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The United Nations said on Thursday it has sent a team of international experts to Bangladesh to help clean up the world’s largest mangrove forest, more than a week after it was hit by a huge oil spill. Thousands of litres of oil have spilt into the protected Sundarbans mangrove area, home to rare Irrawaddy and Ganges dolphins, after a tanker collided with another vessel last Tuesday. A team from... »
Bangladesh launched an intensified manual campaign to clean up seepage following a huge oil spill in 34,000 hectares at the Sunderbans that threatened the world’s largest mangrove forest. The manual cleanup campaign came as authorities on India’s eastern coast are on alert with Additional Director of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve Pradeep Vyas saying “We are taking all precautionary measures”. Officials and witnesses said the forest department engaged nearly 100 boats to... »
Environmental authorities in India are on alert after thousands of litres of oil spilled into a nature reserve in neighbouring Bangladesh. Conservation chief Pradeep Vyas said “precautions” were being taken in West Bengal’s coastal region. Oil leaked into waterways in the Sundarbans area after a collision involving a tanker three days ago. Officials say it is already harming the region’s wildlife, which includes two endangered dolphin species. “We are taking... »
Oil spill from the sunken tanker in the Sundarbans has affected seven young crocodiles at the Karamjal Wildlife Reproduction Centre. Environmental experts and forest officials had feared negative effects after a tanker carrying 350,000 litres of furnace sank in the Shela River on Tuesday. Oil spread to 34,000 hectares in three days, causing seven four-month-old crocodiles to fall sick, the officials said. Sore mouths were spotted in them in salt... »
The mangrove delta is home of this increasingly endangered species that is found in discontinuous subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. The Chandpai range in southern Sundarbans is where they are mostly found — which is why the area along with two others in the Sundarbans was declared as Dolphin Reserve in 2011. But it is near... »

Carrying 357,000 litres of furnace oil

Oil Spill Hits Sundarbans

A large quantity of oil, spilt from a sunken tanker in a river near the Sunderbans, may pose a serious threat to the ecological balance of the largest mangrove forest in the world. The tanker, carrying 350,000 litres of furnace oil, sank in the Shela river near the forest in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district at around 5:00am yesterday (Tuesday), after being hit by a cargo vessel. M Giasuddin, managing... »
KATHMANDU, Nov 26, 2014 (BSS)-Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi here today said he is making strong efforts to resolve the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and Teesta water sharing issue with Bangladesh quickly. He said this during a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Crowne Plaza Kathmandu on the sidelines of the 18th SAARC Summit here this afternoon. After the meeting, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said Prime Minister Sheikh... »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh, as an independent nation, has the ability to deal with all natural and manmade disasters and keep pace with development. She expressed her firm conviction that neither any natural calamity nor any manmade disaster can deviate Bangladesh from its cherished goal of development. Addressing the officials of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief at Bangladesh Secretariat here today the Prime Minister said... »
Indian disaster teams have begun a relief operation after Cyclone Hudhud pounded the eastern coast, forcing as many as 400,000 people to flee. Officials are assessing the damage in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states, where eight people have been killed. The cyclone wrecked homes, uprooted trees and power lines, blocked roads and damaged crops in the two states. Further heavy rains have been forecast in Orissa, prompting fears of flooding... »
The deep depression over north Andaman sea and adjoining area has moved west-northwestwards and intensified into a cyclonic named ‘Hudhud’. It now lies over southeast bay and adjoining north Andaman sea and was centred at 12 noon on Wednesday about 1,115 kms south of Chittagong port, 1,020 kms south of Cox’s Bazar port, 1,170 kms south-southeast of Mongla port and 1,165 kms south-southeast of Payra port (near lat 12.30 n... »