Sundarbans
Father-son arrested with deer meat in Bagerhat
Bagerhat Detective Branch seized 42kg deer meat and arrested a man and his son from Bogura chor area under Rampal Upazila on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling venison.
19 deer skins recovered from Bagerhat
Nineteen deer skins were seized from two members of a wildlife poaching-smuggling gang in Bagerhat’s Sarankhola on Saturday.
Sundarbans poacher held with tiger’s hide in Bagerhat
A Royal Bengal Tiger’s hide was seized from Sharonkhola of Bagerhat District Tuesday afternoon.
Tiger scare grips Sharankhola villagers
Fear has gripped the residents of a number of villages at Dakkhin Razapur in Shorankhola upazila of Bagerhat district as the footprints of a tiger was found in their locality.
Forest Dept. seizes drone in Sundarbans
The Forest Department has seized a drone from Supati area while filming in Sundarbans.
Golpata trees dying a slow death in the Sundarbans
Till five years back, Mir Quamruzzaman Bachchu believed that the identity of the Sundarbans was interwoven with Golpata (Nypa fruticans), a trunk-less palm species which grows naturally in patches along the river banks in the deltaic mangrove forest.
Sundarbans-bound tourist launch sinks in River Pasur
A Sundarbans-bound tourist launch capsized after getting stuck on a shoal of the River Pasur early Friday.
3-day crowd-pulling Rash Mela cancelled
In view of the rising Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh, authorities have cancelled the traditional Rash Mela. The crowd-pulling festival was scheduled to begin on Sunday on Dublar Char Island near the Sundarbans.
Preparations underway at Dublar Char as Rash Mela to begin Nov 28
Local administration has taken necessary preparations as 3-day traditional Rash Mela at Dublar Char island near the Sundarbans is set to begin on November 28.
Sundarbans reopens to tourists after 7 months
The Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage Site, reopened its door to tourists on Sunday after a seven-month closure because of the ongoing pandemic.