Fire breaks out in Sundarbans
22 March 2025, 18:36 PM Sundarbans & Forest
Survey at Patharia forest begins after 103 years
27 September 2024, 18:00 PM Sundarbans & Forest
Sundarbans: Crab fishing season begins
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM Sundarbans & Forest
25 acres of forest land recovered in Chattogram
5 December 2023, 18:00 PM Sundarbans & Forest
Trains to have 20kmph speed limit inside Lawachara
18 February 2023, 14:20 PM Wild Life
Tiger census begins in the Sundarbans
15 December 2022, 15:34 PM Sundarbans & Forest
Fishermen, visitors banned from Sundarbans
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM Sundarbans & Forest

Forest dept rescues lost elephant calf in Cox’s Bazar

Forest Department of Cox’s Bazar rescued an elephant calf -- believed to have been lost from the herd -- from Shapalur area of Teknaf upazila, and handed her over to the local safari park yesterday.
11 March 2021, 07:27 AM

One killed in elephant-human conflict in Chattogram

A man died in Chattogram after being trampled by a herd of wild elephants.
7 March 2021, 13:08 PM

3 decimal area of Sundarbans burnt in fire; probe body formed

About three decimals of forest area was burnt in a fire that broke out in the patrol area under Dhansagar Station of Forest Department’s Chandpai Range in East Sundarbans Division.
8 February 2021, 14:05 PM

60-year-old Himalayan vulture rescued in Mymensingh

A Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) was rescued from Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh yesterday.
8 February 2021, 10:44 AM

1,60,566 individuals, organisations grabbed 2.57 lakh acres of forest land

A total of 1,60,566 individuals and organisations have grabbed 2.57 lakh acres of forest land across the country.
7 February 2021, 15:38 PM

Two teenagers dead in Bandarban elephant attack

Two teenage boys died in an attack by a wild elephant in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban early today.
24 January 2021, 06:10 AM

Two poachers arrested with 19 deer hides in Bagerhat

Detective Branch of police today arrested two poachers with 19 deer hides at Sharankhola upazila, said Pankaj Chandra Roy, superintendent of Bagerhat police, at a press briefing.
23 January 2021, 10:54 AM

Poacher selling tiger skin for Tk 13 lakh arrested in Bagerhat

A poacher was arrested yesterday with a tiger skin from Rayenda Bazar of Sharankhola in Bagerhat.
20 January 2021, 11:50 AM

Cumilla MP threatens DoE official for action against hill-cutting

AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker of Cumilla-6 constituency, threatened an official of Department of Environment (DoE) with dire consequences after she inspected a hill-cutting project by Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and prepared a damage assessment report.
24 December 2020, 07:39 AM

Facebook video shows Sylhet city councillors having ‘wild bird meat’

A live video showing five councillors of Sylhet City Corporation reportedly eating wild bird meat at a restaurant in Sylhet was posted on Facebook last night.
12 December 2020, 11:57 AM

Watch: Indian officials rescue elephant that fell down a well

Forest officials in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state said on Friday they used a crane to pull an elephant from a well, after working for more than 12 hours to rescue the animal.
22 November 2020, 11:57 AM

‘Protect Sangu-Matamuhuri sanctuary, reserve forest’

Parbatya Chattogram Forest and Land Rights Protection Movement has called upon authorities concerned to take measures to protect the Sangu-Matamuhuri Sanctuary and the Reserve Natural Forest and take action against those destroying the forest.
9 November 2020, 12:35 PM

Wildlife in 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction, scientists warn

The average size of wildlife populations has plummeted by two-thirds worldwide since 1970 as forests were felled to grow food, green group WWF says, warning that harming ecosystems hikes the risk to humans of infectious diseases like Covid-19.
10 September 2020, 07:45 AM

Jungle cat rescued in Panchagarh

Tea workers rescued a jungle cat, popularly known as Banbiral, from a tea garden in the bordering Shibchandi village under Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh this afternoon.
6 September 2020, 14:46 PM

‘Lost’ elephant shrew found in Africa

For half a century scientists feared that the Somali elephant shrew had vanished from the face of the Earth. No one had seen so much as a whisker.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Siberian tiger kills zookeeper in Zurich

A female Siberian tiger attacked and killed a 55-year-old zookeeper at Zurich's zoo on Saturday, the authorities say.
6 July 2020, 04:41 AM

Tranquil Bogura college campus becomes bird paradise

Once crowded and noisy, the Bogura Govt Azizul Haque College campus remains quiet for months, due to closure during the pandemic. The silver lining? The green grounds becoming a bird paradise.
4 July 2020, 12:48 PM

Fishing at Sundarbans banned from July 1

The forest department has decided to ban the netting of fishes from all rivers and canals in the Sundarbans for the next two months, starting July 1.
29 June 2020, 08:03 AM

Cub handed over to forest department after 7-day wait for mother bear

With seven days gone and no sign of the mother bear, Bhadanta Nandamala Thera, head of Lama Zinamayzu Orphanage in Bandarban, handed over a bear cub to the forest department.
24 June 2020, 15:49 PM

Death of pregnant elephant: Indian tribunal forms committee to take action

Taking cognisance of the death of a pregnant wild elephant at Silent Valley Forest in the southern state of Kerala, India’s National Green Tribunal forms a committee and directed it to submit an action-taken report on the matter.
8 June 2020, 05:24 AM