A reported rise in piracy and abductions in parts of the Sundarbans following the recent national election has prompted the ...

The Sundarbans is a cluster of low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, spread across India and Bangladesh, famous for its unique mangrove forests. The Sundarbans is a vast forest in the coastal region ...

A recent fire in the eastern Sundarbans of Bangladesh has highlighted the rising risk of burning in the world’s biggest mangrove forest. The Bangladesh government says it’s drawing up guidelines to ...

The High Court in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has issued an unprecedented order allowing for the establishment of three industrial plants near the Sundarbans mangrove forest, a World Heritage site. On ...

UN warned of a serious threat to the delicate ecosystem of the world's largest mangrove forest. The UN's culture and science agency UNESCO said there was a high chance pollution from the plant would ...

The Bangladesh government's ban on access to the Sundarbans forest has left those who earn their living from the world’s largest stretch of mangroves in hardship amid a lack of promised compensation.

About 300 people and 46 tigers have been killed since 2000 in human-tiger conflicts in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans. Authorities here have decided to install fencing along the rivers and canals that the ...

Summary of previous deliberations: The Committee when it inscribed “The Sundarbans” of Bangladesh in the World Heritage List (Naples, 1997) encouraged the authorities of Bangladesh and India to ...

The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over the very eastern part of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, in this natural-colour image. A region comprising southern Bangladesh and a small part of the Indian ...