EnvironmentOpening the Bangladesh Army Tree Plantation Campaign-2026 on 16 July 2026, army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said 11 lakh 36 thousand trees would be planted in cantonments and Jolshiri by the last week of September.
The Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation rescued a python from a house in Sreemangal where ducks and chickens had been disappearing.
LivestockIn July 2026 the owner of a snake venom farm in Patuakhali, Abdur Razzak Biswas, said it could collect venom worth about Tk 8 crore a month, but three months after registration with the Department of Livestock Services no drug company had offered to process it.
AgrotechBangladesh's DAE produced 212,387 disease-free seedlings in a year at its three tissue culture labs, cutting costs for farmers and reducing dependence on imported flower, fruit and horticultural plants.
EnvironmentOn 15 July 2026 a faction of Jagannath University Chhatra Dal distributed awareness leaflets on campus under the slogan "Green campus, healthy environment, bright future", urging students to help make the university greener.
CropsIn mid-July 2026, Jagonews24 set out why the Asharh-Shraban monsoon is the best time to plant saplings in Bangladesh, while the national tree plantation campaign and tree fairs were under way across the country.
A two-layer ice lolly of ripe mango and coconut milk, made at home without artificial colour or flavour, offers quick relief on a hot day.
CropsHeavy rain and hill run-off in July 2026 hit about 8,000 farmers in Khagrachhari, and the district administration put the loss to agriculture at about Tk 12.21 crore.
EnvironmentThe district relief and rehabilitation office said on 15 July 2026 that floods had damaged 3,932 mud and semi-pucca houses in Kamalganj, Rajnagar, Kulaura and Sadar upazilas of Moulvibazar, 2,493 of them completely.
HealthTwo eight-year-old cousins drowned on 15 July 2026 while bathing in a pond beside their home in Pomkara village, Sidlai union, Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla; a doctor at the upazila health complex declared them dead.
CookingBroiler chicken marinated in yoghurt and spices, a garlic-mayonnaise sauce and a cucumber-tomato salad, rolled in soft flatbread, make a home-made chicken shawarma; health authorities advise not washing raw chicken, marinating it in the fridge and cooking it through.
A 14-year-old girl in the Philippines died of a king cobra bite after using her body to shield her three younger siblings while they bathed in a river.
Four years after starting with four saplings, Saifuddin Hiru of Atgharia, Pabna, has bunches of Ajwa, Mariam and other dates hanging in his garden.
