No Alternative to Tree Planting to Protect the Environment: Mayor Shahadat
Chattogram mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain said there is no alternative to planting trees as he received 1,000 saplings from the Lions Club of Chittagong.
Chattogram mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain said there is no alternative to planting trees as he received 1,000 saplings from the Lions Club of Chittagong.
Lalbagh thana Chhatra Dal held a tree-planting programme to mark the founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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For nearly five decades Abdul Kader of Domonpukur village in Kahalu, Bogura, has planted medicinal trees along roads and in schoolyards and treated neighbours free with herbal juices.
The Dhaka North City Corporation will give full support to any person or organisation that takes up greening anywhere in Dhaka, its administrator Mohammad Ejaz said.
A two-day drive ordered by the High Court razed six illegal brick kilns at Faitong in Lama upazila, and saplings were planted where they stood.
Chattogram's mayor pledged 10 lakh trees as he opened a seven-day tree fair with 61 stalls at the city's Laldighi ground.
Under the slogan "Sabuje Sajai Bangladesh", a Satkhira nature club gave every student at a girls' school two free saplings.
Chattogram's mayor announced plans for 10 lakh trees to restore the city's environmental balance and called for tough penalties on tree felling.
DNCC administrator Mohammad Ejaz told a youth marathon in Agargaon that a fair and liveable Dhaka needs citizens of every party and opinion to work together.
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