Environment
Monsoon Is the Right Time for Planting Trees
With forest cover at 13 per cent against a needed 25 per cent, a student writer argues that the monsoon is the right season to plant trees.
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Fruits
Indoor Plants Top Young Buyers' Lists at Tree Fair
Indoor plants for decorating homes are the top choice of young visitors at the National Tree Fair in the capital.
Environment
Tree Fair Busy on Friday, Sales of Tk 50-60 Lakh Expected
Crowds returned to the National Tree Fair in Agargaon on the weekly holiday after four days of rain, and sellers hoped for Tk 50-60 lakh in sales.
Organic
Soil and Fertiliser Selling Alongside Plants at Tree Fair
Nurseries at the tree fair in Agargaon are selling many kinds of organic and mineral soil alongside saplings.
Crops
Drive Begins to Destroy Akashmoni and Eucalyptus Saplings
Following a government ban, the agriculture department has begun destroying akashmoni and eucalyptus saplings across Bangladesh, paying Tk 4 for each.
Environment
33 Python Hatchlings Released in Fatikchhari Sanctuary
Thirty-three Burmese rock python hatchlings born in an incubator at Chattogram Zoo have been released into the Hazarikhil sanctuary in Fatikchhari.
EnvironmentOxfam and Curtin University launch urban climate and disaster risk hub in Dhaka
Oxfam in Bangladesh and Australia's Curtin University launched the Urban Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Hub in Dhaka on 2 July 2025, to tackle urban heat, pollution and flood risk through research, advocacy and community-led innovation.
Rooftop farming
DNCC Helps Those Keen to Start Rooftop Gardens
Dhaka North City Corporation is offering advice, a free guidebook and expert support to people who want to start rooftop gardens.
Environment
This Greenery May Not Survive Two or Three Decades: Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Environment, Forest and Climate adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan warned at a Purbachal afforestation launch that the country's greenery may not last two or three decades.
Environment
World Environment Day to Be Observed and Environment Fair Opened on 25 June
Because of the Eid holidays, Bangladesh will observe World Environment Day on 25 June, when the environment fair, tree fair and national tree planting campaign will also open.
Environment
21 Individuals and Organisations to Receive National Tree Planting Award
The environment, forest and climate change ministry has selected 21 individuals and organisations in seven categories for the 2024 National Tree Planting Award.
Environment
APBN Nursery on the Banks of the Kirtankhola Wins Admirers
Armed Police Battalion members in Barishal have built a nursery of about 10,000 fruit saplings on once-neglected land beside the Kirtankhola river.
Crops
Does the Call of the Kanakua Bring Rain?
The greater coucal, or kanakua, whose deep call villagers long linked with rain, is becoming scarce as its habitat and food chain are disturbed.