Sundarbans
Number of tigers in Sundarbans rises to 125
The tiger population in the Sundarbans has increased by 11 since the last survey in 2018
Plastic Pollution invades the Sundarbans
A group of primates wrestled with a plastic bag caught in the tangled roots of a mangrove tree. Their screeches echoed through the dense forest as they tore at the flimsy material, desperate for the scraps of food trapped inside.
Sundarbans: no time to heal between cyclones
In 2007, Cyclone Sidr ripped through the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. The forest took the brunt of the storm, saving human lives by slowing down its destructive force.
Cyclone Remal / Sundarbans saves Bangladesh but pays a heavy price
The Sundarbans, Bangladesh’s “silent protector”, the shield and first line of defense against natural disasters, has once again safeguarded the nation from a cyclone -- Remal.
Sundarbans takes care of us, but who will take care of it?
Mangrove forest took a hit from Cyclone Remal but managed to do its job
Sundarbans: Bangladesh's shield against cyclones
The coastline of Bangladesh has been hammered by cyclones over and over since time immemorial
Stop disturbing the Sundarbans!
Restrain traffic of ships through the forest
7 most beautiful forests around the world
If you are planning an adventurous retreat in the woods, here are seven most beautiful forests around the world.
Tiger visits forest office in Sundarbans
Once again, a wild tiger has been seen roaming leisurely on the premises of a forest department office in the Sundarbans.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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