A mobile court in Rajshahi sentenced two poachers to one year in jail for killing at least 600  birds in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi. Police arrested them with 600 slaughtered birds of different species from the Kakramari Patir Bil area on Wednesday. The convicted poachers are Abu Bakar Siddiki, 55, and Firoz Hossain, 32. Tipped off, a team from Charghat police station raided that area and arrested them, said UNO Sohrab Hossain.  Also Read: Two poachers held with venison, animal hides in Bagerhat According to police, the poachers killed the birds to sell in local hotels and restaurants. “They were sentenced to one year and fined TK 1 thousand as per the ‘Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act- 2012’. They were sent to jail,” said the UNO. The dead birds were sent to a local orphanage.  

A daylong bird fair will be held at Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Friday, aiming to create mass awareness about wildlife conservation and preserving birds.The Zoology Department in association with WildLife Rescue Centre, Bangladesh Bird Club, Aronnyok Foundation, Prokriti O Jibon Foundation, Bangladesh Zoological Society and International Union for Conservation of Nature will organise the fair, said a press release.JU vice-chancellor professor Nurul Alam will inaugurate the programme in the morning on Zahir Raihan auditorium premises of the university. Read more: 6th convocation of Jahangirnagar University on February 25Convener of the fair professor Md Kamrul Hasan said, ‘We are expecting a successful fair as the previous years. Moreover, the fair will bring more hype this year as we could not organise the fair last two years due to the Covid pandemic.’The daylong fair will include an inaugural session, competition of bird identification through audio and video, debate on environment and bird painting competition for children, award giving session and others.Besides, a total of 7 bird conservationists will be awarded under three categories - Big Bird Bangladesh Award, Conservation Media Award and Scientific Publication Award.

A BG-10 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines got hit by a bird at the Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of a Sylhet to London flight. The aircraft's engine stopped operating after getting hit. The glitch in the engine was identified before the plane was supposed to leave for London’s Heathrow Airport at 10 am, said Hafiz Ahmed, manager of the airport. Read:Mahbub hopes for direct international flights from Sylhet soon Some 256 passengers with tickets had to suffer as the flight got delayed till Monday. “Though some engineers from Dhaka and Sylhet managed to repair the technical problems in the engine by Sunday evening, the plane couldn’t fly as flight operation at the London airport was closed at night” said the airport authority. The flight will now leave for London at 10 am Monday, Hafiz added.

Washington, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — After 34 years on the endangered species list, a tiny Midwestern bird is ready to fly free of federal protection.

Bangkok, Oct 11 (AP/UNB) — Time is running out for Thailand's dwindling population of helmeted hornbills thanks to poaching of the exotic birds for the ivory-like casques atop their big red and yellow beaks.

Beijing, Oct. 6 (Xinhua/ UNB) -- The feeding behavior of birds is closely related to a single gene that simultaneously regulates bad-tasting molecules and attractive volatiles, according to a new study paper published in the journal Molecular Plant.