Ten units from Fire Service with the Forest Department are actively working to put out the fire
A fire broke out in the Sundarbans early yesterday but no water could be sprayed on the blaze even after 12 hours due to the lack of a nearby water source.
The programme, held today at the mangrove forest of Mongla Government College, called for an immediate ban on the use of poison in rivers and canals, an end to deer poaching, and the cancellation of all forest-destroying projects
Despite being declared a protected area in 1920, the Patharia Hills Reserve Forest in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar has never been surveyed, leading to multiple disputes and numerous instances of encroachment.
To harness the untapped potential of ecotourism in the region, the Borshijora Ecopark was set up in 2006 across a vast expanse of natural reserve forest in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila.
After a two-month hiatus during the breeding season of crabs, fishermen set sail once more in various rivers and canals of the Sundarbans to resume their crab catching activities.
The Forests Department recovered around 25 acres of forest land grabbed by an industrial group in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram, yesterday.
In the letter sent to the director general of Bangladesh Railway, the railway ministry asked for necessary measures to be taken to keep the speed limit of all trains running on this route below 20kmph to prevent the death of wildlife on the railway line on Lawachahra National Park and to ensure they can cross easily
Hilarious footage from Assam, India, captures the moment a young elephant decides to block a public road for nearly THIRTY minutes to practice football.
A college student shares a startling video of a sea lion snatching a girl off a dock and yanking her into the water on Canada’s West Coast.
Adorable panda in Taipei Zoo can't get enough thill bamboo. Taiwan's first native-born panda cub Yuan Zai has been enjoying a new item on its menu.
Cuba's Bay of Pigs has been invaded again, this time not by US-backed anti-Castro forces, but by millions of red, yellow and black landcrabs.
All hell breaks loose as the one-horned rhino steps out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted mahouts relocating him to a new home in Nepal's far west in the hope of shoring up the vulnerable species.
The crested black macaque rises to fame when one of the monkeys snapped grinning selfies and becomes embroiled in a US court battle -- but the tussle over copyright is the least of the rare animal's worries.
Due to inefficient solutions in power lines, over 4000 saker falcons worth Mongolian Tugrik 64 billion ($26 million) die annually in Mongolia. This number increases by two times in some years.
The first naturally fluorescent frog is discovered recently in Argentina -- almost by chance, a member of the team of researchers tells AFP.
Animals on the Earth are now in grave danger as we are entering an era where the number of species becoming extinct is increasing rapidly.
Whale lovers in New Zealand finally get some good news after more than 200 stranded whales managed to refloat themselves overnight and swim away, while volunteers managed to save another 17 whales at high tide.
