10-foot python released in Sundarbans
10-foot python released in Sundarbans

A 10-foot python was rescued from an area in Koyra upazila of Khulna on Sunday and later released into the Sundarbans. According to local sources, the python was spotted behind the house of Samad Gazi in Maheshwaripur village in the afternoon. After receiving the alert, a patrol team from the...

Benapole, Sundarbans Express trains’ routes to remain unchanged
Benapole, Sundarbans Express trains’ routes to remain unchanged

The routes of the Sundarbans Express and Benapole Express trains will not be changed for now and those will run through Rajbari, Faridpur, and Bhanga stations to Dhaka. The decision was taken following demonstrations by local people under the banner of People from all strata in Rajbari and...

Sundarbans bandits release fishermen after ransom.
Sundarbans bandits release fishermen after ransom.

Forest bandits kidnapped five fishermen at gunpoint from the coastal Khalkhali canal in the Sundarbans, demanding ransom. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon. While three of the five fishermen were freed after paying the demanded ransom, two are still being held. The two remaining...

Sundarbans attracts 200,000+ visitors in 2023-24, generates Tk 3.61 crore revenue
Sundarbans attracts 200,000+ visitors in 2023-24, generates Tk 3.61 crore revenue

Officials said that over 200,000 local and foreign tourists visited the Sundarbans in the 2023-24 fiscal year, bringing in Tk 3.61 crore in revenue for the government from the largest mangrove forest in the world. In an interview with BSS, Mihir Kumar Doe, the Khulna Zone Conservator of Forests,...