Sundarbans

2 'robbers' killed in 'gunfight'

Two alleged robbers, including the chief of infamous “Akash Babu Bahini”, were killed in a “gunfight” with members of Rapid Action Battalion on the Tambulbunia canal in the Sundarbans yesterday.
28 December 2015, 18:00 PM

2 Sundarbans ‘bandits’ killed in ‘gunfight’

Two alleged bandits has been killed in what law enforcers described as gunfight in the Chandpai range of the Sundarbans under Bagerhat district today.
28 December 2015, 06:27 AM

Sundarbans ‘robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’

An alleged robber gang-leader is killed in what law enforcers say “gunfight” in the Sundarbans’ Shoronkhola range under Bagerhat district.
23 December 2015, 08:17 AM

Protecting Sundarbans: How Serious Are We?

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.
8 December 2015, 18:00 PM

The Munda people of the Sundarbans

The Munda are an ethnic community of the Sundarbans mangrove ecological zone. Originating in India, the Munda people travelled to Bangladesh around 300 years ago and have been here ever since.
30 November 2015, 18:00 PM

‘Robber’ killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’

Alleged robber gang leader killed in what Rapid Action Battalion describes as gunfight at Bagerhat in the Sundarbans.
28 October 2015, 06:45 AM

23 firearms, 1,531 bullets seized in Sundarbans, 1 held

Rapid Action Battalion members arrest an alleged robber along with 23 firearms and 1,531 bullets after a “gunfight” in the Sundarbans in Koyra upazila of Khulna last night.
27 October 2015, 05:06 AM

CPB, BSD’s Nov 30 deadline to stop Rampal

Communist Party Bangladesh and Bangladesh Somajtantrik Dal urged the government today to stop the Rampal plant near the Sundarbans by November 30.
18 October 2015, 09:20 AM

2 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’

​Two alleged robbers are killed in separate incidents of what law enforcers described as gunfight in Laxmipur and Bagerhat today.
30 September 2015, 06:22 AM

‘Robber’ killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Sharankhola range of Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
31 August 2015, 05:13 AM

Forest department issues special alert in Sundarbans

The forest department has issued a special alert in the Sundarbans following killing of six ‘tiger poachers’ in a ‘gunfight’ with police and recovery of three tiger skins from the world’s largest mangrove earlier this month.
24 August 2015, 09:05 AM

6 ‘tiger poachers’ killed in Khulna ‘gunfight’

Six suspected tiger poachers are killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Mandarbari of the Sundarbans (west) in Koyra upazila of Khulna today.
9 August 2015, 12:08 PM

Dwindling Royal Bengal Tigers

It is highly disquieting that the Royal Bengal Tiger, one of the most valued species of tigers in the world, appears to be on an extinction course in its home, the Sundarbans.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Bengal Tigers under threat

Poaching of tigers and its preys in the Sundarbans, commercial boat traffic through different channels and development activities within and near the world's largest mangrove forest is threatening the Bengal tiger population.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Only 100 tigers found in Sundarbans

Bangladesh has only about 100 tigers living in the world's largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, following a recent survey, a top forestry official says.
27 July 2015, 06:50 AM

Opinion: Real Crocodile tears in the Sundarbans

Within days of three French banks deciding not to invest in the Rampal 1320 megawatt coal power plant next to the Sundarbans, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday criticised those who opposed the power plant.
30 June 2015, 07:46 AM

Rampal plant no threat to Sundarbans: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says if there was any possibility of adverse effects on the Sundarbans due to Rampal power plant, the government would not have decided to construct the plant.
29 June 2015, 14:13 PM

'Robber' killed in Sundarbans 'gunfight'

An alleged leader of a robber gang was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Sharankhola range of Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
15 June 2015, 04:41 AM

Trafficker, 2 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfights’

A human trafficker and two alleged robbers have killed in separate “gunfights” in Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans respectively. This is the second time in three days that police crossed swords with human traffickers of Cox’s Bazar after The Daily Star ran a series of reports on human trafficking.
10 May 2015, 04:20 AM

Another spillage in Bhola River

THE latest sinking of a vessel in Bhola River, carrying Muriate of Potash, is a stark reminder that little has been done regarding the rerouting of cargo vessels after the devastating oil spillage in this river only six months ago.
7 May 2015, 18:00 PM