Tag: Sundarbans

3-month ban in Sundarbans worries local communities

- Times Report -

Local communities, including fishermen, Bawal (wood collectors), and Mowal (honey collectors), who rely on the Sundarbans for their livelihoods, are concerned about a three-month ban on all activities in the forest starting Saturday. These communities returned home a few weeks ago due to the cyclonic storm Remal, and the forest department

Crab fishing begins in Sundarbans

- Times Report -

Fishermen become very happy as crab fishing in the Sundarbans and its adjacent areas has begun from Saturday (March 2) after a two-month ban. Fishermen set out to collect crab after getting permission on March 1 from the Forest Department, forest official sources said. The collection of crabs in various rivers and

Sundarbans abuzz with local, foreign travellers

- Sheikh Didarul Alam, UNB -

Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forest, is abuzz with footsteps of a large number of tourists - both local and foreign - due its scenic beauty and diverse wildlife. After three months of closure, Sundarbans opened to tourists on September 1. The mangrove forest was off-limits to tourists from June 1 to August

Court order fails to stop poison fishing in Bangladesh Sundarbans

- Farhana Parvin -

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, honey and timber. In order to maintain a balance between resource extraction and forest health, the Bangladesh Forest Department has been

Why the movement against Rampal plant in Bangladesh failed

- Anupam Debashish Roy -

Five years after a people’s movement to stop a power plant near the Sundarban, Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government has pushed the project through. Why did this movement fail where others in Bangladesh have succeeded? On 17 December 2022, the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project within the Khulna division, Bangladesh’s third-largest

14 held over theft of cameras installed in Sundarbans

- Times Report -

The Forest Department arrested 14 fishers and their leaders (Majhi) in two cases over damage and theft of cameras installed to count tigers and other animals in the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest.  The arrestees--Jahangir Hossain, Abdul Wahab, Abul Hossai, Md Mohibullah, Nurul Alam, Abdur Rahim, Amzad Hossai, Amzad Hossain

Padma Bridge changing lives in the southwest

- Masudul Hoque, UNB -

Masudul Hoque, UNB Saiful, who used to be a van-puller, now sells 'fuchka' (street food) near the Padma Bridge. He now earns significantly more than he did previously - thanks to the boom the locality has seen in tourism since the Padma Bridge opened in June 2022. Many day laborers, like Saiful,

Tiger conservation project sees slow progress 

- Sheikh Didarul Alam, UNB -

The tiger census in the Sundarbans, which was scheduled to begin in October and got delayed for slow pace in fund approval, is expected to begin in the beginning of the next year, said officials at the Forest Department.   The Planning Commission approved the allocation last week, Divisional Forest Officer