Agribusiness
Arafat Has Planted and Distributed 15,000 Saplings
A young restaurant owner in Mirsarai has spent three years delivering saplings, sometimes driving the van himself, to schools and religious institutions.
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Environment
EnvironmentTuntuni, the Tailorbird of Bengal's Village Gardens and Folk Tales
A Jagonews24 feature of 14 September 2023 described the tuntuni, the tiny leaf-stitching bird of Bengali folk tales, and voiced concern that it was seen less often. Bangladesh's 2015 Red List rated the common tailorbird Least Concern.
Environment
Plant at Least Two Trees at Every House, Mayor Atiqul Urges
Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam has called for at least two trees to be planted at every house in the city.
Environment
'Hadia Foundation' Praised for Unusual Work
A youth-run organisation in Chandpur, Hadia Foundation, is being praised for planting date palms along village roads and helping poor and disabled people.
Environment
Palm Sapling Planting Drive Begins on Balu River Bank
Three environmental groups planted more than 200 palm saplings on the Balu river bank on Dhaka's eastern edge and pledged to take the drive across the country.
Fisheries
The House Where Bats Have Lived for 150 Years
Countless bats have roosted for about 150 years in the trees around a pond at Montu Babu's house in Mirsarai, which locals call the "bat house".
Environment
Work Under Way to Curb Climate Change's Impact on Health
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin says the government is working tirelessly to counter the adverse effects of climate change on human health, animals, livestock and biodiversity.
Environment
'Everywhere You Look in Dhaka, Only Buildings': DMP Commissioner
Launching the DMP's 2023 tree-planting programme, Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq said there is no alternative to planting trees to keep the earth liveable.
Environment
World Tiger Day Today
As World Tiger Day is marked, Bangladesh's Sundarbans tiger numbers remain far from the 2010 doubling goal and the exact current count is unknown.
Environment
IFIC Bank Launches Nationwide Tree-Planting Programme
IFIC Bank has begun a month-long tree-planting drive across its 1,300 branches and sub-branches under the slogan "Let trees be life's companions".
Environment
Environment Minister Urges Everyone to Plant at Least One Tree a Year
Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin called on every citizen of Bangladesh to plant at least one tree a year as this year's national tree fair recorded its highest ever sales.
Environment
Penguins Starving in the Atlantic, Thousands of Bodies Wash Ashore
More than 2,000 Magellanic penguins, most of them young, have washed up dead on Uruguay's Atlantic coast, apparently from starvation.
Environment
Mayor Rezaul Urges Tree Planting as Directed by the Prime Minister
Chattogram City Corporation mayor Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has called on people to plant trees, as the Prime Minister has directed, to tackle climate change.