“…The Mongla municipal area is approximately 30 km 2 , of which the EPZ area is around 1.29 km 2 . The Mongla Thana is the entrance to the Sundarbans, the world's biggest mangrove forest (Fattah et al, 2021). The region will soon become an economic center for Bangladesh and will be connected to India by train and road as the building of the Padma Bridge is almost complete (Razon Chandra SAHA, 2017).…”