Sundarbans, already at the heart of a raging controversy over the building of power plants is now being systematically deforested.

The High Court yesterday directed the government not to approve any factory within 10 kilometres of the Sundarbans.

The High Court directs the government not to approve any industry within 10 kilometres in the Sundarbans area. The court also ordered the government to submit a list of the industries and factories set up within the 10 kilometres in the area to this court within ten months.

Rights activist Sultana Kamal yesterday alleged that lives of people, who live in and around the Sundarbans, are being jeopardised due

Two suspected bandits are arrested following a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Chandpai range of the Sundarbans.

In yet another blow to the Sundarbans, the government has decided to approve all industrial structures currently operating in the Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) of the mangrove forest, essentially legalising more than 150 illegal structures.

The government has decided to approve all industries currently operating in the ecologically critical area (ECA) of the Sundarbans.

Experts have expressed concern over the depleting Bengal tiger population in the Sundarbans as the number of tiger attacks in and around the mangrove forest has gone down significantly in recent years.

Freedom fighter Maj Ziauddin Ahmed who spearheaded battles against Pakistan occupation army in the Sundarbans during the Liberation War of 1971 passes away at the age of 67.

The government would fulfil the conditions set by Unesco for implementing the Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans, two ministers told The Daily Star yesterday.

The World Heritage Committee of Unesco has withdrawn its earlier objection to the construction of Rampal power plant project at its current location near the Sundarbans, says a foreign ministry press release.

Environmental activists once again urge the government to backtrack from its plan to implement the Rampal power plant project or else the world’s largest mangrove forest the Sundarbans will be in danger.

The critics of Rampal include environmentalists, scientists and experts. Yet, the defence for the power plant has remained the same. But, under scrutiny, how do these claims, meant to relieve us of our fears about the potential risks of the power plant, hold?

Fisherfolk in the Sundarbans wilfully ignore the government ban on the use of fine-mesh current nets which is fast depleting various species of fish in the area.

Despite the government's assurance that the Rampal power plant would not harm the Sundarbans, the Unesco stays firm in its stance against the project and has again requested the government to cancel and relocate it to a more suitable place.

That the Sundarbans, the unique world heritage site and a lifesaver for the coastal people, is in grave danger, with or without the planned Rampal coal-based power plant is not in dispute.

The construction work of Rampal power plant will not be suspended despite Unesco's advice, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid says.

The Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest with its rich and unique biodiversity is divided between Bangladesh and India.

Eleven members of two Sundarbans-based robber gangs surrender and hand over 25 firearms to Home Minister Assaduzzaman Khan at Mongla port in Khulna.

The proposed coal-based Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans is yet to get environmental clearance from the Department