LivestockCattle owners in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, alleged in October 2025 that they were frightened into paying Tk 20 or more for an anthrax vaccine dose costing 80 paisa; the upazila livestock officer said Tk 10 had been set and more would bring action.
Protecting a few celebrated species such as tigers and elephants will not halt the silent extinction of Bangladesh's wildlife, the writer argues.
The farm machinery market has grown to about Tk 12,000 crore as labour shortages push mechanisation, but local firms supply less than a third and about 80 percent is imported.
On World Animal Day, a look at how visitors at Dhaka's Mirpur zoo torment caged animals and why that must stop.
Safe food is a precondition for national development and can be ensured only through joint efforts of government, producers and consumers, the writers argue.
A tea worker in Sreemangal who also sells jhalmuri has spent 28 years planting trees wherever he finds empty ground.
An all-night hilsa fair held every year on the eve of the ban drew thousands of buyers to Bhanga, where fish sold a little below market prices.
Bhola's fishermen have returned to shore to obey the 22-day ban, but say the peak season was poor and ask for rice to be handed out quickly.
Crowds filled Bagerhat's KB Bazar on the eve of the hilsa ban, but few large fish and high prices left many buyers disappointed.
Fishermen in Barguna who returned from sea with poor catches say they need the promised rice now, while the fisheries office says it will distribute within a week of allocation.
Jhalakathi fisheries officials say fishermen have attacked enforcement teams at some of the 18 spots and will deploy joint forces there during the ban.
A hilsa weighing about 3.5kg, caught by a Ramgati fisherman in the Bay of Bengal, sold for Tk 10,000 at auction on 3 October, the eve of a 22-day fishing ban.
A five-foot endangered python caught in a paddy field net in Debiganj was rescued alive and will be released in a Dinajpur forest.
