WorldSouth African police said in early May 2026 that human remains were found inside a large crocodile taken from the flooded Komati River near Komatipoort during the search for a missing 59-year-old businessman; DNA tests were still pending.
Farmers in Sunamganj's haors, where rain has waterlogged boro fields, are having to pay sky-high prices for boats to bring in whatever paddy they can save.
Rajshahi has a surplus of nearly 92,000 sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Azha, and with Indian cattle no longer dominating its markets, farmers expect good prices despite higher costs.
Chinese tomato egg scramble, a familiar home dish in China, combines soft scrambled eggs with a tangy tomato sauce and is quick to make.
EnvironmentAn injured Bengal slow loris, an endangered primate, was rescued from Shantipur in Gumti union of Khagrachhari's Matiranga upazila on 5 May 2026 and treated at an animal hospital the next day; the Forest Department said it would be released once it recovered.
Continuous rain and flash floods have submerged boro paddy on about 13,122 hectares in Kishoreganj, causing losses of around Tk 259 crore to some 50,000 farmers.
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo has asked deputy commissioners to cooperate in implementing the government's pledge to plant 25 crore trees in five years.
With rain easing and the sun out after days of cloud, Kishoreganj's rivers are falling and haor farmers are busy saving and drying their paddy.
Cashew nuts, once left to rot in Bandarban's hill orchards, have become one of the region's most profitable cash crops, and farmers are busy harvesting them.
FruitsOrchards across the Rajshahi region blossomed heavily early in the 2026 season, but in early May growers said drought, erratic weather and pests were making young mangoes drop and the expected yield was not coming.
LivestockAhead of Eid-ul-Azha 2026, a roughly 1,006kg Sahiwal bull named Lal Mia, raised on natural feed for four years in Barishal's Babuganj, was drawing daily crowds to a small dairy farm.
At least 20 people were injured when two extended families clashed over picking mangoes from a tree in Bhairab, Kishoreganj.
EnvironmentOn 5 May 2026 volunteers of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali rescued an injured six-foot rat snake and a kalnagini (ornate flying snake) from two homes in Kalapara; both were treated at the upazila livestock office before a planned release into a forest.
