The Forest Department has started setting up a total of 1,330 cameras at 665 spots in the Sundarbans to count tigers, deer and pigs. Abu Naser, forest official of Sundarbans West zone and director of Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project, said the camera installation work started at Kalabogi Ecotourism Center around
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Tiger conservation project sees slow progress
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
Sundarbans sees huge flow of tourists: Four eco-centres to be opened soon
Tourist destinations in the country's southern districts including world's largest mangrove forest the Sundarbans and historic Shat Gombuj mosque are seeing huge flow of tourists as Padma Bridge has made travelling to the region easy and attractive. The Forest Department is going to open four more eco-tourism centres in the Sundarbans
BRAC Bank holds meeting with Munda community in Sundarbans
BRAC Bank has organized an ‘UthanBoithak’, a knowledge-sharing engagement, for Munda people, an ethnic population living on the fringes of the Sundarbans, a press release said Sunday. The Munda community is detached from any formal banking or financial services. Field officers of Koyra agent banking outlet of Khulna disseminated information about opening
Study on state of wildlife habitat completed
The government has completed a feasibility study recently to determine the current state of habitat connectivity through camera trapping, ensuring possible wildlife corridors. The Wildlife Compensation Rules, 2021 have been formulated to resolve the confrontation between wildlife and human beings. Md Shahab Uddin, minister for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Popular places of interest in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the most beautiful in terms of natural beauty. There are different places of interest in different districts of this country. Thousands of domestic and foreign tourists gather every year to see its beauty. For the convenience of the tourists of Bangladesh, there are various tour packages
Extinction Crisis: Experts stress for wildlife census in Sunderbans
Environmental experts have stressed the need for a wildlife census to enumerate the wild animals in the Sundarbans that are threatened by climate change, poaching and habitat loss. There has long been no count of wild animals in the world's largest mangrove forest, which is spread across an area of 6,017
Sundarbans Tourism: Focus on automation to improve services
The government will launch a pilot project in December next, aiming to bring tourism management in the Sundarbans under automation with a smart app. Using the app, 'Sundarbans', one can get all the travel formalities done sitting at home. This will not only save the time of travellers but also ensure
Our forests are our life
We raise the subject again. A concerted programme of deforestation, like the other unwholesome activities gradually taking the shape of the usual in Bangladesh, in the costume of afforestation was last being carried out in the country’s Madhupur regional forest, popularly known as Sal forest. The illegal and blanket felling
Cyclone Yaas: Rebuilding effort on, impact yet to be fully assessed
Cyclone Yaas made landfall in eastern India in the early hours of Wednesday morning but its impact is not over yet as a slight drizzle has been sweeping over the Satkhira district since Thursday morning. An enormous tract of low-lying land has been swamped, forcing people of different Upazilas of the