A Bangladeshi fisherman was injured as Myanmar's border guards opened fire at the Teknaf border of Cox's Bazar Monday, local authorities said. The injured fisherman was identified as Mohammad Kashem, 38, from the Naitong area of Teknaf municipality. The shooting occurred in the evening inside Bangladesh in the Golachar area of Shahpari Island when Kashem along with three other fishermen were returning home after fishing. "Local fishermen Jahed Hossain, Md Anwar, Rahmat Ullah and Kashem went fishing in the sea on their boat. As they were returning home in the evening through Naf, a team of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) came on a speedboat and opened fire on them," Teknaf municipality councillor Dil Mohammad told UNB. "Kashem was hit by a bullet at this time. Other fishermen whisked him off to the local hospital where the doctors referred him to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital," he added. Read more: Locals in dread as firing inside Myanmar rocks Naikhongchhari "We heard that a fisherman was shot and are looking into the incident," Abdul Halim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Model police station, said. Bangladesh recently saw weeks of relentless cross-border gunfire and shelling by the Myanmar military, rebel forces, and separatists near its border. The firing from Myanmar has escalated tensions between the neighbours. Read more: Bangladeshi man loses a leg in landmine blast along Myanmar border  

Two wild elephants entered Bangladesh from Myanmar Saturday crossing the River Naf.  The members of the Elephant Response Team led by Teknaf Range Officer of Cox's Bazar South Forest Department Syed Ashiq Ahmed pushed the elephants back into the forest after hours of trying. It is believed that the two elephants were trying to cross the River Naf from Myanmar and entered the forest area along the Teknaf border after facing a shortage of food. Seeing the curious locals, they started running back and forth along the border. Also read: Garo man trampled to death by elephant in Sherpur In August last year, another elephant from Myanmar crossed the river to enter Bangladesh, Ashiq said. The elephant is a "critically endangered" species in Bangladesh, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. Faced with shrinking forest cover and human encroachment of their corridors, wild elephants are under serious threat in southeast Bangladesh. Also read: Wild elephant kills 70-year-old in Chattogram The construction of huge settlements on forest land and hills has also restricted their free movement. Also, ever-increasing deforestation in the hills is leading to a crisis of food and habitat for wild animals, making the elephants venture into human settlements in search of food and attack those who try to stop them.