Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said people must care for the trees they plant if the country is to reach its target of 25 crore trees.
A 14-year-old boy in Jhenaidah died after a venomous snake bit him in his sleep, having first been taken to a local healer rather than hospital.
CropsUSDA's Plant Protection and Quarantine programme and three south-eastern states are stepping up trapping and surveys after the invasive hornet, first found in Georgia in 2023, was confirmed in North Carolina.
Kendriya Khelaghar Asar planted fruit, medicinal and timber trees with students at a school and college in Pallabi, Mirpur.
US Ambassador Brent T Christensen was treated to Barishal's fried hilsa and Gournadi's famous rasmalai at the information minister's village home.
The government has begun mapping suitable species by region for its plan to plant 25 crore trees across the country, Environment State Minister Sheikh Faridul Islam said.
With only 10.5 per cent of Dhaka green, Chief Conservator of Forests Md Amir Hosain Chowdhury said greening the city's rooftops could bring back some greenery.
Environment, Forest and Climate Change State Minister Sheikh Faridul Islam visited a new 40-hectare plantation in Teknaf's reserved forest and planted a chalta sapling.
Environment Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said about 16 lakh saplings were sold at the month-long National Tree Fair, calling it a national movement rather than a temporary fair.
At a tree-planting and blood-grouping event at Sitakunda Girls' High School, Lion Amjad Hossain Chowdhury urged students to protect the environment.
Launching a 10,000-tree drive in Kamrangirchar, DSCC administrator Md Abdus Salam said tree planting must be matched by clean rivers, canals and drains and a social environmental movement.
Citizens in Rajbari formed a human chain demanding the resignation of the civil surgeon and the Sadar Hospital superintendent after a young snakebite victim died, allegedly for lack of antivenom.
Beneficiaries in Chuadanga allege that poor-quality saplings and bamboo stakes were supplied under the government's priority tree-planting project at inflated prices.
