The Bangladesh government has approved a project at an estimated cost of Tk 1.5 billion to save the Sundarbans in a sustainable way.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council or ECNEC cleared The Sundarbans Conservation Project to protect the world's largest mangrove forest in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday.

The objectives of the project include skills development of forest officials, modernisation of communication system and creation of a suitable working atmosphere, said Zakir Hossain Akand, a member of the Planning Commission.

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