The resort company Chhuti Resort began its Tree Plantation Programme 2026 in May 2026. According to a Jagonews24 report published on 18 May 2026, the company's brand ambassador, the actress Bidya Sinha Mim, opened the drive by planting saplings of Krishnachura (the flame tree) and various fruit, timber and native species. The organisers said the programme aimed to protect the environment and help build a green Bangladesh.
The opening planting and an appeal
After planting the saplings, Mim urged everyone to plant at least one tree. "Let each of us plant at least one tree. Through this let us make the country green and ensure a beautiful and safe environment for the next generation," she said, according to the report.
Those present included Chhuti Group chairman Advocate Mostafa Mahmud Arifi, managing director Mostafa Kamal, Chhuti Resort Purbachal managing director Alamgir Ferdous and Chhuti Resort Pubail managing director Md Samsul Islam Masud, along with the company's officials, staff and guests.
About 4,000 saplings in a month
According to the organisers, Chhuti Resort has planted local and foreign fruit, timber and rare tree species every year since 2012. They said that under the 2026 programme the company planned to plant about 4,000 saplings over the following month at its four resorts and at project sites under construction, and that such initiatives would continue. The report did not break the figure down by species.
What the Krishnachura is
The Krishnachura, also called gulmohar, flame tree or royal poinciana, is Delonix regia, a tree of the bean family Fabaceae. It is native to Madagascar but has been grown for centuries as an ornamental tree in warm regions, including Bangladesh, India, southern China, Africa and the Caribbean.
It is a medium-sized deciduous tree with feathery, bright green compound leaves. Each flower has four large spreading scarlet or orange-red petals and a fifth upright petal spotted with yellow and white; a naturally occurring yellow-flowered variety is known in Bengali as Radhachura. The tree needs a warm climate, tolerates dry and salty conditions and spreads its branches widely, giving shade. Its pods are green when young and turn dark brown and woody as they mature.
Tree planting in Bangladesh
The country's main public planting effort is the Forest Department's National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair. The Financial Express reported on 23 June 2025 that from fiscal year 1995-96 to 2023-24 government programmes had created 426,842 hectares of block plantations and 72,581 kilometres of strip plantations, and had distributed or planted over 2.06 billion saplings.
The state news agency BSS reported that the National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair 2025 opened on 25 June 2025 at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, with the fair running until 24 July. That year's theme was "Let's Plant in a Planned Way to Build a Green Bangladesh".
Photo: Ibrahim Husain Meraj / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Sources: Jagonews24, The Financial Express, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), Wikipedia (Delonix regia)
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