Young Man Dies of Snakebite in Lalpur
A 30-year-old man, Mithun Chandra, died of a snakebite in Lalpur, Natore, on the way to the upazila health complex.
A 30-year-old man, Mithun Chandra, died of a snakebite in Lalpur, Natore, on the way to the upazila health complex.
A 19-year-old housewife in Pabna's Ishwardi died after being bitten by a snake while cooking, and her neighbour says she was given no antivenom.
EnvironmentThree housewives died of snakebites in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur on 15 and 16 September 2025. Two died on the way from the upazila health complex to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, and one died shortly after she was bitten.
The traditional rural jhapan game, held for the first time in a dozen years at Jhaudia in Kushtia Sadar, drew thousands of spectators to watch snake charmers perform with venomous snakes.
A 55-year-old woman in a remote char of Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, died after a cobra bit her as she was finishing her prayers.
Detective Branch police in Bogura arrested two suspected smugglers with snake venom valued at around Tk 3 crore.
EnvironmentHospitals in Tangail admitted 535 snakebite patients in the seven months to early September 2025 and two of them died, the civil surgeon's office said, as the families of the dead alleged they had to buy antivenom outside the hospital.
A 40-year-old woman in Patuakhali died after a snake bit her while she was cooking, despite being given antivenom in hospital.
EnvironmentGopa Ghosh, 47, was bitten by a snake on the night of 3 September 2025 on her way to the toilet behind her home in East Syedpur, Sitakunda, and was declared dead at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
Three cases from Assam show that a snake can still bite hours after it has died, and researchers explain why its venom apparatus stays active.
A 10-foot python weighing 15 kg was rescued from a paddy field in Gopalpur village of Damurhuda, Chuadanga, after it became tangled in a harvester.
A 12-foot python found under a culvert in Burichang, Cumilla, was caught by a local youth who took it home in a sack, and forest officials say it will be released soon.
A 10-foot python tangled in a net fence in a paddy field in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, was rescued, treated and released into Lawachara National Park.