Seven different bamboo species have been growing naturally in the forests of Sylhet, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh. Bamboo does not grow naturally in the mangrove and sal (Shorea robusta) forests. The distribution and ecological conditions of species have been described. The overexploitation, fire and other biotic interferences are reducing the area of natural bamboo forests on an average by two per cent annually. Lack of scientific management, especially large scale death after gregarious flowering is also considered to be an important factor for shrinking the bamboo area in the forests. Among the naturally grown forest bamboos the occurrence of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, Melocalamus compactiflorus and Neohouzeaua dullooa is reducing alarmingly due to the destruction of their habitat. Therefore, these three species have been considered as threatened bamboo species of Bangladesh.