Plight of little-known 'Tiger Widows' of the Sundarbans | Others

DHAKA, Sept 12, 2025 (BSS) - Their life stories are intertwined with tigers. Women whose husbands are killed in attacks by the Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans are known as 'Tiger Widows'. They live in villages adjacent to the forest. Due to superstitions, these women are considered as ill-fated or unlucky. As a result, they are ostracized and forced to make their living through hardship and isolation. There are some 750 tiger widows at Koyra upazila in Khulna alone while in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira, the number stands at 1,165. Tiger widows are also found in forest-adjacent areas of Mongla, Morrelganj and Sharankhola upazilas in Bagerhat as well as in Dacope upazila of Khulna although the exact figures are...