The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the ...
This morning, personnel from the Forest Department and Fire Brigade noticed light flames and smoke coming from a few isolated areas within the burnt forest ...
Rising waters and illicit logging are killing the trees in the Sundarbans, the natural wall that protects the India-Bangladesh coast. Tidal surges now isolate parts of Sagar Island, south of ...
Firefighters successfully brought 95% of the fire under control by Monday afternoon after it broke out in the Shapla Beel area of the Sundarbans on Sunday. "Despite the progress, sporadic flames and ...
Forest Department officials have detained three men while they were allegedly attempting to smuggle wood from Goran trees -- a protected species banned from logging in the Sundarbans. Solaiman ...
The recent fire incidents in the Shaplar Beel and Tepar Beel areas of the Sundarbans have been extinguished, but smoke is still rising from the base of some trees. On Wednesday morning, personnel from ...
Earlier, a fire in the Tepar Beel area under the Kolomteji Camp of the Chandpai Range in the Sundarbans East Division was brought under control yesterday afternoon (March 23). However, just hours ...
A fire has broken out in the Chandpai Range’s Kalamteji area of the Sundarbans East Division. The fire service has begun work to control the fire that broke out deep in the forest. Kazi Mohammad ...
“But here, in the tide country, transformation is the rule of life: rivers stray from week to week, and islands are made and unmade in days. In other places forests take centuries, even ...
Another fire broke out in the Teisher Chila-Shaplar Beel area of the Chandpai Range under the Eastern Sundarbans Forest Division, hours after the fire near Tepar Beel area under Kolomteji Camp had ...
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Earlier, a fire that broke out in Kolomteji Camp in Dhansagar forest station of the Sundarbans East Division was brought under control this morning.