India, June 19 -- Bangladesh is considering translocating tigers to the Chittagong Hill Tracts, where there are currently no confirmed tiger populations.

The country's 125 tigers are now confined to the Sundarbans, a climate-vulnerable mangrove landscape shared with India.

Officials say the Chittagong hills could offer a viable future habitat, but experts say detailed feasibility studies and community consultations are essential.

Conservationists warn that tiger translocations are expensive, difficult and have often failed, making habitat protection and cross-border connectivity with India critical.

As India conducts its countrywide tiger estimation, its neighbour Bangladesh has plans to translocate tigers in the tribal-dominated Chit...