The menace of plastic is everywhere, even in the most remote locations, from the depths of the ocean to Arctic ice. So you can’t expect the Sundarbans to be an exception.

A Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica; locally known as shushuk) dies due to use of illegal current net for fishing in Pashru river in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat.

When this article was being written, a cargo vessel full of coal was underwater in Pashur River off the huge 250-feet high Silo in Joymoni for more than a month waiting to be rescued, while another vessel carrying fly-ash was being rescued.