Locals say that every year, the water gets saltier, the flooding gets worse, the cyclones more violent and the tigers closer. ‘I had my back to the forest when the tiger pounced and dug its claws into ...
The Bay of Bengal has turned turbulent due to a low-pressure system, forcing fishing trawlers to return from the deep sea to safer coastal areas, including the Sundarbans. Ilish fishing has remained ...
The Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco World Heritage site, reopened on Monday to fishermen and tourists after a three-month closure. Entry into the forest was restricted ...
On Global Tiger Day, the Sundarbans is launching a pilot project equipping fishermen's boats with GPS-based SOS alarms to alert the forest department during tiger attacks and track entry into ...
A 37-year-old homemaker from the Sundarbans displayed remarkable courage on Saturday by fighting off a crocodile for 30 minutes before villagers rescued her from the jaws of the reptile. Around 6am, ...
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 ...