The Bangladesh government has imposed a ban on the construction of any new industrial establishments or projects within 10-kilometre area declared as the Ecologically Critical Area surrounding the Sunderbans Reserve Forest...
The government on Monday decided to prohibit the establishment of any new industrial ventures within 10-kilometre of the periphery of Sundarban reserved forest which is an Ecologically Critical Area...
Coast Guard members have detained two members of notorious Karim Sharif gang, a Sunderbans-based robbery gang, and rescued two fishermen held hostage by the gang during separate operations in Dacope upazila in Khulna...
Two members of the notorious Sunderbans-based robber gang Karim Bahini were arrested during a joint operation by law enforcement agencies on Friday...
A FIRE broke out in a place in the Sunderbans, the world鈥檚 largest contiguous stretch of mangrove forest, in the afternoon on March 23 a few hours after firefighters, aided by forest staff and volunteers, had that morning put out another fire that broke out in another place in the morning on March 22. The March 23 fire broke out in the area of Shaplar Bil and the March 22 fire in...
A new fire broke out in another part of the Sunderbans on Sunday few hours after firelighters brought fire under control in a part in the forest...
Firefighters brought a devastating fire in the world鈥檚 largest mangrove forest, the Sunderbans, under full control on Sunday morning, more than 24 hours after it broke out...
Fifteen fishermen have reportedly been kidnapped by forest robbers from the Bay of Bengal in Dublar Char of the Sunderbans, their association and forest officials said on Wednesday...
Unlike Steinbeck鈥檚 defamed 鈥榮alt-water-eating bushes鈥� of the Sea of Cortez, the Sunderbans is an excellent forest treasure for Bangladesh, India鈥檚 West Bengal, and the rest of the world. In 1997, UNESCO awarded the Sunderbans the accolade 鈥楢 World Heritage Site,鈥� with the obvious implication that everything should be done to preserve this incredible...
Ten fishermen, who were kidnapped by robbers, have been rescued by the Forest Department officers after a gunfight in Takkakhali area in the Sunderbans鈥檚 Chunkuri River...
A government survey in Sundarbans has found that the number of Royal Bengal tigers in Bangladesh鈥檚 Sundarbans has increased to 125.
The Sunderbans, the largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh, is set to reopen for tourists, fishers, wood cutters and honey collectors on September 1 after three months of closure...
The Center for Policy Dialogue said on Wednesday that Bangladesh had lost the Geographical Indication status of Sundarbans鈥� honey due to the negligence of the authorities concerned....
Local communities, including fishermen, Bawal (wood collectors), and Mowal (honey collectors), who rely on the Sunderbans for their livelihoods, were concerned about...
With a view to protecting the wildlife and biodiversity of the Sunderbans, the Forest Department on Friday announced a ban on entry of visitors to the forest, which...
The death toll of animals from the flooding in the Sunderbans has climbed to 100 after cyclone Remal hit the world鈥檚 largest mangrove forest on Sunday....
IN THE last 22 years, there have been 24 fire incidents in the Sunderbans, the world heritage known as the lungs or heart of Bangladesh. Of the four ranges of the Sunderbans, only the Sharankhola and Chandpai ranges are alleged to be set on fire every year..
Fire that broke out in the Amurbunia area at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Saturday could not be doused on Sunday as it spread over more than two square kilometers are in the mangrove forest in the meantime...
Firefighting efforts resumed on Sunday morning in the Sunderbans East Zone鈥檚 Amurbunia area, following a fire that erupted on Saturday...
A fire broke out in the Amurbunia area of Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Saturday amid the ongoing heatwave.
The Forest Department recovered a floating carcass of a Royal Bengal Tiger from Andharia canal under Dacope upazila in the Sundarbans on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.....
A crocodile released with satellite transmitters attached to its back was found in a fish enclosure in Bagerhat鈥檚 Chitalmari upazila and was released into the Sunderbans on Sunday...