 has left their Boro fields without grain or even straw.
Environment
Slow Loris Released in the Garo Hills
A rare slow loris rescued at Defalai in Sherpur's Jhenaigati upazila has been released back into the Garo Hills.
Crops
Electric Traps Set to Keep Elephants Out Removed by Forest Department
The forest department has removed electrified wire traps that villagers on the Jhenaigati border in Sherpur had set around crop fields to keep wild elephants away.
CropsSudden hailstorm in Sherpur leaves paddy and banana farmers fearing losses
A sudden hailstorm hit Sreebardi and Jhenaigati upazilas of Sherpur on the night of 14 March 2026, leaving paddy and banana farmers fearing losses as officials began gathering damage information.
EnvironmentConcrete block factory alleged in Garo Hills elephant area of Nalitabari
Jagonews24 reported on 14 March 2026 that two local Union Parishad members were accused of running a CC block factory deep in the Garo Hills forest of Nalitabari, Sherpur, an area known as a wild elephant habitat; one denied making the blocks for sale, and the Forest Department said it had stopped the work and seized the equipment.
Crops
Farmer Trampled to Death by Wild Elephants in Sherpur
A 65-year-old farmer was killed by a herd of wild elephants while cutting grass in the Balijhuri range of Sreebardi upazila in Sherpur.
Crops
Elephants Made Strangers in Their Own Land as Encroachers Seize Garo Hills
Herds of wild elephants are coming down from the Garo hills into villages in Sherpur every evening in search of food, as encroachers shrink the forest.
FruitsSherpur grower tries 50 foreign grape varieties near the Garo Hills
In Meghadal, a hill village of Sherpur's Sreebardi upazila, entrepreneur Mizanur Rahman was growing about 50 foreign grape varieties on 150 plants in August 2025, with green grapes sold locally at Tk 250-300 a kg, the grower told reporters.
Environment
Elephant Carcass Found Lying Beside Forest
The carcass of a male wild elephant, thought to have been electrocuted, has been recovered beside Katabari forest in Nalitabari, Sherpur.
Bangladesh
Dead Wild Elephant Calf Found in the Garo Hills
A newborn wild elephant calf was found dead in the Garo Hills of Nalitabari in Sherpur and buried after a post-mortem.
Livestock
Roadside Cattle Market in Sherpur Causes Traffic Jam and Suffering
A sacrificial animal market set up beside a school in Jhenaigati, Sherpur, has caused severe congestion, leaving passengers stuck for hours.
Agribusiness
Sherpur's 'Lion' to Shake Up the Gabtoli Market
A calm 35-maund bull named 'Lion', raised on natural feed by a Sherpur family, is headed for Gabtoli with an asking price of Tk 15 lakh.