forest department
Stop the onslaught on Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary
Why has the Forest Department allowed it?
Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary: UP chairman’s men plundering it for yrs
For years, under the nose of the Forest Department and the local administration, a syndicate led by a local union parishad chairman has been razing hillocks and tearing down trees at Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary in Chattogram’s Lohagara upazila.
Tiger census: installation of cameras begins in Sundarbans
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.
No Christmas for them
Lobbing Sumer (40) is the head of a six-member family at Doluchhara punjee in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila. During the last 13 years serving as the Khasi punjee (indigenous village) chief, he had to manage the expenses of seven cases filed by the forest department against the members of their community.
Who wants a piece of forest?
Plans to build a prison on forestland show that the country is in environmental free-fall
Nothing justifies destroying a forest
The move to build a prison on forestland is both illegal and impractical
Back to Green: 4 lakh trees planted on 400 acres of recovered forestland
The forest department has reforested a total of 400 acres of protected forestland -- which was grabbed by locals in Kodolpur area of Chattogram’s Raozan upazila -- bringing a positive change for the region’s biodiversity.
Elephant trapped in muddy swamp, rescued after 16 hours
An elephant calf which got trapped in a muddy swamp has been rescued by locals in collaboration with forest officials after 16 hours.
Eid holiday of Sundarbans forest employees cancelled
Forest Department has cancelled the Eid holiday of its staff, including the officials and rangers, working in the Sundarbans.
Manpura forests in peril
Felling of trees by “influential people” is damaging the biodiversity of Bhola's Manpura Island, making it prone to natural disasters.
Sundarbans’ forest staff getting risk allowance
Finally, the forest department employees who safeguard the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans, have been brought under risk allowance. The financial benefit will be equivalent of the 30 percent of their basic salaries.
2 pythons rescued in Bagerhat
Wildlife team of forest department rescues two pythons from two separate areas in Bagerhat and frees them to the Sundarbans.
Over 4,000 birds rescued in Bagerhat
The forest department rescue more than 4,000 birds of different species from a depot in Kachua upazila of Bagerhat today.
Special security measures at Sundarbans’ Chandpai Range
Fourth fire incident in barely four weeks’ time at Chandpai Range in Sundarbans prompts Forest Department to put in place a number of special security measures there.
Sundarbans fire: Forest dept suspends 3 employees
The Forest Department suspends its three employees for their negligence in duties over the recent fire incidents in the Sundarbans in Sharankhola upazila.
Criminals busy making it barren
A few gangs are plundering trees from the reserve forest at Gangamati near Kuakata of Patuakhali.
HC upholds forest gobbler Gani’s jail term
The High Court upholds a lower court verdict that jailed former chief conservator of forest (CCF) Osman Gani for 12 years for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
100 turtles seized in Dhaka, 3 traders jailed
Around 100 turtles seized by the members of Rapid Action Battalion and the officials of Bangladesh Forest Department in Shakhari Bazar of Old Dhaka.
Forest department issues special alert in Sundarbans
The forest department has issued a special alert in the Sundarbans following killing of six ‘tiger poachers’ in a ‘gunfight’ with police and recovery of three tiger skins from the world’s largest mangrove earlier this month.