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Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33-foot) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh -- where ...
Across the planet’s vast forests and jungles, the tiger once roamed freely. Historically, these majestic predators inhabited ...
Fishing employs over 1.6 million people, whose catch is the nation’s principal protein source, a daily bounty of some 12,000 ...
Odisha's Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, aims to deport unauthorized Bangladeshi immigrants. Kendrapara leads with 1,649 ...
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The Forest Department has announced a complete ban on tourism, fishing, and other activities in the Sundarbans from June 1 to ...
The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in India and the world, spanning approximately 10,000 square kilometres across India and Bangladesh. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is ...
For years, she has rowed her boat alone in the rivers that snake through the Sundarbans, one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, in Bangladesh's southwestern Khulna region. The river system ...
This marks a turning point, with mangroves protecting 61 percent more people and safeguarding 109 percent more capital assets from floods in 2020 compared to a decade earlier. Countries like Vietnam, ...
A diplomatic dispute over claims of persecution of Bangladeshi Hindus threatens to upend Bangladesh’s interim government. By Pragati K.B. Anupreeta Das and Saif Hasnat Pragati K.B. and Anupreeta ...
Mangroves have been shown to provide $855 billion in flood protection services worldwide, according to a new study. Mangroves have been shown to provide $855 billion in flood protection services ...