Environment
Elderly Man Killed by Wild Elephant in Cox's Bazar
A 70-year-old labourer was killed by a wild elephant while returning home from plantation work in Pekua, Cox's Bazar.
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Fruits
Mouth-Watering Pineapple Halwa
Pineapple, available almost all year, can be turned into a halwa whose taste lingers after one bite.
Environment
Python Rescued From Abandoned House, Released in Lemburban
Volunteers in Kalapara, Patuakhali, rescued a 12-foot Burmese python from an abandoned house and released it in the Lemburban forest.
Environment
Feasting on Fox Meat
Foxes are being hunted indiscriminately in Patuakhali and the south in the belief that their meat relieves joint pain, which doctors call superstition.
Crops
Eight Farmers Succeed With Watermelon in Mirsharai
Summer watermelon has been grown in Mirsharai for the first time, with eight farmers in eight unions selling fruit at Tk 60-80 a kg.
Environment
Slow Loris Returned to the Forest in Kaptai
An endangered slow loris found near an Ansar camp in Rangamati has been released deep in Kaptai National Park.
Environment
Housewife Dies of Snakebite in Chuadanga, Child Injured
A 45-year-old woman died of a snakebite in Chuadanga's Alamdanga and an eight-year-old boy was bitten in Jibannagar on the same day.
Environment
DNCC Allocates Tk 20 Crore for Planting Trees
Dhaka North City Corporation has set aside Tk 20 crore for tree planting in its 2023-24 budget to green the city and ease temperatures.
Environment
Barishal Police Distribute 1,000 Saplings
One thousand tree saplings were distributed among police offices in Barishal on 23 July.
Environment
Hollywood-Style Hunt for a Lioness Near Berlin Turns Up a Wild Boar
A 30-hour search for a lioness reported loose in the German town of Kleinmachnow ended when experts concluded the animal on a viral video was most likely a wild boar.
Environment
Environment Minister Urges Everyone to Plant at Least One Tree a Year
Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin called on every citizen of Bangladesh to plant at least one tree a year as this year's national tree fair recorded its highest ever sales.
Environment
Penguins Starving in the Atlantic, Thousands of Bodies Wash Ashore
More than 2,000 Magellanic penguins, most of them young, have washed up dead on Uruguay's Atlantic coast, apparently from starvation.
Fruits
BARI-7 Mango Fetches Tk 5,000 a Maund
BARI-7 mangoes are fetching the highest price at Kansat, Chapainawabganj's biggest mango market, though less than last year.