Countries are supposed to make a ‘tentative list’ of sites eligible to be a Unesco World Heritage Site every year, but Bangladesh has not done so in 20 years.
Source: Nominate heritage sites in Bangladesh: Dept of Archaeology asks public
Sixty Dome Mosque in Bagerhat, Bangladesh; Ming Mei; Xinhua
Why saving the Sundarbans is so urgent;Â Mohammed Norul Alam Raju & Faima Rahman; Daily Star
The severe cyclonic storm Bulbul originated from the Bay of Bengal advancing with a speed of 140 kph and started dwindling when the mouth of the storm crossed the Sundarbans and hit the mangrove…
Sundarbans: The ever-thriving ecosystem; Raquel R Bacay; Khmer Times
The Sundarbans is a mangrove forest area which covers an area of approximately 10,000 square kms in the delta formed by the confluence of Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal.
Source: Sundarbans: The ever-thriving ecosystem – Khmer Times
Unesco heritage mosque in Bagerhat, a thing of sheer beauty; Raquel Bacay; Khmer Times
Shait Gambuj Mosque, was built by Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century.
Source: Unesco heritage mosque in Bagerhat, a thing of sheer beauty – Khmer Times
Sundarbans, the undiscovered jewel of Bangladesh; Kim Bo-Gyung; Korea Herald
Mangroves save lives, can we save them?; Salome Balderrama; Medium.com
Five reasons the bulwarks of our coasts are under threat…
The best places to travel in Bangladesh: Top 8 tourist attractions in Bangladesh; Break.com
Considered to be the most affordable country to travel in South Asia, Bangladesh is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for travelers around the world.
Source: The best places to travel in Bangladesh: Top 8 tourist attractions in Bangladesh
UNESCO won’t find anything negative to report about Sundarbans: Bangladesh official; BD News 24
A UNESCO team is coming in December to the Sundarbans to assess the World Heritage Site and a government official believes they will not have anything negative to report.
Source: UNESCO won’t find anything negative to report about Sundarbans: Bangladesh official
The World’s Largest Mangrove Forest Is Shrinking; Impakter
The Sundarbans — the largest continuous mangrove forest on the planet that spans more than 10,000 sq km along the Bay of Bengal — is shrinking. Thanks to human encroachment and climate change, the forest has been losing almost 16 sq km of vegetation per year since 1991. Earth.Org’s own analysis based on satellite imagery, shows that in Bangladesh, home to the largest swath of Sundarbans mangroves, the forest has lost 442 sq km of its vegetation in the last 28 years. 71% of the forested coastline is also retreating by as much as 200 metres a year due to coastline erosion.
Source: The World’s Largest Mangrove Forest Is Shrinking – Impakter
Checking Crimes in Sundarbans: Govt plans to fly drones; Daily Star
The Forest Department has planned to monitor the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, with drones to check crimes like poaching of tiger and deer.
Source: Checking Crimes in Sundarbans: Govt plans to fly drones
Plan underway to monitor Sundarbans with drones; Daily Sun
The Forest Department has  planned  to monitor the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, with drones to check crimes like poaching of tigers and deer. The department also considers erecting net-fence around the forest to prevent the…
Sundarbans is lungs of Bangladesh; Daily Star
The High Court yesterday observed that the Sundarbans is the lungs of Bangladesh like the Amazon forest is the lungs of the whole world.
World Heritage Site on verge of decline; Partha Chakrabortty; The Daily Star
Time has not been kind to the Rezakhoda Mosque, one of the historic relics from the group of monuments in Bagerhat, declared as World Heritage by Unesco in 1985. Yet, the apathy of the Department of Archaeology is pushing the historic ruins into further state of decay.
Bangladesh- Sundarbans escapes relegation to be ‘world heritage in danger’; MenaFN
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s 21-member World Heritage Committee…
Source: Bangladesh- Sundarbans escapes relegation to be ‘world heritage in danger’
China scrubs its own coal projects from ‘world heritage in danger’ decision; Climate Home News
Three coal plants that threaten the Sundarbans tiger habitat were removed from a draft text, while Unesco members declined to list the site as ‘in danger’…
Source: China scrubs its own coal projects from ‘world heritage in danger’ decision
UNESCO labels Sundarbans of Bangladesh ‘World Heritage in Danger’; Victoria Gatenby; Al Jazeera
The World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has declared largest mangrove forest on earth, the Sundarbans of Bangladesh, as a ‘World Heritage in Danger’ site.
Source: UNESCO labels Sundarbans of Bangladesh ‘World Heritage in Danger’
Sundarbans heritage site status in danger; Reaz Ahmad; Dhaka Tribune
Govt gives green light to 5 cement factories within forest’s ecologically critical area. Unesco heritage body meets in Baku today to decide fate…
Rampal project anti-constitutional: Sultana Kamal; Daily Sun
The government’s decision to set-up a coal-fired power plant at Rampal goes against the constitution, National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans (NCSS) President Sultana Kamal said on Friday. “Although the constitution says that every decision will be made according to the people’s…
The 2019 nominees for UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites are out; Miren Gonzalez; The Independent
The 2019 nominees for UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites are out
Source: The 2019 nominees for UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites are out
