Monthly Archives: September 2010

Tanguar Haor : Unique itself (part – II)

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Tanguar Haor Sunamganj

Tanguar haor exhibits a unique wetland ecosystem. Realizing its importance in national and global environmental perspective some steps have been taken to preserve it. It has been declared as the Ecologically Critical area in 1999 by the Bangladesh Government. It has been marked as a ‘ramsar site’ under the Ramsar convention of 2000.But all these [...]

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Tanguar Haor : Unique itself (part – I)

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tanguar haor

Tanguar haor is one of the largest wetland areas of Bangladesh. It is bestowed with unique combination of rare animals, birds, plants and herbs. Tanguar haor is a vast flood land situated at the north-eastern part of Bangladesh and extended over Tahirpur and Dharmapasha upazillas of Sunamganj district. It comprises of 51 wetlands which covers [...]

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Tekerghat : where life revolves around Limestone

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Tekerghat Limestone

Bangladesh is not enriched with mineral resources. However abundance of few minerals in some regions is seen. Tekerghat is one of these regions. This place is a natural reservoir of limestone. The limestone reserve is situated at the midst of beautiful surroundings. The hills nearby are all covered with different familiar and unfamiliar plants. The [...]

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