The state government has highlighted in its budget that the existing ports of Haldia and Kolkata suffer from low draft and high turnaround time and hence there is a need to construct a strategic deep-sea port.
Marking World Environment Day, voluntary organisations, Utkarshe Aarohan and Bihan jointly organised a large-scale mangrove plantation drive along the banks of the Matla river at Kaikhali in the Sundarbans.
A landmark step towards preserving and showcasing the ecological and cultural legacy of the Sundarbans was witnessed on International Museum Day as the soft launch of the upcoming Sundarban Museum was successfully held at iLEAD.
Along narrow village roads flanked by farmland and mangrove groves, rickshaw-vans crawl forward with loudspeakers blaring campaign slogans.
In a significant discovery, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Kolkata have found a new spider species at Sagar Island in the Sundarbans.
The state government has ordered a full-fledged inquiry into the Patharpratima cracker factory blast and also sought a report from the South 24-Parganas district magistrate in which eight people, including children were killed.
The 29the edition of the United Nation’s Conference of Parties on Environment (COP29) will begin next month. The countdown calls for different aspects of climate change to be discussed.
They want to convert her to Islam and use her to gain more votes for a political party in West Bengal’s upcoming elections. What follows ahead is a series of disturbing events and her troubles.
With their backs to the wall, the brave women of Sundarban don’t look for promises.
More than 14,516 households in Sundarbans can now breathe a sigh of relief and they are going to experience brighter evenings soon with the installation of solar lights.
