Bangladesh Forest Department

Bangladesh Forest Department

An invasive turtle is seen with different cartoon figures painted on its shell for visual appeal at the Disney Plus Indoor Playground in Dhaka on 9 October 2025. Photo: TBS

Forest dept seizes 50 illegally imported invasive turtles from Dhaka playground

The red-eared slider is banned for import in several countries due to its destructive ecological impact as when released into local water bodies, it rapidly multiplies and outcompetes native...

Official and other rescuers pose for a photo with the rescued turtles in Noakhali on 13 September 2025. Photo: TBS

425 endangered turtles rescued in Noakhali

Photo: Creative Conservation Alliance/Priyom

Milestone rewilding brings 2 critically endangered tortoise species back to Bangladesh

Forest department is helpless against encroachers, poachers and loggers. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Crushed to death: How equipped and prepared are our foresters?

Photo: TBS

Committee formed to assess damage from flooding of forest land to create lake in Ctg

Photo: TBS

18 sued over submersion of forest land to create lake in Ctg

A bureaucrat with sociology background to head Forest Research Institute!

A bureaucrat with sociology background to head Forest Research Institute!

Source: Forest Department, BSS 

Bangladesh's Forest land by division in 2020-21

Forest, prison depts at loggerheads over open jail in Cox’s Bazar

Forest, prison depts at loggerheads over open jail in Cox’s Bazar

The rich natural habitat of Rajkandi reserve forest in Moulvibazar is under threat as the forest department has started turning the natural forest into a “woodlot” by planting fast-growing timber species, including exotic trees like acacia. Photo: TBS

When Forest Dept turns natural forest into commercial woodlot

Tourists from different corners of the country have started to influx in Sylhet to enjoy its serene natural beauty and thus bringing new hope for the industry. Photo: Collected

Forest dept’s love of tourism threatens forests in Sylhet

Photo: Collected

Dead tiger recovered from Sundarbans