Six people have been detained for illegally catching fish in the Satkhira range of the Sundarbans, forest officials said on Wednesday. The detainees have been identified as Mafizul Sardar, 45, son of ...

In the world’s largest mangrove forest, women whose husbands were killed by Bengal tigers are working to restore their habitat.

Netting of fish has been banned in all the canals of Sundarbans from July 1 to August 31 in order to promote safe breeding and to preserve aquatic animals. The move is also being imposed to stop ...

Sankizahan in Kultali area of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem made of islands, rivers and creeks, used to be a village of fishermen who hunted on traditional and motorised boats ...

It’s long been known that many people depend on the world’s single largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, for their livelihoods, as the forest naturally provides resources including fish, crabs, ...

After nearly three months of closure, the Forest Department is reopening the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, on Thursday. The Sundarbans will be ...

Dublar Char and several other areas in the Sundarbans are now buzzing with activities as a large number of fishermen are engaged in drying fishes after netting them from the sea. Around 90 species of ...

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On a warm November afternoon, Parul Haldar balanced precariously on the bow of a small wooden dinghy, pulling in a long net flecked with fish from the swirling brown river. Just behind her loomed the ...

The Tiger Project undertook its bi-annual tiger census of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (the core zone of which is the Sundarbans National Park and World Heritage site) from the 7 th to 14 th December ...