FisheriesIn July 2026 Ziaur Rahman of Kutubjom union in Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, and his crew found two Sri Lankan fishermen who had drifted in the Bay of Bengal for 36 days on a boat with a failed engine, and brought them ashore.
The animal carried by a child in a viral video, with a porcupine walking behind, is widely claimed to be a civet, but evidence suggests it is most likely her grey pet cat.
A viral video of a small child walking through paddy fields carrying a civet-like animal with a porcupine following was widely shared as Bangladeshi, but fact-checkers traced it to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's energy minister has blamed a monkey for a nationwide power outage that left hospitals and other institutions relying on generators.
Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a proposal to ban cattle slaughter, and the law will now go to parliament for approval.
An elephant at Sri Lanka's Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage has given birth to twin male calves, the first elephant twins in the country in 80 years.
