Royal Bengal tigers are appearing at Sundarbans tourist spots and tiger killings have fallen, but officials say only a new camera-trap survey can show whether numbers have grown.
A 10-foot python was rescued from a village ditch in Sharankhola, Bagerhat, and released in the eastern Sundarbans.
Bangladeshis can legally keep a few wild animals, and set up pet bird and snake farms, under licence from the Forest Department.
Fourteen animals, including crocodiles and snakes, seized from a resort in Bagerhat have been released at Karamjal in the Sundarbans.
A Batagur baska turtle at the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the East Sundarbans has laid 34 eggs.
Under a draft law approved by the cabinet, people will need government permission even to cut large trees they have planted on their own land.
Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin said the government is taking all necessary steps to protect the biodiversity of the Sundarbans.
One hundred crocodiles were released in the Sundarbans, a World Heritage Site, to mark Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary.
The Forest Department rescued a deer that came into a village in Mongla, next to the Sundarbans, after being injured in a suspected tiger attack, and released it back into the forest after first aid.
Thirty-seven Batagur baska hatchlings emerged from 50 eggs laid by two turtles at the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the eastern Sundarbans.
Seven months without tourists during the coronavirus closure have let the Sundarbans recover from Cyclone Amphan, with more deer, dolphins, birds and fish being seen.
The forest department released three crocodiles at Harbaria in the Sundarbans, the first of 90 to be freed in the forest's rivers and canals for Bangabandhu's birth centenary.
Environment minister Md Shahab Uddin said dolphin numbers in three Sundarbans sanctuaries have risen by 55 per cent, a milestone for conservation in Bangladesh.
