Owners of 17 hills prone to landslides were given a month-long deadline, ending on May 15, to remove 835 families and empty the hills.

If you take a look at Kaiplem Mro, you can feel the confidence she exudes. The 53-year-old indigenous woman from the remote Mrolongpara under Sadar upazila of Bandarban is in charge of her own future.

Unplanned settlement, deforestation, lack of guidelines for constructions in the hill region, development interventions, and heavy

Authorities launch eviction drive in the port city of Chittagong to avert possible loss of lives from landslides in the monsoon.

This mighty mixed-evergreen forest spanned 1,645 square kilometers, starting from the tip of Myanmar in the south and east and touching Assam and Tripura in the east and north. It was the richest natural forest that the country could ever have.