Habibur Rahman

Anthracnose and pest damage have cut yields to a third of previous years' levels

For generations, guava has defined the identity of Nesarabad’s floating market in Pirojpur.

Higher returns and growing demand are encouraging farmers in Pirojpur's Nesarabad and Jhalakathi Sadar to diversify, creating a new chapter in the region's fruit economy

The playground of BMM Uttar Gagan Government Primary School in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila has remained occupied by construction materials for a nearby bridge project for around three years, leaving students without space to play.

The archive remains closed as no staff have yet been appointed for its operations

Tangled in a protective net, a black drongo hangs dead above a fish enclosure in Madhabhakhati village in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila. Farmers and fishery owners have set up such nets over enclosures and crop farms to ward off pests

An oriental garden lizard takes a sip of water from a drying puddle on the road in Jalma area of Khulna's Batiaghata upazila recently. Lizards are ectothermic, or "cold blooded" animals, which means they rely on the environment around them to regulate their body temperature, unlike mammals who can produce heat internally to stabalise their temperatures

The axis deer, chittra horin in Bangla, is one of the more precious belongings of the Sundarbans. This herd was seen wandering outside of the mangrove forest to eat grass under the open sky.