Instalments and interest on NGO loans taken by small women entrepreneurs hit by the Bandarban floods have been waived for one month, State Minister Mir Helal Uddin said.
VegetablesHeavy rain in early July 2026 caused an officially estimated Tk 13 crore of farm, fisheries and livestock losses in Sitakunda, Chattogram; those affected put the figure at Tk 30-35 crore, and vegetable prices rose by Tk 10-15 a kg.
Though the Sundarbans tiger count has risen to 125, climate change, salinity and habitat loss threaten the Royal Bengal tiger unless conservation is stepped up.
CropsContinuous rain in July 2026 flooded 417 hectares of vegetables, jute and Aman seedbeds in Bogura, affecting 4,961 farmers, while most vegetable prices in the town's markets rose within a week.
Floods in five districts of the Chattogram region caused fisheries and livestock losses of about Tk 275 crore, the minister said, announcing seed, vaccination and fodder support.
A year after the Milestone tragedy, students planted memorial trees for lost classmates and took part in art therapy, counselling and football at a resort in Pubail, Gazipur.
Speaking at the Dhaka Reporters Unity's native seasonal fruit festival, the Prime Minister's adviser Mahdi Amin said journalists had led every democratic movement.
A physically disabled farmer in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah, faces losses of several lakh taka after miscreants cut down his fruiting bottle gourd plants at night.
The Border Guard Bangladesh chief opened a week-long tree planting programme at Pilkhana and said 73,000 trees would be planted across the country this year.
EnvironmentA joint drive in the Adampur beat of the Rajkandi range at Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, recovered about five acres of reserved forest on 16 July 2026. According to the Forest Department and local sources, local influential people had long occupied the land with malta, pineapple, lemon and betel nut gardens.
FisheriesOn 15 July 2026 a python about 8 feet long and weighing 11 kg was caught in fishermen's net in Kalmakanda, Netrokona; the next day the Forest Department rescued it and released it in the Kanthalbari forest near the Lengura border.
A Tree Monitoring App will soon be launched to track the location, care and survival of every sapling planted under the government's 250 million tree programme.
FruitsOf the 8 to 10 tonnes of jamun reaching Dhaka's Karwan Bazar each day, about 2 tonnes are pressed into juice that traders say goes to processors and exporters, while the once-discarded seeds now sell as powder.
