Environment
Tree Planting Drive at Bangabandhu Maritime University in Baklia
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University opened a tree planting drive at its permanent campus in Baklia, Chattogram.
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Shariatpur District Administration to Plant 50,000 Trees
Shariatpur's district administration is handing saplings to secondary students as part of a drive to plant 50,000 trees.
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Atiq Asks Every Councillor to Plant a Thousand Trees
Dhaka North's mayor wants each of the city's 72 councillors to plant 1,000 trees in their ward over the next three months.
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Environment Minister Orders Planting of Fruit Trees to Feed Wildlife
Project-based feeding is no permanent solution, the minister said, telling forest officials to plant fruit trees that monkeys and other wildlife can eat.
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Air Force Launches Tree Plantation Programme
The Bangladesh Air Force has launched its 2023 tree plantation programme in line with the national tree planting campaign.
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Ansar Battalion Holds Tree Plantation Programme in Khagrachhari
The 20 Ansar Battalion in Manikchhari opened a day-long tree plantation programme as part of the national tree planting campaign.
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Jackal Bites Toddler Playing in Her Yard in Nabinagar
An 18-month-old girl named Lamia was injured when a jackal bit her on the head and face in the yard of her home in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria.
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Snakebites Kill About 7,500 People a Year in Bangladesh: NCDC
A nationwide snakebite survey by the Non-Communicable Disease Control programme found that 4,03,317 people are bitten each year in Bangladesh and about 7,511 die.
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Cotton Research Officer Dies of Snakebite in Bandarban
Chiranton Chakma, a 49-year-old cotton research officer in Bandarban, died in hospital in Chattogram after a venomous snake bit him at his staff quarters.
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'Headmen and Karbaris Were Given the Duty to Protect Forests, Not Clear Them'
Headmen and karbaris were given the duty of protecting forests, not clearing them, Headman-Karbari Kalyan Parishad president Hla Thowai Hri told a meeting in Bandarban.
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Care for Your Tree and Get 50 Extra Marks in the Exam
Pupils of a primary school in Akhaura, Brahmanbaria, were given fruit saplings and told they would get 50 extra marks in their final exam if they looked after them.
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Slow Loris Strays From Forest Into Tea Garden
A slow loris that wandered from the forest into a tea garden in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar, was rescued and handed over to the forest department.
Fruits
Man, 65, Dies After Falling From Mango Tree in Thakurgaon's Haripur
A 65-year-old man died after falling from a mango tree while picking fruit in Haripur, Thakurgaon.