Once known for their elusive nature, these graceful animals now appear in growing numbers along the canals and rivers that snake through the dense Sundarbans. For visitors, accustomed to catching ...

Rising waters and illicit logging are killing the trees in the Sundarbans, the natural wall that protects the India-Bangladesh coast. Tidal surges now isolate parts of Sagar Island, south of ...

Speakers at an International Day of Action for Rivers event in Mongla today warned that relentless encroachment and pollution ...

KOLKATA: Instead of Tuesdays, Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (STR) will now stay shut every Friday. The decision, as per the notice issued on Tuesday, will come into effect from Dec 1. This has taken ...

The Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, doesn’t give you much time to decide which category you belong to. One moment, you’re gliding through serene waters, marvelling at the ...

An adult male tiger was captured in Sundarbans' South 24 Parganas division after attacking a forest worker. It was checked by veterinarians and released back into the tiger reserve. Experts ...

On March 13, 2004, nine final-year architecture students from KU and two mechanical engineering students from Buet were swept ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Kolkata: In the first comprehensive study on Irrawaddy dolphins — estuarine dolphins that are more salt-tolerant — in the ...

Fishermen, who rely on crab fishing for their livelihood, expressed relief at the resumption of their activities ...

Somewhere near the peripheries of Sundarbans, a ninety-five-year-old widow rocks back and forth under her grey mosquito net.

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