The region’s largely Dalit and Adivasi populations survive from day to day as the changing weather leaves no part of life ...

The formal work for the tiger census commenced in West Bengal’s Sundarbans mangrove forest on Thursday as Forest Department ...

BAGERHAT, Dec 8, 2025 (BSS) - The Coast Guard, in two separate drives, rescued hostages and recovered deer meat, weapons and ammunition from Koira in the Sundarbans and arrested a hunter along with ...

The Sundarbans is the biggest natural mangrove forest in the world, located between Bangladesh and India. The beauty of this forest and biodiversity attracts tourists. Over the years, it has become an ...

KHULNA, Dec 3, 2025 (BSS) - A Bagerhat court on Wednesday landed 10 fishermen to jail on the charge of illegal fishing in the ...

Kolkata: The all-India tiger estimation exercise kicked off in the Sundarbans on Tuesday with deployment of camera traps. Camera deployment will conti.

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“We were so terrified with the water coming into the house and the sound of the storm. In front of my eyes, the walls of our house collapsed.” That’s Geeta Maiti, a resident of Mousuni Island, which ...

On a warm November afternoon, Parul Haldar balanced precariously on the bow of a small wooden dinghy, pulling in a long net flecked with fish from the swirling brown river. Just behind her loomed the ...

Last month, an estimated 350,000 liters of fuel oil spilled into the Sundarbans delta on the Bay of Bengal. An oil tanker that had collided with a cargo vessel on December 9th sank into the Shela ...