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Fires lit to clear land for palm oil blanket Southeast Asia in haze
More than 50,000 people have been admitted to hospital in Indonesia with respiratory infections as smoke from the fires drifts into Malaysia and the Philippines.
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Environment Will Visibly Improve in Four Years: Environment Minister
Environment Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo expects a visible improvement in Bangladesh's environment within four years, as the government traces river pollution and sets 70 to 80 indicators.
EnvironmentSoil, air and water: a call to protect the three elements life depends on
In a Jagonews24 article of 7 June 2026, two days after World Environment Day, Samiran Biswas argued that healthy soil, clean air and pure water sustain human civilisation and that all three are running down.
EnvironmentNCP's Asif Mahmud calls for long-term state planning to protect the environment
Launching NCP Dhaka North's week-long tree-planting programme for World Environment Day on 6 June 2026, party spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said there was no alternative to long-term government planning on the environment and climate.
HealthSweet-shop chain offers 3,000 indoor plants with cake purchases in Dhaka
A Dhaka sweets and bakery chain said in May 2026 it would give about 3,000 indoor plants to customers buying cakes at ten outlets, citing the city's air pollution. Research up to that date found potted plants do little to clean indoor air.
EnvironmentGovernment's 12-point plan to make Dhaka a clean and green city, told to parliament
On 29 April 2026 Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told parliament the government had adopted 12 measures to make Dhaka a "clean and green city", from greening and waste management in the two city corporations to a Matuail landfill plan, electric buses, brick kiln curbs and river pollution monitoring.
EnvironmentA Student's Call for a Kinder New Year's Eve, Not Fireworks
Faria Islam, a student at Bhairab Government Women's College, argued that Thirty-First Night fireworks and loud noise harm people, birds and the environment, and urged that the new year be welcomed through acts of kindness instead of wasteful displays.
EnvironmentMadinah Municipality launches Green City Initiative to plant 2.1 million trees
The Madinah Municipality has launched a Green City Initiative that aims to plant 2.1 million trees across the Saudi city, the Saudi Press Agency reported on 20 October 2025, with smart tags to monitor each tree.
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Protecting Nature Is the Biggest Challenge
Securing food, water, air and nature is the greatest challenge for a sustainable future, and it depends on enforcing existing laws and changing how we live.
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BARVIDA Plants Fruit, Timber and Medicinal Trees to Protect Environment
The reconditioned car importers' association BARVIDA planted several hundred fruit, timber and medicinal trees at United Medical College and along the roads beside it in Dhaka.
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Uttara to Be Brought Under a 'Green Belt': DNCC Administrator
Dhaka North City Corporation will bring all of Uttara under a green belt, its administrator said as a community tree-planting drive began.
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Planting Trees Can Cut Dust Pollution, as Seen Near Padma Bridge
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said planting trees on road dividers can reduce dust pollution, as already seen around the Padma Bridge.
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Task Force to Be Formed to Curb Air Pollution: Environment Adviser
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said Dhaka's road dividers will be greened and a task force with a time-bound action plan set up to fight air pollution.