Environment
15-Foot Python Rescued on Chittagong University Campus
Members of the Society for Snake and Snakebite Awareness rescued a Burmese python about 15 feet long on the Chittagong University campus and released it into deep forest.
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Wildlife
Environment
Child Killed as Autorickshaw Overturns After Hitting Elephant
A 10-month-old girl was killed in Sadarpur, Faridpur, when a battery-run autorickshaw struck an elephant being used to collect money on the road and overturned.
CropsEndangered Bengal slow loris losing its forests in Khagrachhari to teak and clearing
The Bengal slow loris, Endangered on the IUCN Red List, is straying into villages in Khagrachhari as its food trees disappear; in April 2025 the Forest Department rescued two within a week and released them in the Alutila reserved forest.
Livestock
Python Caught at Sreemangal Home Where Ducks and Chickens Kept Vanishing
The Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation rescued a python from a house in Sreemangal where ducks and chickens had been disappearing.
EnvironmentFive rope bridges help wildlife cross the highway in Madhupur forest
In July 2026 the Forest Department strung rope crossings between trees at five points on the Tangail-Mymensingh highway through Madhupur forest, to cut the number of monkeys, langurs and other animals killed by traffic.
EnvironmentHunter-turned-wildlife-rescuer of Sreemangal dies at 75
Sitesh Ranjan Deb, founder chairman of the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation in Sreemangal and a familiar face of the country's wildlife-conservation movement, died at his home on 14 July 2026. He was 75.
Environment
Five-and-a-Half-Foot Monocled Cobra Rescued at Jahangirnagar University
A monocled cobra about five and a half feet long and weighing around five kilograms was rescued unharmed from the Jahangirnagar University area on 13 July.
Fisheries
Swift Steps to Modernise Rajshahi Zoo, Says State Minister
State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku said Rajshahi Central Park and Zoo would be modernised, with an expert team to assess turning it into a safari-style park.
EnvironmentRescued Cobra and Rat Snake Released Into Satchari National Park
A cobra and a rat snake rescued from a house in Amtali tea estate, Chunarughat, were released into Satchari National Park in Habiganj on the morning of 13 July 2026 in the presence of the Forest Department.
Environment
Tigress Returned to the Sundarbans After Six Months of Treatment
A Royal Bengal tigress badly injured in a poachers' snare has been released back into the Sundarbans after about six months of treatment in Khulna.
Bangladesh
Elephant Injured in Fall From Hill in Teknaf Dies
A wild elephant that was seriously injured after falling from a hill about 300 feet high in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, died under treatment on 12 July.
Environment
Venomous Monocled Cobra Found Inside Boalkhali Home, Family Escapes Unharmed
A Wildlife and Snake Rescue Team pulled a 2.5-foot monocled cobra from a house in Boalkhali, Chattogram, sparing the family from the venomous snake.
EnvironmentWild mother elephant badly hurt in fall from a Teknaf hill, Forest Department says
A wild mother elephant was seriously injured on 11 July 2026 after slipping down a steep hillside in Naitongpara, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, the Forest Department said; vets treated her where she fell.