Laal Shaplar Beel

Photo: UNB
Environment

Fire in Sundarbans' Shaplar Beel doused after 4 days

A total of 168 fire service personnel from 10 units extinguished the fire by 12pm

Thick smoke and sporadic flames remain visible in some areas in the Tepar Beel area under the Kolomteji Camp of the Chandpai Range in the Sundarbans East Division on 23 March. Photo: TBS
Environment

Sundarbans fire: Water being used to extinguish remaining flames, prevent reignition

Gone are the days when Laal Shaplar Beel in Sylhet’s Jaintiapur upazila was full of water lilies. The wetland now runs dry as water from the beel was pumped out for catching fish. Photo: TBS
Districts

Water lilies in Sylhet’s Laal Shaplar Beel destroyed for catching fish