AgribusinessDSCC magistrates checked egg prices, wholesale receipts and profit margins at Fakirapool, Kaptan Bazar, Basabo Bou Bazar, Nawabganj and other markets, and fined traders Tk 15,000 in two cases of footpath encroachment at Basabo.
Dhaka South City Corporation's administrator opened a tree-planting drive on a canal bank in Kadamtali and urged residents to help keep canals and drains clean.
Dhaka South City Corporation has started a tree planting and greening drive on road dividers under the metro rail between Paltan and Dainik Bangla intersection.
Dhaka South City Corporation held a special mosquito control, cleanliness and tree-planting programme in three Kamrangirchar wards.
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.
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.
Dhaka South City Corporation has handed over and planted 500 saplings on the Dhaka University campus as part of the national tree-planting programme.
EnvironmentAt a special meeting on 2 July 2026, Dhaka South City Corporation decided to form a high-level committee to draw up a tree-planting master plan for its 10 zones, and to coordinate with RAJUK and the fire service on earthquake risk.
Dhaka South City Corporation administrator Md Abdus Salam has declared a second war against climate change, with a plan to plant three lakh trees in the city corporation area over five years.
Trees planted by Dhaka North City Corporation now shade roads, footpaths and canal banks, while Dhaka South has done little greening and has cut down many trees.
Russian House in Dhaka held a 'Garden of Memory' tree planting at Dhanmondi Lake in memory of Soviet soldiers who died in the Second World War.
LivestockDhaka's two city corporations planned 24 temporary cattle markets for Eid-ul-Azha 2026; the DNCC invited tenders for 12 on 9 April, but after court orders the year before, a market at Aftabnagar was uncertain.
A writ petition challenges the legality of a lease notice for holding a Qurbani animal market in Dhaka's Aftabnagar ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
