Elephant

Photo: Collected
South Asia

Sri Lanka train kills elephant despite new safety moves

Local officials said the young wild elephant crossing the track near Habarana was run over by the same train involved in the February 20 accident that killed seven elephants

Elephant buried in Banshkhali, Chattogram, unearthed on 6 May 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Elephant found buried after being killed by electrocution in Chattogram’s Banshkhali

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

22 sued for killing elephant, trafficking body parts in Ctg

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Elephant found dead in Ctg; tusk, nails reportedly smuggled

Photo shows people trying to rescue the 40-year-old wild elephant stuck in the mud inside Chattogram's Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary on Thursday, 6 March 2025. Photo: TBS
Environment

Elephant dies 3 weeks after being rescued from mud in Ctg

Elephant killed from electrocution in Sherpur on 20 March 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Wild elephant dies from electrocution in Sherpur

The elephant fell from the hill around 3pm on Saturday (1 February). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Wild elephant dies after falling from hill in Chattogram

File photo of an elephant in the wild.
Environment

Mother elephant dies after giving birth in Teknaf hills

A good number of calves have been added to the elephant herds visiting in Sherpur, Jamalpur and the Mymensingh belt. Photo: Courtesy of Suman Mia/Forest Department
Panorama

New guests in the wilderness: Can Sherpur forests sustain more elephants?

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Plan underway to ensure coexistence between wild elephants, humans: Rizwana

Map of Sherpur
Bangladesh

Case filed over killing elephant in Sherpur

Representational image of an elephant out in the wild.
Bangladesh

Wild elephant found dead in Sherpur

Of the 102-kilometre rail link, approximately 27 kilometres pass through the Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary, Fasiakhali Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Medhakoccopia National Park. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Elephant calf killed by train: 20 km/h speed limit set thru wildlife sanctuaries, national parks