Environment
Dhaka will survive only if its water bodies survive, there is no other way: Rizwana Hasan
Environment, forest and climate adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan says saving Dhaka depends on saving its canals and water bodies.
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Flowers
Lake Hillier: Australia's permanently pink lake where few creatures can live
Australia's Lake Hillier, known as the world's only permanently pink lake, owes its colour to a salt-loving alga and bacteria.
Crops
Protecting Farmland Is the Challenge for Food Security
Bangladesh is losing farmland to industry, housing and roads, and a planned law, mini cold stores and fairer compensation aim to protect farmers and food security.
Crops
Swarnalata, a vine rich in medicinal properties, is disappearing
Swarnalata, the parasitic giant dodder long used in herbal medicine, is disappearing from the Bangladeshi countryside as its host trees are pruned or lost.
AgribusinessHilsa up Tk 200 to 300 a kg in a week at Dhaka markets, other fish dearer
On 5 September 2025, hilsa over one kilo sold for Tk 2,600 to 3,000 a kg in several Dhaka markets. Jagonews24 reported the price had risen by Tk 200 to 300 a kg in a week, and other fish had also become dearer.
EnvironmentTangail records 535 snakebite patients and two deaths in seven months
Hospitals 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.
Crops
Woman dies of snakebite in her kitchen in Patuakhali
A 40-year-old woman in Patuakhali died after a snake bit her while she was cooking, despite being given antivenom in hospital.
Fisheries
Salted hilsa being prepared at the end of the season
Traders in Chandpur are salting hilsa and boxing its roe at the end of the season, though a poor supply has cut the amount being stored.
Fisheries
Kolkata flooded with Gujarat hilsa, looks to Bangladesh before the Puja
With no hilsa from Bangladesh so far this year, West Bengal's markets are relying on a record catch from Gujarat ahead of Durga Puja.
FruitsMirsarai grower harvests avocado from trees raised on Indonesian seedlings
A young farm entrepreneur in Mirsarai, Chattogram, said in September 2025 that ten avocado trees grown from Indonesian seedlings had given him more than 500 kg of fruit, which he was selling at Tk 800 a kg.
EnvironmentHousewife dies of snakebite at night in Sitakunda, Chattogram
Gopa 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.
Fruits
US expatriate buys pair of hilsa for Tk 16,000
Two large hilsa caught in the Padma at Goalanda were sold on to an expatriate living in the United States for Tk 15,950.
Agribusiness
One hilsa sells for Tk 6,000
A hilsa weighing 2.1 kg caught in the Bay of Bengal sold for Tk 6,090 in Kalapara, Patuakhali.