AgribusinessBanks and finance companies lent less to green projects and sustainable agriculture in January-March 2026 than in the previous quarter, while total sustainable finance rose, Bangladesh Bank data showed.
CropsFireflies are not flies but beetles of the family Lampyridae. They flash a cold light made by luciferin and luciferase to find mates, and habitat loss, light pollution and pesticides are their main threats.
CropsIn an essay published by Jagonews24 two days before World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2026, the writer argued that with forests shrinking, pollution rising and the climate changing, protecting nature falls to every citizen, not only the government.
A nature camp at the National Botanical Garden in Mirpur took children aged five to 15 away from screens to learn about birds and wildlife.
Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation rescued a python about 18 feet long from a residential area of Sreemangal in Moulvibazar and handed it to the forest department for release.
EnvironmentSitesh Ranjan Deb, founder chairman of the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation in Sreemangal and a familiar face of the country's wildlife-conservation movement, died at his home on 14 July 2026. He was 75.
Launching the planting of 350 saplings along Barishal's Sagardi canal, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman urged everyone to protect the country's environment, warning that otherwise "we will be the ones who suffer".
For more than four decades Rajon Mahmud of Madaripur has given saplings away without taking a single taka, while campaigning to protect the local environment.
Studies of decades of satellite images find that China's vast planted forests, credited in the headline with some 66 billion trees, are growing leaves faster than nearby natural forests, though natural forests hold carbon longer.
EnvironmentOpening the National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair on 9 July 2026, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said Dhaka, ranked the third least liveable city in the world, must be made liveable, and urged people not to plant harmful trees such as eucalyptus.
Md Rakibul Amin, owner of Gardening Bangladesh, is being honoured in the National Tree Planting Award 2025 for a decade of greening Dhaka's rooftops, balconies and offices.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has renewed the government's pledge to build a green, climate-resilient Bangladesh, giving development and conservation equal importance.
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.
