Wild Life
48 tortoises rescued in Patuakhali
Forty-eight tortoises, which were rescued from a bus of Khulna-bound route, were handed over to the forest department in Patuakhali this morning.
26 November 2022, 08:52 AM
Elephant found dead
Police recovered the carcass of a female elephant in Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila yesterday morning.
18 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Elephants trample farmer to death in Sherpur
A farmer was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Kangsa union of Sherpur’s Jhenaigati upazila last night (November 5, 2022).
6 November 2022, 15:55 PM
Freshwater crocodile caught in fishing net in Padma
A crocodile was caught in the fishing net of a fisherman at Hardinge Bridge point of the Padma River in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia last night (November 4, 2022).
5 November 2022, 04:55 AM
Leopard cat, 3 fishing cats rescued in Chattogram, 2 held
Police detained two people and recovered an endangered leopard cat and three fishing cats from Lohagara upazila of Chattogram last night (October 29, 2022).
28 October 2022, 06:21 AM
Rare Nilgai rescued in Chapainawabganj
A Nilgai Antelope was caught by locals in Barik Bazar area of Shibganj upazila yesterday.
26 October 2022, 18:00 PM
200 injured birds rescued from Shaheed Minar, secretariat areas after storm
Members of the Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the Forest Department have rescued 200 birds, injured during the storm in the capital last night (October 24, 2022)
25 October 2022, 07:03 AM
Wild bird hunter jailed for 6 months in Nilphamari
A mobile court in Nilphamari has sentenced a wild bird hunter to six months in jail for poaching wild birds.
12 October 2022, 16:08 PM
Boxes for brooding
Wild geese laying eggs in artificial wood boxes!
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Bridging the fragmented forests
Due to the Dhaka-Sylhet railway and Srimangal-Bhanugach road running through the reserve forest of Lawachhara, many of the critically endangered species have died in accidents while crossing them.
15 August 2022, 18:00 PM
World’s largest recorded freshwater fish caught in Cambodia
The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States.
21 June 2022, 07:40 AM
12-ft-long python rescued in Bagerhat
A python was rescued from a pen housing ducks and swans in Bagerhat's Sarankhola upazila this morning.
1 June 2022, 14:13 PM
Fishermen, visitors barred from Sundarbans for 3 months from June 1
The Forest Department has barred fishermen and visitors from entering the Sundarbans from June 1 to August 31.
31 May 2022, 04:26 AM
Villagers panic after tiger seen in fish enclosure at Bagerhat’s Sharankhola
Residents of Khejurbaria village, in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat, are panicked after a Royal Bengal Tiger was seen inside a fish enclosure last night.
6 May 2022, 13:17 PM
Elephant on the loose!
Residents of Gaibandha Sadar upazila’s Tinmail started their morning with a rare and peculiar scene yesterday.
17 April 2022, 18:00 PM
200 cameras to count big cats
Tiger census in the Sundarbans is set to start this October. Under the “Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project”, the census will employ the “camera trapping method” and cost around Tk 3.27 crore.
31 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Tiger Census in Sundarbans: Over 200 cameras to be installed
The government is going to undertake a major survey to assess the animals that Bengal tigers prey on in the Sundarbans and also monitor the current situation of the habitat under a new project of the forest department.
30 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Python, fishing cat rescued in Chattogram
A Burmese python was rescued from Chittagong University (CU) campus and a fishing cat was rescued from Hathazari upazila in Chattogram today.
25 February 2022, 12:42 PM
Criminal cases to be filed for zebra deaths
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change yesterday decided to lodge criminal cases against those involved with the death of 11 zebras at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in recent weeks.
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
11 Zebras’ deaths: High nitrate levels in grass linked: probe
High levels of nitrate in the grass fed to zebras at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur was linked to the deaths of 11 of the animals last month.
21 February 2022, 18:00 PM