Ten units from Fire Service with the Forest Department are actively working to put out the fire
A fire broke out in the Sundarbans early yesterday but no water could be sprayed on the blaze even after 12 hours due to the lack of a nearby water source.
The programme, held today at the mangrove forest of Mongla Government College, called for an immediate ban on the use of poison in rivers and canals, an end to deer poaching, and the cancellation of all forest-destroying projects
Despite being declared a protected area in 1920, the Patharia Hills Reserve Forest in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar has never been surveyed, leading to multiple disputes and numerous instances of encroachment.
To harness the untapped potential of ecotourism in the region, the Borshijora Ecopark was set up in 2006 across a vast expanse of natural reserve forest in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila.
After a two-month hiatus during the breeding season of crabs, fishermen set sail once more in various rivers and canals of the Sundarbans to resume their crab catching activities.
The Forests Department recovered around 25 acres of forest land grabbed by an industrial group in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram, yesterday.
In the letter sent to the director general of Bangladesh Railway, the railway ministry asked for necessary measures to be taken to keep the speed limit of all trains running on this route below 20kmph to prevent the death of wildlife on the railway line on Lawachahra National Park and to ensure they can cross easily
Wild giraffe numbers have plummeted by 40 percent in the last three decades, and the species is now "vulnerable" to extinction, a top conservation body warns.
A villager near India’s Gurgaon catches a wild leopard by the scruff of its neck and others beat it to death after the animal ran loose on the streets of the locality, triggering widespread panic for hours.
Forest department this afternoon rescues over two hundred migratory birds from Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh.
We all love to have a ride every now and then. We all have seen the fascination of babies for having bike rides and all.
At least 76 tiger deaths are reported in India between January and October in 2016, the highest national mortality figure since 2010.
For more than 30,000 years, northern Russia's cold permafrost preserves the small bodies of two furry and wide-pawed cave lion cubs, one of them in almost pristine condition.
At least 10 dolphins are found dead in the Andaman Sea this year, including one recently in Krabi, Thailand, reports The Star TV.
Sixty-eight may not seem that old, but for Snooty the manatee, it's a world record.
More than 300 wild mammal species in Asia, Africa and Latin America are being driven to extinction by humanity's voracious appetite for bushmeat, according to a recent study.
Police fire teargas shells to foil the procession of Save Sundarbans activists, who were marching towards the Indian High Commission to hand an “open letter” to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to step back from constructing Rampal power plant.
