Sundarbans
New tiger census in the Sundarbans?
The government has undertaken a plan to conduct a survey on Royal Bengal Tigers' food and habitat in the Bangladesh segment of the Sundarbans.
6 April 2022, 15:14 PM
Sundarbans has 114 tigers at present: Environment Minister
According to the latest survey, there are 114 tigers in the Sundarbans, Shahab Uddin, environment, forests and climate change minister, told the parliament today.
4 April 2022, 09:05 AM
Bangladeshi photojournalist chronicles Ukrainians in flight
Upon his arrival in the small town of Chop, located in western Ukraine, Ismail Ferdous witnessed first-hand the devastating consequences of war.
2 April 2022, 18:00 PM
3 held for trying to fish with poison in the Sundarbans
Three fishermen were arrested on Saturday while they were trying to fish using poison in the Pashur River in the Sundarbans.
22 June 2020, 11:01 AM
Bangladesh will survive if Sundarbans survives, says TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today said Bangladesh will survive only if Sundarbans survives and called for effective implementation of constitutional and legal obligations, especially environmental laws for the protection the forest.
4 June 2020, 14:58 PM
5 ‘robbers’ killed in Khulna, Habiganj ‘gunfights’
Five suspected robbers are killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in the Sundarbans area of Khulna and Habiganj districts.
15 October 2019, 05:01 AM
Sundarbans tigress wasn’t killed by poachers: Investigators
A tigress, found dead in Sundarbans East Zone on August 20, was not killed by poachers, investigators have confirmed.
28 August 2019, 05:40 AM
‘Govt to provide full support to assess the state of Sundarbans’
Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury says that government would provide full support to the Reactive Monitoring mission of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and World Heritage Committee to further assessment of the state of Sundarbans.
10 July 2019, 15:51 PM
Unesco labels Sundarbans ‘World Heritage in Danger’
The World Heritage Centre of Unesco has declared largest mangrove forest on earth, the Sundarbans of Bangladesh, as a “World Heritage in Danger” site.
14 June 2019, 13:09 PM
Sundarbans has Tk 18,816cr carbon reserve: Survey
There is a reserve of 5.6 crore tonnes of carbon in the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans, says a survey of the Forest Department.
7 June 2019, 11:27 AM
An epic saga of loss
Once upon a time, in the winter of 2014, in a land far far away—Sundarbans—a young man in his twenties, seeking adventures...
11 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Carrying flammable substances inside Sundarbans banned
Bangladesh has prohibited carrying any type of flammable substances inside the Sundarbans to prevent occurrences of fire at the world heritage site in summer.
3 April 2019, 10:12 AM
Sundarbans Day observed
Green activists observe the Sundarbans Day in Bagerhat. Marking the day, the activists bring out a procession parading the main roads in the town
14 February 2019, 13:23 PM
Climate change may destroy Sundarbans’ tigers in 50 years: Study
A new study has warned that the Sundarbans' famed 'Royal Bengal Tigers' could be gone within 50 years, especially from the Bangladesh part, because of climate change.
14 February 2019, 07:50 AM
Int’l luxury cruise ship sailing thru' Sundarbans
An international luxury cruise ship is now exploring the Sundarbans -- a development that can give a boost to tourism as it goes
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM
The tigress of Sundarbans
A rifle slung on her back, grenades stashed in her pockets, and a five-month-old baby in her arms was how freedom fighters in the Sundarbans witnessed as Khurshid Jahan joined them in the Liberation War in 1971.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Coast guard rescues 18 abducted fishermen
Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) claims they rescued 18 fishermen who were kidnapped by pirates in the Sundarbans.
1 June 2018, 13:34 PM
Sundarbans: Cancel all industrial units
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports has reiterated its demand for cancelling all kinds of industrial
19 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt silent on protecting the Sundarbans: Sultana Kamal
The government is silent on protecting the Sundarbans as it did not respond to the study reports submitted by the National Committee to Protect the Sundarbans, rights activist Sultana Kamal says.
18 May 2018, 08:06 AM
Vessels sinking: Sundarbans ecology braces for disaster
The repeated incidents of vessels capsizing while carrying coal and different chemicals in the Sundarbans water routes have put the flora and fauna of the world's largest mangrove forest at stake.
17 April 2018, 08:11 AM