Crops
Wild Elephants Rampage on Kurigram Border, Villagers in Fear
Wild elephants crossing from India at night have trampled crops, shallow pumps and homes in border villages of Kurigram's Rowmari and Rajibpur upazilas.
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Wildlife
Agrotech
Fire Service Rescues Cat Stuck on Ledge in Chattogram
Firefighters rescued a cat that had been stuck for three days on the third-floor ledge of a building in Chattogram's Chandgaon residential area.
Environment
What Will End the Human-Elephant Conflict in Sherpur?
With no permanent solution in a decade and a half, wild elephants and people keep dying in the conflict on the Sherpur border, where settlements have spread into the animals' range.
Environment
The Sharp-Eyed, Nine-Foot Steller's Sea Eagle
Steller's sea eagle, a bird of prey with a nine-foot wingspan, can spot prey miles away and fights its fellows for salmon in Russia's Kamchatka.
Environment
Crocodiles, Tokay Gecko and Birds Released in the Sundarbans
Crocodiles, a tokay gecko and birds seized from various places were released into the forest and waterbodies at Karamjal in the Sundarbans.
Environment
Two Youths Jailed for Trapping Birds in Faridpur
A mobile court in Saltha upazila of Faridpur sentenced two young men to a year's simple imprisonment each for trapping migratory birds.
Environment
Three Traffickers Arrested with Tokay Gecko in Gazipur
Police in Gazipur arrested three suspected members of a wildlife trafficking ring and recovered an endangered tokay gecko.
Crops
Wild Elephants Damage 40 Homes in Mymensingh
Wild elephants damaged at least 40 houses and several hectares of crops in border areas of Dhobaura, Mymensingh, over three days.
Environment
Rat Snake Released into Forest After Seven Days' Treatment
Volunteers in Patuakhali treated a rescued rat snake for seven days before releasing it into the forest at Kuakata.
Environment
Forest Department to Recruit 10 Office Assistants
The Forest Department is hiring 10 people for the post of office assistant, with applications open until 4 January 2023.
Livestock
Overuse of Antibiotics in Farm Animals Raises Growing Danger
Experts and studies warn that unregulated antibiotic use in Bangladesh's poultry, cattle and fish is breeding resistant germs that reach people through food and the environment.
Environment
Wild Elephants Rampage in Durgapur, Four Villages Spend Sleepless Nights
Herds of wild elephants that came down from India have been raiding border villages in Durgapur, Netrokona, destroying homes, crops and stored paddy and killing a farmer.
Environment
World News in Brief: 3 December 2022
A round-up of world news for 3 December 2022, from a WHO Covid warning and an Indonesian earthquake to the US B-21 bomber and a camel beauty contest in Qatar.