Sonadia Island

Sonadia in Moheshkhali. Photo: Screenshot from Google Maps
Environment

9,467 acres of land in Sonadia Island to be transferred to Forest Department from Beza

The land, previously allocated to Beza for the establishment of an eco-tourism park, will be declared as ‘protected area’

There is only one trawler in Sonadia Island that is used to communicate with the mainland once in a day depending on tides. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Tourists banned from overnight stays in Moheshkhali’s Sonadia Island

A bridge connecting Sonadia to Moheskhali was built around 12 years ago, but no approach road has been built as yet. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Sonadia a far cry from SDG commitments