Bangladesh Forest Department

Can the govt restore Madhupur Sal Forest?

The underlying factors of deforestation must come under objective scrutiny.
27 March 2025, 04:00 AM

Strict oversight is vital to end the tree-cutting bonanza

Latest incident saw the startling transformation of Altadighi National Park
8 May 2024, 12:01 PM

Forest Department’s leadership crucial for conservation

The Forest Department should further strengthen its leadership in biodiversity conservation by working on “conservation finance.”
7 February 2024, 05:11 AM

Save Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary from encroachers

Authorities must take action against those destroying forests
31 December 2023, 08:37 AM

Forests are vanishing acre by acre

Why are the authorities so negligent in protecting forests?
29 January 2023, 19:32 PM

Stop the onslaught on Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary

Why has the Forest Department allowed it?
15 January 2023, 07:00 AM

A forest faces further forays

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has taken an initiative to build a 5km road through the Ramu reserve forest, a move that forest officials and environmentalists say will bring disaster.
15 October 2022, 02:50 AM

Who wants a piece of forest?

Plans to build a prison on forestland show that the country is in environmental free-fall
2 October 2022, 16:00 PM

Ending deforestation by 2030: An empty promise?

Bangladesh is amazingly green. Yet, historically, our natural forests have always been limited. In 2000, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimated our total forest area to be 2.6 million hectares.
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Electrocution of monkeys: Legal notice seeks removal of livewire from Mymensingh forest

People for Animal Welfare (PAW), an organisation dedicated to welfare of street animals, has served a legal notice to Bangladesh Forest Department and Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board after overhead electrical power lines installed inside Mymensingh’s Santoshpur Reserve Forest injured and killed monkeys in the forest.
9 January 2020, 08:31 AM

Cyclone Bulbul: 4,589 trees damaged in Sundarbans

At least 4,589 trees were damaged under the influence of Cyclone Bulbul in Sundarbans, according to a report prepared by Bangladesh Forest Department.
16 November 2019, 05:21 AM

60 ‘deer poachers’ held in Sundarbans

Forest Department officials detain 60 suspected deer poachers while entering the Sundarbans with hunting equipment in three trawlers in Joymoni area of Chandpai Range.
5 November 2019, 06:11 AM

Gecko dressed as rare flying gecko!

At first sight, it will deceive any human eyes! A flying gecko with pink and black strip on its entire body. The unique appearance of the reptile astonished a team of law enforcers.
1 June 2019, 09:00 AM

Forest land lost to govt agencies

The government is supposed to increase forest land to 20 percent of the country's total landmass by 2030, but the reality is, it is losing land every year to different government agencies who demand land for their establishments and development projects.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Indian team due Aug 3 to take back washed away elephant

India decides to send a rescue team to Bangladesh on August 3 to take back the stranded elephant that came floating along with the currents of the Brahmaputra River.
27 July 2016, 13:01 PM

18 hilly mynas rescued from Tongi

Forest officials rescue 18 hilly mynas from Tongi, at the outskirts of Dhaka.
10 June 2016, 13:58 PM

11 sued over Apr 27 Sundarbans fire

Bangladesh Forest Department files a case against 11 suspects in connection with the fire that broke out in Tultala area of the Sundarbans under Chandpai Range in Sharankhola upazila on April 27.
2 May 2016, 14:03 PM

28 hilly mynas seized, 1 held

Twenty eight hilly mynas seized and a man detained on charge of supplying birds in Tongi Bazar area, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
27 June 2015, 09:28 AM

130 turtles seized at Dhaka airport

130 turtles have been seized by the Customs Intelligence Department, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
29 May 2015, 12:13 PM

113 tortoises rescued at Dhaka airport

Authorities has recovered 113 tortoises from two Indian nationals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
24 March 2015, 13:51 PM