Only a few people have both knowledge of and love for the Sundarbans.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Director General Benazir Ahmed announces today that the Sundarbans will be free of robbers by October next and asks the bandits to surrender by this time to escape dire consequences.

A high-profile Unesco delegation will visit the Sundarbans soon to assess the possible impacts of the proposed coal-based Rampal power plant on the world's largest mangrove forest.

Communist Party Bangladesh and Bangladesh Somajtantrik Dal urged the government today to stop the Rampal plant near the Sundarbans by November 30.