In response to rising human-elephant conflicts, Bangladesh is planning to declare the elephant habitats in its northeastern parts a protected area for the species. The country is one of the few where ...

Bangladesh's critically endangered wild elephants have received a court order banning their adoption and protecting them from exploitation. Animal rights groups welcomed the High Court suspension of ...

On Nov. 1, in a residential area of Bangladesh’s bustling capital city, Dhaka, the NGO Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association rescued two adult Padma Gokhra snakes (monocled cobra, Naja kaouthia) along ...

Animal rights activists in Dhaka protested alleged stray dog culling by city authorities. They accused the administration of illegally killing dogs, including long-time campus animals, and urged the ...

Though seafood is a prevalent protein source in Bangladesh, some fishes, like stingrays and sharks, never appealed to most of the population here, barring a few coastal Indigenous groups. However, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock An abundance of venomous snakes near and within the capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh has alarmed officials ...

The government and private agencies in Bangladesh have rescued at least 351 snakes from various densely populated areas in and around Dhaka city this year. Of the rescued snakes, 319 were venomous. A ...