Over 500 birds killed with poisoned bait. Man fined Tk 500
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Barapukuria power plant unit-1 resumes operation after a day
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Barapukuria power plant unit-1 shut down over mechanical failure
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Summit resumes LNG supply to national grid
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Woman detained with 24 Bengal monitors in Khagrachhari
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Ghost shark caught on camera for the first time

The odd-looking fish, which sports a retractable sex organ on its head, has been spotted in the Northern Hemisphere for the first time.
18 December 2016

Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'

Wild giraffe numbers have plummeted by 40 percent in the last three decades, and the species is now "vulnerable" to extinction, a top conservation body warns.
8 December 2016

Leopard killed by villagers in India after it mauls 7

A villager near India’s Gurgaon catches a wild leopard by the scruff of its neck and others beat it to death after the animal ran loose on the streets of the locality, triggering widespread panic for hours.
24 November 2016

200 migratory birds rescued in Mymensingh

Forest department this afternoon rescues over two hundred migratory birds from Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh.
18 November 2016

The bike lover monkey

We all love to have a ride every now and then. We all have seen the fascination of babies for having bike rides and all.
13 November 2016

76 tiger deaths reported in India in 2016

At least 76 tiger deaths are reported in India between January and October in 2016, the highest national mortality figure since 2010.
7 November 2016

Ancient cave lion cubs found crushed and frozen in Russia

For more than 30,000 years, northern Russia's cold permafrost preserves the small bodies of two furry and wide-pawed cave lion cubs, one of them in almost pristine condition.
3 November 2016

[Watch] 10 dolphins found dead in Andaman Sea this year

At least 10 dolphins are found dead in the Andaman Sea this year, including one recently in Krabi, Thailand, reports The Star TV.
31 October 2016

Snooty enters Guinness World Records' 2017 Edition

Sixty-eight may not seem that old, but for Snooty the manatee, it's a world record.
23 October 2016

Humans eating wild mammals into extinction: study

More than 300 wild mammal species in Asia, Africa and Latin America are being driven to extinction by humanity's voracious appetite for bushmeat, according to a recent study.
19 October 2016

Cops resist Sundarbans campaigners again

Police fire teargas shells to foil the procession of Save Sundarbans activists, who were marching towards the Indian High Commission to hand an “open letter” to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to step back from constructing Rampal power plant.
18 October 2016

Indian man bitten by python whilst posing for selfie

Indian forest department officials promise strict action after a python attacked a man when a group was trying to click a photo with it.
29 September 2016

Legal notice seeks judicial probe into Bangabahadur’s death

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice requesting the government to form a judicial inquiry committee to probe the death of the Indian wild elephant, Bangabahadur.
17 August 2016

2 pythons rescued in Bagerhat

Wildlife team of forest department rescues two pythons from two separate areas in Bagerhat and frees them to the Sundarbans.
8 August 2016

Indian team due Aug 3 to take back washed away elephant

India decides to send a rescue team to Bangladesh on August 3 to take back the stranded elephant that came floating along with the currents of the Brahmaputra River.
27 July 2016

Cricketer Jadeja faces inquiry over lion selfies

Wildlife officials in India order an inquiry after international cricketer Ravindra Jadeja posted photos online of him and his wife posing in front of endangered Asiatic lions.
18 June 2016

India puts Gujarat lions on trial after three people killed

Officials in India "arrest" 18 lions as they try to find a man eater suspected of killing three people.
14 June 2016

Tiger Temple to face charges over dead tigers

Wildlife authorities in Thailand have said they will press charges against a Buddhist temple where the bodies of 40 dead tiger cubs were found.
2 June 2016

[Watch] Moments before Lowland Gorilla Harambe was killed

Zoo officials on May 29 shot dead a gorilla after a four-year-old boy fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati.
1 June 2016

Thailand Tiger Temple: Forty dead cubs found in freezer

Forty tiger cub bodies are found in freezer at a Thai Buddhist temple accused of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse.
1 June 2016